Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nabil_ShabanNabil Shaban - Wikipedia

    Nabil Shaban is a Jordanian-British actor and writer, best known for playing Sil in Doctor Who. He also co-founded Graeae, a theatre group for disabled performers, and wrote and presented several documentaries on disability and history.

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0787048Nabil Shaban - IMDb

    Nabil Shaban is a Jordanian-born actor, writer and director, known for his roles in Children of Men, Morticia and Doctor Who. He was born on 12 February 1953 in Amman, Jordan and has been married to Marcela Krystkova since 2016.

    • January 1, 1
    • 7 min
    • Amman, Jordan
  3. graeae.org › who-we-are › our-historyOur history - Graeae

    Graeae was founded by Nabil Shaban and Richard Tomlinson in 1980 to create accessible and excellent theatre with Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists. Learn about their history, vision, and achievements in this web page.

    • Early Success
    • Film and Documentary
    • Recent Work
    • GeneratedCaptionsTabForHeroSec

    As co-founder of Graeae, Shaban helped to build a company with a reputation for high quality, challenging work, whilst simultaneously creating more opportunities for disabled artists to write, perform and act in roles otherwise closed off to them in mainstream theatre. Shaban himself has performed major roles in a number of Graeae productions which...

    Shaban’s film work includes parts in ‘City of Joy’ (1992), ‘Wittgenstein’ and ‘Born on Fire’ (1987), whilst on television he has had numerous roles in Channel 4 and BBC productions, but is probably best known as ruthless businessman Sil in ‘Doctor Who’. His documentary work includes ‘Skin Horse’ (1983), a film exploring disability and sexuality, ‘T...

    Since 2000, Shaban has been based near Edinburgh where he has appeared in many productions, including his own play, ‘The First To Go’, which chronicles the treatment of disabled people under the Nazi regime, and premiered at the Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh in 2008.

    Nabil Shaban is a Jordanian-born British actor who has performed in mainstream and disability arts theatre, film and TV. He is also a co-founder of Graeae, a leading disability arts company, and has written and acted in plays about disability issues.

  4. Sep 29, 2012 · Exclusive First Look: Sil - Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos. Nabil Shaban talks about getting into character... literally. Nabil recalls the effort required to complete his transformation...

    • 2 min
    • 25.8K
    • Classic DW
  5. Graeae is a British theatre company of deaf and disabled artists, founded by Nabil Shaban in 1980. Learn about its history, repertoire, awards and online archive.

  6. People also ask

  7. Nabil Shaban is a writer, actor and the co-founder of Graeae, a theatre company for disabled people. Listen to his podcast with Associate Director Nickie Miles-Wildin, where he talks about his career, ambition and Graeae's history.

  1. People also search for