this is d.w. news live from berlin a multimillion dollar settlement is agreed and the case of george floyd is not just the local american. real to show. the minneapolis city council says it has been fundamentally changed by this racial reckoning we'll go live to our correspondent in washington for more also on the program. a candlelit vigil in gang

gone with me on mar as protesters define a nighttime curfew the u.n. says more than 70 people have been killed in the military crackdown so far. and empty alcoves that once housed the world famous giant buddhas of bali on it's been 20 years since the taliban destroyed the statues in a series of explosions but will they ever be rebuilt. welcome to the show we begin in the united states where the city of minneapolis has agreed to pay the family of george floyd $27000000.00 to settle a civil lawsuit over his wrongful death floyd was killed while in police custody in may of last year sparking global protests about racial injustice former police

officer derek chauvin is currently on trial for his murder the floyd family's lawyer described the civil settlement as a positive step. it's not just a no for america to say that george floyd life matters we have to show that george floor life matters by actions is not just a no for america to say that black lives matter we have to show that black lives matter but actions. so the family of george florida in our legal team are very grateful to mayor from. the city council for not just saying you care about george floor but showing that you care about george floyd not just say that

black man but show him to the world black. today only a washington correspondent for style and has more all over this is one of the largest civil rights compensation payments in u.s. history how did it come about. you're perfectly right nicole $27000000.00 u.s. $1.01 of the largest settlements in u.s. history the city council voted on anonymously in favor of some and it was really a big case if you think back to what did what it looked like in summer here in the united states and around the world the killing of george for that triggered protests in several countries around the world with millions taking to the street also to an extent really on the scene within the united states as death as you remember it recorded on video some really drastic and almost undeniable moments

there when officer or ex officer i should say when was kneeling 4 minutes on the neck of george floyd until he was killed so certainly a very high sum that is paid here leaves lawyers and the family contend one of the family attorneys today said it is this is a proof that black lives do really matter meanwhile as separate criminal cases under way against this police officer that you just talked about he's accused of murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes that horrifying video that well i think everybody saw what's the latest on his trial. so the trial began on monday with the jury selection that is the 1st step leading into the actual trial and the opening statements are expected for the end of march the 29th infects a little bit until 'd that takes place derek show when the police officer there is charged with 3 counts and one is 2nd degree unintentional murder 2nd degree

manslaughter and then on thursday a 3rd count was added and that is 3rd degree murder children have pleaded not guilty in all of these columns about if you look at the video material that was shot by a bystander with the smartphone it's very calm demming of course however in the history of police violence here in the united states officers have very often not been convicted after a similar events and the concern of course is that if history repeats in this case that this could lead to another flare up of violent protests here in the united states and all eyes of course on this case right now is that u.s. beginning to turn a corner regarding answer record on police and race relations or is this just a prominent case and then we'll go back to normal after this. well certainly raised awareness right all these protests not only here in the u.s.

but around the world and there is a political will to fight police police violence but it really also then depends on the case if you look at the case of the young woman who was shot in her boyfriend's apartment in louisville kentucky no charges were made against the police officer as there can osha was constant jacob blake who was shot while sitting in his car no charges so the george floyd case of course hasn't begun yet and it's unclear of course how this will play out but there is still a lot of frustration among the black live matter community community. and therefore . especially that this could happen any time soon again. in washington thank you very much. and then mara pro democracy protesters have to find a 9 time band to again take to the streets as they continue to resist a military coup by alliance committed against protesters so far has led to a u.n.

special investigator to cuse the myanmar military of crimes against humanity and it's driving some police officers to flee the country rather than continue to be part of a crackdown against their own people. for whom this is me and my rising death tolls and increased military violence. brutal crackdown on preschool protestors and me and maher has abused citizens who are marching for democracy and it has shattered the spirits of a growing number of police who are siding with didn't strangers. citizens' lives are under threat and the police can't help. is one of nearly $200.00 police officers who fret the chaos and found refuge across the border in india. first i came here because i don't want to serve under the military junta and 2nd if i quit and join with the people i believe we can win the fight against them not to

