| 词条 | Theresa Ikoko |
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| name = Theresa Ikoko | nationality = British | occupation = Playwright | awards = Alfred Fagon Award | notableworks = Girls (play) }}Theresa Ikoko is an award-winning British playwright of Nigerian descent.[1] Her play Girls, about three girls abducted by terrorists in northern Nigeria, won the National Theatre's Alfred Fagon Award and other awards.[2] BiographyIkoko grew up with her mother and eight siblings in the Hackney neighborhood of London. She has spoken of growing up in poverty, but not regarding her circumstances as impoverished; rather, she says that "poverty isn’t all about suffering and darkness," and describes her upbringing as "rich in joy."[3] Ikoko earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London and a master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Psychology from the University of Oxford.[4][5] She has worked on social inclusion and community engagement projects with in prisons, including creative and performing arts workshops with incarcerated persons.[1][5][6] While at Royal Holloway she contributed to a journal article on "how the conversation dynamics of women from ethnic majority and minority groups varied in different conversational contexts."[7] PlaywritingIkoko's first full-length play was Normal, which was produced as a staged reading as part of the Talawa Firsts' series in 2014.[8][1] Her shorter plays, The Race Card and Visiting Hours have also been performed as staged readings.[1] Ikoko came to greater attention and acclaim for her second full-length play, Girls, which won the Alfred Fagon Award for best new play in 2015; the award honors excellence in playwrights by authors of African or Caribbean ancestry living in the United Kingdom.[2] Girls went on to be produced by Talawa Theatre Company in partnership with HighTide Theatre amd Soho Theatre in 2016, before being revived for a tour in 2017 which also took in shows at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe.[9][10][11] At the time Ikoko said: "This isn’t the first play I’ve written, but it’s my first produced play. The first play I wrote, I didn’t really know it was a play, it was just for me. I would read it over the phone to my friend and when I’d finished he said I had to show it to someone. Talawa Theatre Company found me and [artistic director] Michael Buffong put that play in a Talawa Firsts show, and I got signed by my agent there. A few months later, I was commissioned to work with Clean Break and Talawa. I make no exaggerations when I say Talawa completely took a chance on me. I had no training or experience or credentials, and there was no one to offer a reference. But Michael believed in me. It took me forever though, probably until the opening night of Girls at HighTide, for me to believe him.".[12] Girls came about as a result of the Channel 4 Playwrights Scheme, which earned Ikoko a year-long playwriting fellowship the HighTide Theatre.[13] Ikoko also received the George Devine Award for most promising playwright in 2016. Girls was produced at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the HighTide Festival, and at the Soho Theatre in 2016.[14][15] It was Ikoko's first professionally produced play.[8] The play addresses issues of kidnapping, forced religion, sexism, and arranged marriage as well as themes of friendship and resilience.[15][16] A review in The Times called the play "pungent", "provocative", "scorchingly intelligent and as powerful as a gut punch."[17]Ikoko cites as inspirations playwrights debbie tucker green and Dennis Kelly, author Chinua Achebe, and recording artist and activist Sister Souljah.[1] Speaking about her motivation for writing, she has said "As a writer, I want to write things that change the lives of 14 year old girls in school, of university students and of grown men behind prison doors."[1] Awards
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=http://www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/theresa-ikoko/|title=Theresa Ikoko|website=Alfred Fagon Award|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}} 2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/alfred-fagon-award-for-best-new-play-goes-to-theresa-ikokos-girls/|title=Alfred Fagon Award for best new play goes to Theresa Ikoko's Girls|last=Snow|first=Georgia|date=2015-11-27|website=The Stage|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/14770119.meet-award-winning-and-unapologetic-playwright-theresa-ikoko/|title=Meet award winning and unapologetic playwright Theresa Ikoko|last=Lacey-Davidson|first=Mattie|date=2016-09-26|website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-04}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourladys.hackney.sch.uk/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=88|title=Ex OLCHS Student Theatre Debut Receives Rave Reviews|website=Our Lady's Catholic High School|access-date=2019-01-04}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.talawa.com/productions/girls|title=Girls|website=Talawa|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://thefifthsense.i-d.co/en_us/article/playwright-theresa-ikoko-is-shifting-the-way-stories-are-told/|title=playwright theresa ikoko is shifting the way stories are told {{!}} The Fifth Sense {{!}} i-D|last=Wiseman|first=Eva|date=2016-10-23|website=The Fifth Sense|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-04}} 7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Ikoko|first=Theresa|last2=Leman|first2=Patrick|date=2010-01-01|title=Interruption in Women's Conversations: The Effects of Context in Ethnic Majority and Minority Group Interactions|url=https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/plc/14/1/article-p61.xml|journal=Psychology of Language and Communication|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=61–70|doi=10.2478/v10057-010-0004-7}} 8. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.fourhubs.com/playwriting-1/2018/3/5/in-conversation-with-theresa-ikoko-by-theresa-lola|title=In Conversation with Theresa Ikoko by Theresa Lola|last=Lola|first=Theresa|date=2018-03-26|website=FourHubs|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-04}} 9. ^http://www.talawa.com/productions/girls 10. ^http://www.talawa.com/productions/girls-at-edinburgh 11. ^http://www.talawa.com/productions/girls-on-tour 12. ^https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2016/theresa-ikoko-putting-your-work-out-there-is-like-sending-your-child-to-school-naked/ 13. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/theresa-ikoko-among-winners-of-channel-4-playwrights-scheme/|title=Theresa Ikoko among winners of Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme {{!}} News|last=Hemley|first=Matthew|date=2016-10-20|website=The Stage|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04}} 14. ^{{Cite news|url=|title=Examining stories behind headlines that become yesterday's news|last=|first=|date=2017-09-27|work=Torquay Herald Express|access-date=}} 15. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/theresa-ikoko-interview-play-girls-soho-theatre-boko-haram-london-nigeria/30004|title=“Why aren’t black women’s stories worthy?”: Stylist meets playwright Theresa Ikoko|last=Crockett|first=Moya|date=2016-10-05|website=Stylist|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://thebritishblacklist.co.uk/award-winning-playwright-theresa-ikoko-talks-about-new-play-girls/|title=Award-Winning Playwright Theresa Ikoko Talks About Her New Play, Girls|last=Clacken|first=Eysis|date=2016-10-19|website=The British Blacklist|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-04}} 17. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theatre-hightide-festival-at-aldeburgh-suffolk-bxgtjktl7|title=Theatre: HighTide Festival at Aldeburgh, Suffolk; Theresa Ikoko and Elinor Cook deliver two pungent and provocative new works that explore what it means to be female in today's world|last=Marlowe|first=Sam|date=2016-09-13|work=The Times|access-date=2019-01-03}} 18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://yourszene.com/professionals/theresa-ikoko|title=Theresa Ikoko|website=Yourszene|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}} 19. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956481507|title=Girls|last=Ikoko|first=Theresa|publisher=Methuen Drama|year=2016|isbn=9781350005099|location=London|pages=|oclc=956481507}} External links
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