Mojisola Adebayo

Professor Mojisola Adebayo is a Nigerian/Danish theatre artist and academic at Queen Mary University of London's School of English and Drama. With 25+ years of international experience from Antarctica to Zimbabwe, she specializes in Theatre of the Oppressed, Black Queer Ubuntu, and social change theatre.

• PhD (QMUL): Afriquia Theatre: Creating Black Queer Ubuntu Through Performance
• MA (Royal Holloway), BA (Goldsmiths)

Her research explores intersections of climate justice, Black women's bodily autonomy, and extractive capitalism. Current projects include the funded White Climate initiative at University of Potsdam.

Recent productions include Family Tree (2023) addressing Henrietta Lacks legacy, and STARS (2023) merging astronomy with female sexuality. She develops permaculture theatre methodologies with Dr. Nicole Wolf in Berlin, Palestine, and Kashmir.

Awards
• Alfred Fagon Award (2021)
• Royal Society of Literature Fellowship (2017)
• Honorary Fellowships (Rose Bruford, AICRE)

As writer-on-attachment to the National Theatre (UK), she mentors emerging artists and leads workshops for marginalized communities including incarcerated individuals and climate justice activists.