chop out all the despite international condemnation the hutto piers undeterred continuing to beat and kill citizens who can't defend themselves the united nations says the widespread systematic violence likely crosses the threshold for crimes against humanity people are being. true to. in these. wars and again these are being committed against combat being committed against peaceful protesters he's pushing for a more forceful response from the international community one that includes targeted sanctions on individual members and on the financial institutions that fund the violence. up to speed on some other stories making news around the world and the u.k. a serving police officer has been charged with the kidnap and murder of a 33 year old woman efforts body found him and one then

a week after she went missing a case has sparked an outpouring of anger on line about the safety of women in britain around the world. germany says it will continue to use the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine despite some other european countries putting a temporary halt on its use the announcement follows reports of severe blot claude's forming and some people who have received the vaccine though no link to the drug has been established astra zeneca insists the shot is safe. explosions from. a 4 kilometer high plume of smoke into the sky europe's largest active volcano located on the island of sicily has been back in action multiple times in the past 3 weeks giving off an impressive demonstration of nature's fire power. authorities in nigeria say gunmen have kidnapped dozens of

students from a school in the northwestern state of do no security forces were able to rescue 180 pupils and staff but nearly 40 students are still missing it's the 4th mass kidnapping from a nigerian school since december. another nigerian school bearing the scars of a kidnapping. authorities say a large group of gunmen carried out the abduction on thursday night that this forestry college in the state of. students and staff were taken hostage 180 people were rescued after the military force with the kidnappers but 30 people are still unaccounted for.

some of the rescued students suffered injuries and have been taken to hospital. this attack is the 4th of its kind since december in nigeria where bandits use it as a way to make money or push for the release of jailed members from their group's security forces say they are conducting an operation to find the missing students. our correspondent in nigeria told us why he thinks these kidnappings keep happening. simmo to put the problems. on it is the growing insecurity displayed in the we is security has taken pole or die in nigeria secondly is from the government's side the government is seen not to be doing enough because this is the 1st time we have in this kind of kid not supposed to be protected by a no in tell us who's in the curia because when you see a problem and this tactic dad is need for you to take it kind of precautionary

action to be more or less pro active in terms of protecting the schools and we're not seeing doubt that he doesn't still like human boy are we going to use force to bring an end to this and bundy create do we give them an amnesty some governments are seeing years we are going to get them on this to like this and said go through what it could you know to govern the is in the forefront where i want the people who are us in move we should use force to fight these deeds and finally did i say in that dead bin they collected did but governance didn't do enough for them so that is it. interest there for centuries to giant food us stood watch over afghanistan spawn me on valley until the taliban decided they went against eric strange interpretation of islamic law and order their destruction 20

years ago the world watched in horror as these cultural monuments fell victim to a series of explosions today of value as a unesco world heritage site and there's debate over whether to rebuild the statues or leave the giant alcoves empty as a reminder of their destruction. mr hussein is a bike mechanic his workshop once boasted a direct view of famous buddhist statues he was unwillingly involved in their tragic fate. i'm sad and disappointed that our statues have been destroyed and they still haven't been reconstructed that's hard for people here the statues are part of a unesco world heritage site we want them rebuilt and soon. the taliban forced to saying to drill holes into the rock for the explosives that would destroy the ancient statues the monuments dated from the 6th century they were once the world's

tallest statues of the standing buddha or inspiring symbols of buddhist philosophy . the islamist taliban destroyed them in march 2001 now the afghan government controls the area abdul hamad also has a special connection to the site he's responsible for the safe keeping of fragments of the figures. of construction work has stopped due to a lack of funds that's the reason the ministry for information and culture and unesco are working to secure donations so that work can restart next year his biggest fear is that the taliban will take control again and put an end to reconstruction efforts. i'll leave you now with some new words by french our this tape who uses sand and grass as his chemists and the last 2 years he's taken as my degradable painted 3 continents painting these giant lange tans here's his

