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The Keepers of Infinite Space Omar El-Khairy

The Keepers of Infinite Space By Omar El-Khairy

The Keepers of Infinite Space by Omar El-Khairy


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Summary

The world premiere of an important new piece of political theatre. The team behind the international hit The Fear of Breathing (4 Stars Telegraph, Metro, Independent, Time Out Critics' Choice) chronicle a hidden world of incarceration where imaginative resistance, strange escapades and unexpected betrayals have become the norm.

The Keepers of Infinite Space Summary

The Keepers of Infinite Space by Omar El-Khairy

'You've got to learn when to throw your punches - when they least expect it. There's no use flailing in the dark. This is where battles are raged - and wars won.' Saeed is a bookseller in Nablus. His father Khalil is a property developer. They're just an ordinary family, quietly building a new Palestine. Until one day Saeed is arrested and thrown into gaol. Ashis future disappears, Saeed finds that the answer to his problems may lie in the past, and in the secrets his father has kept from him... Since the Israeli occupation in 1967, Palestine has become a nation of prisons. Up to 40% of the male population have been detained under military orders. Virtually every family has seen at least one relative put behind bars, and entire generations have grown up facing the prospect of the cell. With the release of political prisoners a key part of the current peace process, The Keepers of Infinite Space explores the dynamics of the Israeli prison system to reveal its fraught legacy for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

The Keepers of Infinite Space 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 *

About Omar El-Khairy

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.

Additional information

GOR005502039
9781783190768
1783190760
The Keepers of Infinite Space by Omar El-Khairy
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20130123
96
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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