“I write because I can, and as luck would have it, I’m pretty good at it. But you’ll only know if you let me show you.”
Tolula Dada is a writer and story producer
Tolula Dada in conversation with Jonny Wright
Keeping a diary and writing bad poetry in the build up to a successful career as a screen writer.
Biography
Tolula Dada is a writer and story producer. She has over a decade’s experience spanning theatre, drama development and script editing for BBC One, ITV, Sky One and HBO/Cinemax. Her first full-length play, Carrot or Stick? was nominated for the 2015 Alfred Fagon Award and her second play, Marry or Burn, was longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2020.
She is developing several original projects for TV, alongside writing episodes of ITV’s Grantchester, Red Rose for BBC Three, and forthcoming Paramount+ series, The Blue.