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superman. superfood stylish dialogue color joke let o's. life style you're a. song. this is the doubling years africa coming up on the program will the fees finally fall off because government bans to student pressure on university tweet should cost but will this come the protests also coming up. another school abduction in night. geria gunmen seize a group of students in the north of the country we ask our correspondent why do these attacks keep happening. plus the new boss for african football's governing body will this mining billionaire be successful in turning around the beautiful

games fortunes. and south africa's largest ethnic group loses its influential monarch kings when he dies after an illness. i'm told me all of it boy it's good to have you with us south africa's government has given in to pressure to increase financial aid given to university students now this follows days of protests in which one person was killed in nationwide marches students have been demanding the scrapping of the debts complaining that university education is an affordable. was at one of these protests in cape town. more and more students in south africa throughout the country have joined the protest trying to fight for one key thing financial inclusion of everybody and

making universities accessible also for the poor part of the population 1st year students. among those who still don't know if they will be able to stop classes because they have to make a showing for financial support is still pending we do not need financial stress the students because i mean education that he dislikes is but if you're going to have to stress about getting the education then what motivation do you have to get it. right at this point i'm feeling hopeless i don't want to live at this point i don't actually see myself furthering my study this year i do not know i'm at a standstill i. am the protesters now and the building where the fees office is many say they can not afford to pay their fees and the national student financial aid scheme is overwhelms despite promises by the government to put more money in the scheme it is not enough to support everyone at the university of which the dramas work about $6000.00 students about

to be excluded from university because they are not supported and they're not able to pay their fees it's really bad but i hope that the government will pull through keep their promises and 1st of all just be transparent about meant to stop. lying because that is basically what they do these must what's been coming on for quite some time now the government has had ample time to implement something especially during last year with kobe this it could have also been one of their priorities if they've distance learning so they have failed i wrote just a reminder of the massive these must fall protests in 20152006. back then the former president promised free tertiary education but it was never mentioned because of the pandemic the government now even has begun financial issues which will make

finding a solution even more complicated the protesters you know ever say they will continue to fight for financial inclusion when everyone who wants to attend university. let's take a look now at some other stories making news across the continent rwanda's president paul kagame a has become the 1st east african leader to get the covert 19 vaccine together with his wife jean at rundle plans to vaccinate about a 3rd of its 12000000 citizens this year in the same number by the end of 2022. morocco's government has approved a draft law legalizing cannabis for medical and therapeutic use recreate the use will remain illegal already the world's largest producer of illicit hashish and a change with position the north african country to exploit the rapidly growing market for medical marijuana. in nigeria there's been another mass school abduction this time in mondo in north west and kaduna state authorities say gunmen

seized a group of students in a raid on a forestry college around 30 students on missing is the 4th mass kidnapping from a school in nigeria since december. and with a series of attacks on schools in nigeria authorities of promised us children asa cure yet the abductions continue u.w. oss correspondent address ways to in a buddha why this keeps happening. well it is an indication of the growing insecurity in nigeria is number one they could not is another indication of but governance on their elected to pull back to because those who are india's their heads men complain that they have been neglected for long but it is in reality of so many things because this is not the 1st time a school has been attacked right from 2014 when it happens in chibok we still have

been even more watched more frequent so the concern is that what is the government doing in the government just has to be hard to press conference by the advice i see in that some to me one indoors who i believe need even coming out to say that there are some caution on what is happening on the kidnapped in nigeria. african football's governing body has a new boss south african billionaire patrice but sampai was the sole candidate for the presidency of the confederation of african football but separate built his fortune in gold mining with other successes in other sectors in our face of the massive task of turning around an organization riddled with dysfunction and corruption but does he stand a chance of success in african football. speak to sports journalist thomas quinn i say he is in johannesburg so much it's good to have you on the program for years

football has administration has been plagued with mismanagement and corruption both in africa and even on the global stage so why would they want to take on such a murky world. well you know also i asked myself that question but that heat produced was approved by a number of people both here. it is awful that it up and. i guess if it. is this is a process 48 kind of treason president clinton did maybe even friday. that year and it up. and hence he decided to say. can he be the man to reform african football leadership i think i'm really positive. a lot of kids who are getting through or simply because if you

get to. the last visited with due respect where you over have headed in there is this how did it feel to do it just go nuts with the truth here it's money to be true i just didn't seem eager. to accept it. that is it was decided it did go on and did you hear. because. of it you should go to sleep and the consideration. to this shit for the last 3 years you have the africa cup of nations you have i think how vicious if you don't want to come out to the ship companies whatsoever seize their potential i mean like that it was just the conservation the kind of

right. you kind of get it. we're inside with. who will go into that. look to like his focus because he doesn't need. the silence. you need to go in there. or it is through. very quickly thomas what should. they prioritize when he gets when he begins his job gomez 1st priority. a couple of 23 years sort of the very 1st president of care we see so. we're going to do a lot of who's not a geisha for you. know you him you have.

