My name is Boluwatife ( Tife ) Kusoro and I am a Nigerian-British writer and performer. I live and work in London but I was born in Lagos, in 1998, and share a birthday with some of my favourite people: Ali Smith, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Marsha P Johnson.

 

My practice is focused in playwriting, screenwriting, performance, and poetry. In 2019, I graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in English Literature and went on to train as an actor with the National Youth Theatre's 2020/21 Rep Company.​

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In all my work, I am drawn to things that are funny, moving, imaginative, and surreal. 

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My debut play, G, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in August 2024, and won the George Devine Award for most promising new playwright. 

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My work has also received the Playwrights '73 Award and the Lynne Gagliano Writers' Award, and been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for poetry, the Women's Prize for Playwriting, the Verity Bargate Award, and the Alfred Fagon Award. 

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As a writer and performer, I have undertaken attachments and residencies with Roundhouse, Talawa Theatre Company, the Bush Theatre, and the Royal Court, and was one of the BBC's 2021 London Voices.

 

I am currently a writer in residence at the Royal Court Theatre, supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation Playwrights '73 Award. ​

 

You can keep up with my work here.  I am represented for theatre, television and film by Independent Talent.