DAMILOLA K FASHOLA

Damilola Fashola

Poetry/Music/Film/Dance/Combined Arts/Theatre & Drama, London.

Damilola K Fashola is a British Born Nigerian Author, Actress & Dancer.

Though her primary focus is towards her Acting, Dance and Writing, for the past three years Fashola has written for, toured and directed Silhouettez In The Dark.

In 2008 Fashola came into the Artistic Director role as part of her Advanced Youth Arts Leadership Award with DreamArts; casting too of her East 15 Acting school peers into her physical theater directorial debut piece, Reflections Of A Shadow.

Audience members moved by the work, approached Fashola about joining the new unit. A collective was formed, 4 individual artist's with alike vision.

With audience growth & continuously booking new shows, there was a demand for Fashola's unique style of performance. 

With Fashola's headship Silhouettez have toured across London and surrounding areas. Crossing stages from universities, Schools to theaters and events.  

Fashola's work is breaking International barriers with audiences recognizing Silhouettez' in the US, Sweden and other regions, leading to SITD performing collaboratively with local artist's summer 2011, at venues in Lagos|Nigeria; including 1 Minute and More for Veteran Nigerian actress; Stella Damasus single release.

In 2011 Fashola became a Published Author with her poetry book Years Gone By.

It being well received, attracted media attention from radio stations such as Colorful Radio and from NupeMag UK's Premier Black Online Publication where Fashola's work was described:

'Years Gone By is a collection of poetry that dares to tackle issues which people are not even fighting'

and:

'the Short Tales segment provides small, sharp and vivid insights into Fashola's mind and they are laced with David Haye-like punches...'

Fasholas book is now currently shelved in one of Nigeria's most profound Arts Foundations Terra Kulture V.I.  

Fashola's goal is to help cultivate a new definition of expected art from "inner city ethic youth groups" with "No Limitations." 

She is a dancer by nature and Actress by the need for change.  She continues to write poetry and plays whilst awaiting & providing new dynamic roles, in like with this objective.

Find out more about Fashola here > WWW.DKFASH.COM