Dayo Koleosho

Dayo is an Associate Artist of Access All Areas. He is currently playing Kojo in BBC’s “Eastenders”. Recently, he played the role of Todd in “Imposter 22” – a Royal Court and Access All Areas co-production, on the Royal Court Downstairs stage. Other Access All Areas productions include, “MADHOUSE re:exit” at Shoreditch Town Hall and The Lowry in 2018, “unReal City” at the Battersea Arts Centre, in collaboration with dreamthinkspeak, in 2020 and 2022, and a national tour of “Eye Queue Hear” in 2014-15.

He played Karl in “Faith, Hope, and Charity” at the National Theatre in 2019. In 2021 and 2024 he toured with the production to Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in Paris, Wiener Festwochen in Vienna, and Schaubühne in Berlin.

In 2021 he played Philmore in “Jitney” at Leeds Playhouse, transferring to the Old Vic theatre in London. He was heavily involved in the devising and scripting of the piece, ensuring a truthful representation of learning disabled experience.

As well as EastEnders, other TV credits for the BBC include “Casualty”, “Doctors”, “Holby City”, and the aerial performance of the 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony. He has also appeared in “Damned” on Channel 4.

Dayo and creative partner Lee Phillips have created a collective called ‘Everyday Daylee’ and their performance of #crazyfuturelove performed as part of the Occupy festival at the Battersea Arts Centre in 2019 and at various festivals and gigs such as Bubble Club and the Autism Arts festival.

Dayo graduated from Access All Areas’ 2014 Performance Making Diploma at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He has been part of Access All Areas for over 20 years.