for music british crush it and. so i think god's. people and passion. and. i think are. lined up their pockets certainly huge task ahead sports journalist thomas quinn i say thank you for your insights. it's always a pleasure the traditional leader of south africa's people has died at the age of 72 after more than a month in hospital king goodwill when he did not officially hold political office but will that great influence among the south africa's largest ethnic group reports in local media say he had health problems related to diabetes. well

fooling goodwills very teeny was seen as safeguarding the zulu people's connection with their history his job was mainly ceremonial. but he was the leader all south africa's largest ethnic group the zulus that make up about 20 percent of the population. we've lost our last this last alligator this was and someone who was sulk culturally elway seminal is bringing all the pieces together and he's a great loss given the fact that historically a magnitude of a muslim. leading a muslim lived through difficult times during a part of the the king's conservative attitudes to words women's rights and l g b t people raised eyebrows but he also spoke out against femicide and on the a.t.v. epidemic. he reigned for more than 50 years making him the longest serving zulu

monarch. south africa's president said he'd be remembered as a visionary leader who made an important contribution to cultural identity national unity and the development of south africa as a whole. bats it for now be sure to check out other stories on. africa on facebook and twitter and tell us what you think about the stories we're covering we'll leave you with these images of the late zulu king regional and world leaders as you next time live in.

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for. what's in store. for the future. for the major cities. inside. biggest tournaments faces major allegations more than 6000 workers have reportedly died building stadiums for the 2022 world cup in qatar prompting at least one supplier to forgo involvement in the games. also on the show spending your way out of the pandemic u.s. president joe biden has signed his $1.00 trillion dollar relief package into law

but worries are now over the u.s. is debt levels. and living in little our tiny hole the future of housing. this is your business i'm joined now on in berlin happy you can join us. preparations for the world cup and 2022 are in full swing in qatar but allegations of human rights abuses have dogged organizers with media reports claiming over $6500.00 migrant workers died in construction projects that's prompted one company which traditionally has supplied the pitch for a big tournaments to boycott the event. in the netherlands is used in football stadiums around the world. and organizers of the 2022 world cup hope to play on sod from hendrix get a soda but the company has pulled out of negotiations pointing to the staggering number of fatalities among workers in the run up to the tournament. the reason

a report in the guardian newspaper shows more than 6500 migrant workers have died in qatar over the last 10 years most of them from south asia but the death toll could be higher reports from the philippines in kenya weren't included in the guardian's report. officials claim there were only a handful of deaths on world cup construction sites which include stadiums and airport roads and public transportation projects there are around $2000000.00 foreign workers in qatar most of them come from south asian countries but some hail from african nations like kenya. human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the working conditions and despite new laws in qatar they say that the conditions are still poor. to the u.s. now u.s. president joe biden called it historic legislation and the long awaited rescue package for pandemic hit americans is just that the final figure is $1.00 trillion

dollars that's one of the biggest stimulus packages of all time it will go towards everything from child care support to business relief to coronavirus vaccinations republicans and others are concerned about the size of the package where the u.s. national debt currently at around 28 trillion dollars and rising by the end of the year it's expected to exceed the size of the u.s. economy. joins us now for wall street for more on this yes now having national debt is bigger than g.d.p. that's something we here in europe are well familiar with is not an issue in the u.s. . well clearly it's an issue and i mean we shouldn't forget the u.s. economy is bigger than that say greece for instance so there's much more money at the table and it also could cause much more trouble for the global economy and not just the u.s. alone by the way the independent congressional budget office just recently came out with a report saying if policy doesn't change we actually could see

