Tierno Bokar

Tierno Bokar, named for a Sufi mystic embroiled in a dispute between rival religious factions in 1930s French-ruled Africa, is a co-production of Peter Brook’s International Center of Theatre Creation and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. The work was adapted by Marie-Hélène Estienne from the great West African writer Amadou Hampaté Bâ’s Life and Teaching of Tierno Bokar, the Sage of Bandiagara. The piece will be performed in French, with supertitles, and features music by Toshi Tsuchitori and Antonin Stahly and lighting design by Phillipe Vialatte.