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Playing the Game

  • Bola Agbaje
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 3F
  • ISBN: 9781848421172

The Students' Association needs a new President, and Akousa's achingly cool flatmates are certain she is perfect for the position. How can they persuade her, and how much is she willing to compromise?

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Election time. The Students' Association needs a new President, and Akousa's achingly cool flatmates are certain she is perfect for the position. How can they persuade her, and how much is she willing to compromise?

Bola Agbaje's short play Playing the Game was first performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London, as part of the Women, Power and Politics season in June 2010.

It is also available in the collection Women, Power and Politics: Now.

Premiere Production: Tricycle Theatre, London, 2010.
  • Casting: 3F
  • Casting Attributes: All Female