a debt in the united states being about to 200 percent of g.d.p. within the next 30 years and if we talk about debt i mean usually what the united states does is that they actually do what they do is they they give out new debt so they sell a treasuries to make up for the debt so that's basically what they're doing so if there should be a lack of confidence theoretically what could happen is that the world stops buying u.s. bonds and that could lead to a huge financial crisis i'm not saying that this is very likely but if the trust in us. treasuries short event as i said that could lead to a financial crisis that would make their financial crisis of 2008 look like a kindergarten play even as i mentioned that is not very likely at this point this is a pretty breast exam area now yang's are also about to top off a week of market highs briefly if you can what made the week most interesting for

you. well it's been an incredible week and i mean 1st of all we have all this good news about the vaccination the president joe biden on thursday said that by may 1st of all adults in the united states it can get a vaccine so there clearly is some good news and there's all this hope of reopening speeding up the dow jones industrial average up more than 1000 points this week alone are up by about just 3.7 percent with blue chips so definitely there is no holding on wall street at least for now a big week for young's quarter and the markets thank you for your reporting. now to some of the other global business stories making news. germany imported 76 percent more oil from u.s. producers last year making the united states one of germany's more important energy suppliers thanks to the recent cuban american oil the us is now the world's leading

oil exporter can. pay out close to $2000000000.00 euros in bonuses to its top investment bankers despite laying off nearly $3000.00 employees because of the corona crisis 2020 is the 1st year since 2014 deutsche bank has posted a profit thanks to the bank's investment branch. astra zeneca has further reduced the amount of coronavirus vaccines it plans to supply to the e.u. this quarter the british swedish company expects to deliver $30000000.00 doses a quarter less than the already reduced figure it promised last month it's a 3rd of the amount of the e.u. originally signed up for and columns as another blow to the blocks vaccine rollout our financial correspondent chelsea delaney has more from frankfurt. it's been one setback after another for the east oxidation campaign and the latest news from

astra zeneca indicates that isn't going to be changing anytime soon the u.k. company is now expecting to fall well short of its pledge deliveries to the e.u. in both the 1st and the 2nd quarter so stretching into the summer as well we've seen multiple european countries actually temporarily suspend the use of the astra zeneca shot over mounting concerns about the safety of the vaccine what the big hope for europe has been the johnson and johnson vaccine which was approved this week but already european officials are trying to temper some of this optimism here in germany the health minister has warned he likely won't get any distribution we won't get any shots delivered until at least mid to late april. the braggs a trade agreement between the u.k. and the e.u. has been in for since january and it's already having a massive impact on the exchange of goods german exports to the island have fallen by almost a 3rd but the decline in british exports to that you is even more pronounced death

for duels across europe a symbol of spring time hope many of the death bills sold in europe used to come from great britain but this year millions of bunches will be left to rot because of a quirk of bricks it. the biggest issue is stuff not be able to come over and do this social work. we've we we would have out a $150.00 people today pickin and it's just then to walk $24.00 from there because they're just not coming over the u.k. is the main grower of definite also a flower picked by hand rather than harvested by machines together with covert 19 restrictions the end of free movement of people following breaks it has been a catastrophe for flower growers one of mental flowers form a multi-billion pound industry in britain but because on a mental plants are in a different category to fruit and vegetables deford eels were not included in a scheme to admit overseas farm workers after breaks it. all of this finer detail

was not really clearly laid out for people to understand and on christmas eve of course we were told that we had this fantastic deal and everything was going to be great but it's not and yet the political statements come out that everything's so easy everything's so possible and it really isn't. before breaks it on average $25000000.00 deaf or deals were picked every year on this farm now they expect that figure to be closer to just $6000000.00. at a time when housing prices are going through the roof a downsizing is starting to look more attractive for many in our next story we need a former movie maker who says you don't have to live large to live well. and he co-founded he is a product designer here who has built her south the house of her dreams.

i live in a tiny haze i used to build movie sets which is quite different from when i left the film industry i traveled for a while everything i needed was in my backpack a tiny house is a lot like that everything you need to fit into one room there are lots of places to store stuff away everything is multi-functional. she works for steph and dick man he started building tiny heads is 5 years ago and now he's on the biggest manufacturers in germany he builds 48 year none of them larger than 25 square meters the starting price is 45000 euros perhaps like this some customers want to live in there is full time others just for holidays either way you can't cram much stuff in here.

