Singer 12. Ronan Keating (Ireland) Singer 13. Khaled (Algeria) Rai Singer 14. Gong Li (China) Actress 15. Gina Lollobrigida (Italy) Actress 16. Miriam Makeba (South Africa) Singer 17. ManAi (Mexico) Latin Rock Band 18. Rita Levi Montalcini (Italy) 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine/Writer 19. Youssou N'Dour

But Brook, reminding us that Matilda is a frustrated singer, also evokes the extrovert ebullience of township life through music - everything from Miriam Makeba to Ella Fitzgerald. Even with only four actors, he is able to conjure up a bustling party. Brook's finest touch is unselfconsciously to embrace the