Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts is a Nigerian film academy situated in Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. It was founded by Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs in 2012.
Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts was selected as part of Nigerian Cultural Expressions at the 2012 Summer Olympics where they presented 3 full length plays (Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel, Fred Agbeyegbe’s The King must dance naked and Sefi Atta’s A Naming Ceremony), a mini film festival as well as a mini poetry festival.[1]
In January 2022, the Lagos State Government handed over the management of Glover Memorial Hall to Lufodo.[2]
The academy issues a NBTE National Certificate in Acting after students complete their program and casts them in a film or theatre production.[3]