Gbolahan Obisesan is the Artistic Director & Joint CEO of Brixton House Theatre.

 

He was previously Genesis Fellow/Associate Director of the Young Vic Theatre.  

 

As a playwright, in 2018, Gbolahan premiered The Fishermen for New Perspective at HOME: Manchester and was a winner of The Stage Edinburgh Fringe Award. 

 

Gbolahan’s directing credits include 2019 Premier stage production of The Last King of Scotland (Sheffield Crucible), 2017 Olivier Nominated Cuttin it (Young Vic, Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Cruicible, Royal Court, Yard Theatre) Random (Leeds Playhouse) ‘Off The Page’, a short film for the Royal Court/Guardian's microplays season. ‘How Nigeria Became: A story and a spear that didn’t work’ (Unicorn Theatre), ‘We are Proud to Present…’ (Bush Theatre), ‘The Web’ (Young Vic). Gbolahan directed four plays as part of The Bush Theatre’s epic 66 BOOKS project which ran at the Bush and Westminster Abbey in 2011. 

 

Other writing credits include Hansel & Gretel(Uchenna Dance/The Place); Zaida and Aadam (Bush theatre) Feast(Royal Court/Young Vic); How Nigeria Became: A Story and A Spear That Didn’t Work (Unicorn Theatre); Pigeon English (Bristol Old Vic/Edinburgh Festival, adapted from the novel by Stephen Kelman); Fringe First Winner Mad About The Boy(Edinburgh Festival and UK tour) He has also written an original feature, WE GET AROUND, for Emu Films. 

 

In 2009, his Jerwood Directors Award of Barrie Keefe's SUS, subsequently received a revival in 2010, ran at The Young Vic and had a successful UK tour. Gbolahan has previously been Director in Residence at the National Theatre Studio as the recipient of the Bulldog Princep Director’s Bursary in 2008.