Nabil Shaban

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Nabil Shaban

Born 12 February 1953 (age 55)
Amman, Jordan

Nabil Shaban (born 12 February 1953) is a British actor. He founded The Graeae (pronounced 'grey-eye') - a theatre group which promotes performers with disabilities. He has a son named Zenyel.

"Nabs" was a student at the University of Surrey in the late seventies and contributed to the Student Union newspaper "Bare Facts". One of his most memorable television roles was that of the hideous reptilian alien Sil in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Shaban played Sil in two serials: Vengeance on Varos (1985) and Mindwarp (1986). Nabil is particularly well known among Dr Who fans for Sil's laugh that he created.

He has appeared in several films including Born of Fire (1983), City of Joy (1992) and Gaias børn (1998), and has also worked as part of the Crass Collective.

In 2004 he made a TV documentary in which explored the possibility that Viking chieftain Ivar the Boneless may have had osteogenesis imperfecta, the same condition as himself.

Nabils play The First To Go will premiere in May 2008 produced by Edinburgh's Benchtours Theatre Company in association with Sirrius Pictures. It opens at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh on May 23rd and tours to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow; The Byre Theatre, St Andrews and Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.

[edit] Further reading

  • Dreams my Father Sold Me — poetry and artworks by Nabil Shaban (ISBN 0-9548294-0-9)
  • The First To Go: An Original Play About Disabled People in Nazi Germany — by Nabil Shaban (ISBN-13: 978-0954829414)

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