Commissioned by Luminato Festival, Toronto, Founding Joint Artistic Director Tim Supple adapted the Arabic folk classic into six hours of erotic, violent, philosophical, surreal and funny theatre; written by the Lebanese author Hanan Al Shaykh.

In 2008, aware of his own North African heritage, we asked Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui if he would like to work with us as part of our Arabic Series. Larbi embraced the challenge, turning the myth of the Tower of Babel, which he set out to build with Antony Gormley.