Description
This play chronicles a hidden world of incarceration where imaginative resistance, strange escapades and unexpected betrayals have become the norm.
About the Author
Omar El-Khairy is the 2013 Leverhulme Associate Playwright at the Bush Theatre and has previously collaborated with the Royal Court, the Soho Theatre, Theatre503, the Arcola, the Lyric and Old Vic New Voices (T. S. Eliot UK/US Exchange). His plays include Burst (produced through Paper Tiger), Sour Lips (commissioned as part of the Counter-Culture season at Ovalhouse) and Given the Times, which was commissioned in 2011 as part of Vibrant - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights. He is currently developing two new plays: Soft Sands, a story of friendship and solidarity set within the world of Gazan smuggling tunnels, and For Queen & Country, a black comedy about British identity in these times of global securitocracy. Omar is also a writer as part of the Bush/Kudos scheme for 2013.
Reviews
The Keepers of Infinite Space is a demanding play. Often it is not easy watching - scenes of violence and terror are common. But it is necessary and bold political theatre, and it will have you thinking for days. * Four stars - Everything Theatre *
An engulfing, immediate and powerful depiction of a man whose entire existence is crumbling before him. * What's On Stage *
The human cost is sometimes marginalised in the face of the warring ideologies. El-Khairy, however, has penned a piece that reclaims that humanitarian ground as fertile territory for his achingly sad examination of the people caught up in the maelstrom. * Public Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783190768
Author Omar El-Khairy
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 194g