"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), Gaias børn (1998), and Children of Men (2006), and has also worked as part of the Crass Collective.
In 2003 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.
Nabil's play The First To Go premiered in May 2008, produced by Edinburgh's Benchtours Theatre Company in association with Sirrius Pictures. It opened at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh on May 23rd and toured to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow; The Byre Theatre, St Andrews and Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.
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 978-0954829414)
- D.A.R.E. (Disabled Anarchists' Revolutionary Enclave) - Play (theatre) - by Nabil Shaban, Robert Rae, Jim McSharry, Daryl Beeton, and John Hollywood (ISBN 0-413-77261-6)
- The Ripper Code - Fiction Crime Thriller - by Nabil Shaban (ISBN 978-0954829421)
External links
- Nabil Shaban's homepage
- Nabil Shaban at the Internet Movie Database
- Sirius Pictures website of Shaban's film company
- Sirius Book Works website of Nabil's publishing & sales company
- Nabil's Videos on DailyMotions.Com
- Nabil's Videos on YouTube
- An interview with Nabil Shaban on the bbc.co.uk website
- Graeae Theatre Company
- Shaban's page about Ivar the Boneless
- Benchtours Theatre Company
- Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
- Tron Theatre, Glasgow
- Byre Theatre, St Andrews
- Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
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