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An Outcast Minority

 

                    Leonard Nimoy

 

'Spock is an alien, wherever he is. Because he's not human. He's not Vulcan. He's half and half — what we used to call a half-breed. ... He's not totally accepted in the Vulcan culture because he's not totally Vulcan. Certainly not totally accepted in the human culture because he's part Vulcan. And that alienation was something I learned in Boston. I knew what it meant to be a member of a minority — and in some cases, an outcast minority. So I understood that aspect of the character, and I think it was helpful in playing him.’

Leonard Nimoy 1931– 2015

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/27/389575615/leonard-nimoy-on-mr-spocks-jewish-heritage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy

 

 

 

11 and 12

Directed by Peter Brook

Produced by Barbicanbite, Théâtre Bouffes du Nord and the Grotowski Institute.

Venue: Barbican (London) 5—27 February

11 and 12 is based on Hampaté Bâ’s 1957 book, The Life and Teaching of Tierno Bokar: The Sage of Bandiagara (A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar). http://www.tiernobokar.columbia.edu/background.html

The play is set in a small town in Mali during the latter decades of French colonial rule. It revolves around a debate concerning a form of Islamic prayer and the controversy that erupts over the question of whether the prayer should be recited 11or 12 times each day.

This production devoid of theatrical distraction offers questioning insights into religion and its place in everyday life. Seven actors supported by the accomplished music of Toshi Tsuchitori simply and beautifully perform it. 

Tour Dates

5 – 27 February Barbican, London

9 – 14 March International Arts Festival Wellington, New Zealand

30 March – 3 April Tramway, Glasgow, UK

6 – 10 April Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, UK

20 – 24 April Northern Stage, Newcastle, UK

27 April – 1May Rose Theatre, Kingston, UK

12 – 18 May Teatro Matadores, Festival de Primavera, Madrid, Spain

26 – 28 May Drama Centre, Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore

3 – 13 June Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre, Australia