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MONSIEUR IBRAHIM AND THE FLOWERS OF THE QUR’AN

MONSIEUR IBRAHIM AND THE FLOWERS OF THE QUR’AN

When teenage tearaway Moses finds an unlikely friend in the mysterious shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, their travels take them on a journey of self-discovery, amidst a vibrant and ever-changing backdrop that transports them from the Rue Bleu in Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent.

Translated by Patrick Driver and Patricia Benecke

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Lighting
John Harris

Lighting Designer

Music
Nikola Kodjabashia

Music

Direction
Patricia Benecke

Director

Designer
Soutra Gilmour

Soutra Gilmour is a designer. Her theatre credits include: Strictly Ballroom, Les Blancs, Evening at the Talk House (costume), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (costume), Strange Interlude, Antigone (Evening Standard Award, Best Design), Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Double Feature, Shadow of a Boy (RNT). Hecuba, Candide, The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes  (RSC); The Commitments (Palace Th) From Here to Eternity  (Shaftesbury); Urinetown (Apollo/St James Th); Dr Faustus,The Homecoming, The Ruling Class, Richard 111,The Pride,The Hothouse, Macbeth  (Jamie Lloyd Company/Trafalgar Transformed); Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Th/ Harold Pinter), Assassins & Torchsong Trilogy (Menier Th); Cyrano de Bergerac  (Roundabout, New York (Tony nomination Best Costume Design); The Duchess of Malfi  (Old Vic); Reasons to be Pretty (Almeida); Inadmissible Evidence (Evening Standard Award, Best Design), Piaf (& Vaudeville/ Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires, Olivier nomination for Best Revival), Polar Bears  (Donmar); In a Forest Dark and Deep (Vaudeville);) Reasons to be Happy (Hampstead Th)The Little Dog Laughed (Garrick); Three Days of Rain (Apollo); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Close the Coalhouse Door, Our Friends in the North, Ruby Moon and Son of Man  (Northern Stage); The Pride (Olivier nomination, Outstanding Achievement).  The Lover /The Caretaker (Olivier nomination, Best Set Design) and The Collection (Comedy); Angels in America (Lyric, Hammersmith), Baby Doll, Thérèse Raquin  (Citizens Th); Bad Jazz, A Brief History of Helen of Troy (TMA nomination, Best Touring Production)  (ATC); The Birthday Party, The Caretaker (Sheffield Crucible/Tricycle); Bull  (Sheffield Crucible/ Brits on Broadway,Young Vic); Hair  (WhatsOnStage,  (Time Out Live nominations), Witness  ( Gate Th ); Ghost City , Arcola, New York; Into The Woods,  Open Air Th/ Public Theater, NY (Olivier nomination, Best Musical Revival); When the World Was Green  (Young Vic) Through the Leaves  (Duchess/ Southwark Playhouse).

Dance: Jekyll & Hyde (Old Vic Th)

Opera:  Recent credits include Iris (Opera Holland Park), Carmen (Opera North) Opera Shots (2011/2012 9ROH)

Cast

Nadim Sawalha
Ryan Sampson

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