19-20 July, Desdemona, Toni Morrison/ Rokia Traoré/ Peter Sel lars, Barbican Hall. In response to Peter Sellars’ 2009 Othello, Nobel Pr ize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traor é collaborate to create an intimate conversation between Shakespeare’s Desd emona and her African nurse, Barbary. Toni Morrison writes the stories, R okia Traoré the songs and she also sings the role of Barbary in this Barbic an co-commission which is directed by Peter Sellars. http://www.barbican.o rg.uk/music