Tunji Lucas in Peter Brook's Eleven and Twelve

Tunji Lucas continues on his creative and geographic journey as part of the company for Peter Brook's latest project, Eleven and Twelve.  Having played throughout December at the Bouffes du Nord, the production then moved to Wroclaw and is now playing at the Barbican, as part of the Bite10 season, before going on tour.  Tunji plays the central role in this play about how an argument over whether a prayer should be said eleven or twelve times spirals into hatred, violence and massacres.  Tunji, a naturally gifted and untrained actor, says he has had the time of his life working with Peter Brook and that he "now knows what hard work is"!  Eleven and Twelve plays at the Barbican until 27 Feb.

"There is a delightful moment of unexpected comedy when Tunji Lucas impersonates [his character] Ba's mother, who is opposed to his leaving their village to study. After listening to Bokar, she sulkily adjusts her head covering and says, "Yes, Tierno, you have convinced me" in a tone that says: There is a pig; I see it fly." Rhoda Koenig, The Independent, 15.02.2010

"The adornments are the actors themselves... led by the radiant Tunji Lucas, wrapped in a length of sky-blue cloth." Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 14.02.2010