for many people have come to appreciate minimalism downsizing living we know that because we see lots of people here who think that way living in a small space is just one aspect of minimalism more generally it's about reducing your c o 2 footprint so choosing to live in and he 20 square metres wider than 60 could be part of that. so no further north. with housing in increasingly short supply the market for tiny has this is growing. i think people have become more flexible nowadays they're not so bad to stay in one place that's another reason for choosing a tiny has. plans to open a tiny has hotel once the pandemic is over. the pint size units are ready to go

each one is different. and he doesn't need to be convinced she's already a fan and sets her tiny house gives her everything she needs. and that's it from us this week thanks for watching i have a great weekend. to. imagine how many portions of lunch us right now in the world climate change different office stores this is my plus away from just one week. how much work can really get. we still have time to where i'm going. to. watch this. new year me known spears we're going to do you can hide last year's german chancellor i want to bring

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. it sounds like an actor's worst nightmare going on stage to perform a play with no preparation no idea even what the play is about and yet the play white rabbit red rabbit has been performed thousands of times in dozens of languages we'll talk to the playwright coming up after. the cruel tale of the drug war a little known opera that could snag a grammy this weekend those stories coming up but 1st

a possible game changer for the art market just half a year ago the artist be people have never sold a work but on thursday christie's auction off a digital collage by the artist for over $69000000.00 the 3rd highest auction price ever for a living artist it's also the highest price ever for a purely digital artwork the piece containing images the artists have been posting online daily since 2007 sold as an n f t a non fungible token a form of encrypted data that can't be replicated the artist whose real name is mike winkleman says it's a new day for digital art. but there are thousands of artists and that is something that you know i sort of really hope comes from that and i'm going to be pushing or is sort of going back actually and looking at the history of digital art over the last 20 years digital art is design websites they describe apps they defy on you

know t.v. shows how t.v. shows look they design how characters look at movies didn't you know. that's all digital art so they have a huge huge impact on visual language or moral and so i think it now be out of luck lacked i meant to look at them as you know we are as i am super super excited about your vision song contest as told bellerose to change its tune or get out they say the song bellerose submitted breaks the contest rules against political entries it features the lyrics out to toe the line words that feller's opposition figures say support the regime of strongman leader alexander lukashenko and mock widespread protests in the country following last year's elections. more music news and a piece that still very much in the running for this weekend's grammy awards a recording of the dwarf by austrian composer on except that some minsky is

competing for best opera recording sung by the deutsche berlin it's a chance for the world to get to know an opera that has rarely performed. it's the 18th century and the spanish royal court is celebrating the birthday of the king's daughter one gift in particular is causing a sensation it's a human being a dwarf a gift from a sultan the man doesn't know he's a little person because he's never seen himself in a mirror. the one act opera was written in 1922 inspired by oscar wilde story the birthday of the infanta director to be as cuts or has brought the tale into the present day he sees it as less a drama about an individual artist and more of a description of the state of society where. you can read it as

a very individual story regardless of age or size that's what i found to be the crucial issue of all the characters in the piece not just the dwarf have that great discrepancy between their self image and their public image how they want to be perceived and how they think they are perceived and how the others really see them . the dwarf's attempt to win the heart of the princess with a love song only appears to succeed. i have a tragic story takes its course as the dwarf ends up seeing himself through the unloving eyes of his beloved. how do we see ourselves how do others see us and how do we deal with being different director cuts or does without makeup and elaborate costumes simply casting 2 people in the main role. of the interim isn't quite that i decided to

bring the conflict of interior images the conflict between the self image and the external image of the character onto the stage through 2 characters and a cast the title role with a tenor and with an actor who corresponds to the image one already has when reading the libretto mainly of an actor of small stature for me that was the way to really make the inner conflict theatrical. and this approach to casting works thanks to the excellent performance by mick morris may not an actor with dwarfism and the extraordinary singing by american tenor david but philip. the stage production has already been celebrated by audiences in berlin if the video production wins a grammy award this weekend that would certainly help bring it to the attention of an international audience.

