Adura Onashile

[3] Her 2013 play Expensive Shit addresses themes of sexual exploitation and precarious work, drawing inspiration from real life events at The Shimmy Club in Glasgow, by then her hometown.

[4] It was praised by Andrea Arhagba writing in Empire for highlighting gender dynamics in nightclubs.

[5] Expensive Shit won the audience and the critics award at the Glasgow International Film Festival.

[3] Her 2021 immersive theatrical production of Ghosts was created with the National Theatre of Scotland and incorporates augmented reality delivered via app that informs the audience of the history of slavery in Glasgow.

[9][10] New Europe Film Sales bought the rights to Girl later the same year.