was. also this weekend actors and over 120 places from tokyo to new york el salvador to mumbai are performing the same play and none of them knows what it's about with no one her soles and no director the work white rabbit red rabbit by iranian playwright nasim so a month where is perhaps the perfect choice for a day of action calling attention to the plight of theaters one year into the coronavirus pandemic. this unusual play always begins the same way ok. i have just been the envelope i've begun to read and i have no idea what's going to happen. there are no were her skills no

real script and no director the actors get their instructions once they're on stage where they slip into the role of a 29 year old theater director from iran there is a bit of a plot but that's a secret it's all part of the concept and it's meant to allow the actors to be more spontaneous in their improvisation that's also why each actor is only allowed to perform the piece once in the meantime thousands of actors have done that including rahman carry out my preparation is to not prepare you know not google not think about it too much actually i just want to be vulnerable as possible with it because . i think the whole point of broadway producers tom kurta he and devlin elliott came across the piece at the edinburgh fringe festival noticed that there was a play written by an iranian playwright and thought that would be interesting to check out and within minutes we realize we were seeing something we'd never seen before for their 2016 production and new york's west theater they were able to

recruit a number of acting stars that helped bring the play with a secret plot to the world's attention. and i'm joined now by theater creator nasim soleimani poor who lives in berlin but wrote the play white rabbit red rabbit in 2010 when he was still in iran so in the same you've said that this device of keeping the play a secret even for the actor was born out of necessity what do you mean by that. well hello to you and everyone thank you just like in 2001 you might know i was a still in iran and in war and i was really keen to to do a show globally so i thought maybe i can shift some paradigm. in that in the future as like a structure came up we did. something with you supposed to be formed fight and theme quite a 1st time with an actor in front of

a live audience and the actor basically is reading your voice now i've got a question about the story so if there are any actors out there who might perform this play some day stop watching right here. i understand that the end of the play there's that the actor who's playing here is basically instructed to do something terrible to him or herself it's a kind of test whether the audience will intervene why did you include that. well i think it's a choice you're right. david i strongly believe that we live in a very beautiful but yes very very troubled world we have black lives matter the climate change is real and you and i are speaking something is happening a catastrophe in myanmar so question is do we basically react to them thing was or the borders of our of the media and how much do we push in which direction

what are the red line i think that's what that's what the play is is trying to to to to explore with the help of the performer and the audience and he told me that when this performance is done a live visit is usually the case there is actually a lot of audience interaction. it is the eye it happens that audience even they they try you know the audience members to go on stage and stuff to show friends environment like you were going to do a show where we're going in may and mexico tomorrow inside of prison so different context as i bring it brings and brings in different you know moments and with this black was speaking of the white rabbit red rabbit is being performed in over 120 places of this saturday's some virtually and you can't possibly be there to see all of them 120 performances in one day is there a show that you're particularly excited to see are you going to be participating in

any way. i mean i look at the list today i was doing good we had like what mama mama you know 1 you have to stumble i want china now and new york and london and some of those plays out of being there personally can perform i want to talk about you know the mexican company or he showed across the netherlands i've yet only find one theater in crete different venues in the land there are simon payment be there doing shows and the audience without a choice on whom to basically pick which show room part of the show they want to see we can act like i would try to do sneak peak you know if it could be the different show if they are on you know most definitely i would do that well it's not some silly month for thanks so much for coming on arts and culture congratulations on this work of art which is now 11 years old and still as relevant as ever and as popular as ever thank you very much i also want to thank you all removal for initiating it's an old leave grey preview series and the actors are

going to take a look thanks so much. of our more culture news now england's royal shakespeare company is harnessing 3 d. video game technology and live stream performances of a midsummer night's dream the technology transforms real life actors into virtual avatars actors in the troop say they believe the once radical 16th and 17th century playwright shakespeare would approve the performances are free of charge but viewers can pay $10.00 pounds to interact with the cast as virtual fireflies. and to leave you now with some new works by a french artist site proof uses sand and grass as his canvas in the last 2 years has taken his biodegradable paints to 3 continents painting giant linked hands he says the project is all about friendship here's his latest from any.

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