Concerts: Safaricom Kenyan Classical Fusion, Sept. 28-Oct. 2 2011


Dates: September 28, 2011
Venue: Great Lake at Butterfly Pavilion (Haller Park, Bamburi)
Location: Mombasa
Time: 6.30pm (Doors open at 5.30pm)
Tickets: Adults Kshs 500, Students Kshs 200 and Children under 12 yrs Kshs 100
Performers: Sauti Sol and Lady Smith Black Mambazo

Date: September 30, 2011
Venue: Nairobi Aboretum
Time: 7pm (Doors open at 6 pm)
Tickets: Kshs 4500 (Inclusive of dinner)
Performer: Lady Smith Black Mambazo
NB: Cash bar available

Date: October 2, 2011
Venue: Impala Grounds
Time: 2pm (Doors open at noon)
Tickets: Adults Kshs 500, Students Kshs 200 and Children under 12 yrs Kshs 100
Performers: Lady Smith Black Mambazo, Sauti Sol, The Kenya Conservatoire of Music Orchestra, Nairobi Orchestra, Safaricom Choir, Nairobi Chamber Chorus, Kenyatta University Choir, Africa Nazarene Choir, Strathmore Chorale, Moi Nairobi Girls, Starehe Boys & Girls, Alliance High. Soloists: Brian Sempele, Kevin Munyi, Joseph Chege, Jazzinfolk
This will be an afternoon for the whole family – bring your own picnic and relax in an atmosphere of classical and operatic pieces that we have all grown up with

For more information: http://www.safaricom.co.ke/classicalfusion/index.html
Online Tickets info: MPesa Ticketing
Contacts: 0701018184, info@artofmusic.co.ke

Theatre: Wanjiku’s Dilemma, Sept. 23-Oct. 8 2011 @ Professional Centre


Phoenix Players present Wanjiku’s Dilemma (Opening this Friday) by Oby Obyerodhyambo another Kenyan original .
Oby is certainly not a stranger to the Kenyan Theatre scene, and this is his second play to be presented on the Phoenix Stage.

Opening: September 23, 2011
Time: 7pm
Venue: Professional Centre (The Phoenix Players)

Dates: September 24-October 8, 2011
Time: Wednesday-Friday 7pm, Saturday 3rd & 17th 7pm and Sunday 4th & 11th 3 & 6pm
Tickets: Kshs 500 (Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @ Ksh. 300 and get 1 Free. Only those with school ID’S are eligible for the offer)

SYNOPSIS
Two young lawyers- TUNU and RICKO are running their own practice. TUNU has a habit of picking Pauper’s Briefs- especially those of the ‘down-trodden’ and uses her mother ALICE- a retired legal brain- as a bouncing wall for her cases. She picks up one such case- of a woman who has killed her husband and his lover in what appears, on the surface, as a fit of anger. Questions start to fly- with public opinion at variance with the suspect’s defense lawyers, the case starts to split the staff in the office as well. Tunu is convinced WANJIKU did no wrong. The Police have a very different view. So does her own mother and legal partner. This drama plays on the social attitudes, societal expectations of what a marriage should be. The conflicts – past and present – that re-wire our opinions and either clear or cloud our judgements.

The play is directed by GEORGE MUNGAI. WANJIKU’S DILEMMA is part of the on-going program to produce original Kenyan works by Phoenix Theatre, and we welcome this second script by Oby Obyerodhiambo, following THE STRIPED LEOPARD which was produced at Phoenix in 2002.

Exhibition: “Our Bodies, Our Stories” with Xavier Verhoest, Oct 1-30 2011 @ Nairobi National Museum

Our bodies tell our stories – Opening Sat 1st, 3-6pm
Since 2005, the German Development Cooperation through GIZ, Art2Be (a group of Kenyan and international psychologists and artists) and TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health) work together on innovative approaches of self-expression that improve communication in HIV-affected families and improve resilience and acceptance. Body Map involves painting a life-size representation of one’s body onto canvas and using pictures, symbols and words to represent the path that one has taken through life.
This exhibition brings together a selection of Body Maps made by Kenyans.
All of the paintings in this exhibition are self portraits telling each Kenyan’s story about happiness, rights, health, illness, stigma and strength as they journey through their life in the age of HIV/AIDS.

****KARIBUNI****

Creativity Gallery
Nairobi National Museum
Museum Hill
Tel +254 3742131/61/62/63
PO Box 40658 00100 Nairobi
art@museums.or.ke
www.museums.or.ke

Exhibition: Paul Onditi, Sept. 9-Oct. 6 2011 @ Le Rustique Restaurant

Dates: September 9-October 6, 2011
Venue: Le Rustique Restaurant
Location: General Mathenge Drive, Westlands
Contacts: 0721 842 231/3753081

Paul Onditi was born and grew up in Kenya but left after college for Germany where he joined the Offenbach University of Arts. He sees his ways of expression as a combination of African nature and a European acquired knowledge in Arts.

His paintings take us to strange places. They would almost look scary, but in fact, an odd quietness hangs over them, a kind of dead calm that disturbs and attracts. For a long time, he has sought a way to express the human condition and its inherent conflict, deeply affected by the tragedy of the soul in the Christian tradition.

His use of black and white refers to good and evil, the confrontation between light and dark, our inner conflict: “That is the reason I paint and sculpt. I do that to capture moments and happenings in my own life, my own self”.

Uncertainty is at the core of his practice, the loss of control is an integral part of his work, his mental maelstrom does not have any grip on the rational, are we in a dream or in the lab of a crazy alchemist trying to alter our mind with his hallucinogenic vision ? These dreams are like fantasies; these nightmarish visions show that painting can still be mysterious in Kenya.

The Theatre Company annual membership

MEMBERSHIP OF THE THEATRE COMPANY DETAILS

COST: 1,000/-
DURATION: 1 calendar year from date of joining

DIRECT BENEFITS:
Free T shirt
Information about TTC Projects and associated activities
Entry to workshops and activities

Project Coordination by Susan Gitome, Membership Officer, Marketing Manager, Liz Enane. Keith Pearson, Managing Director, The Theatre Company.

Background of The Theatre Company
TTC has developed original performance work and trained performers throughout Kenya since 1999. As well as its work with written pieces, TTC has been instrumental in the development of the devised work technique. Voice of a Dream (2002) KigeziNdoto (2006), Githaa (2006 and still showing), Sauti Kimya (2009), Irodha Irodhi, (2010) and Shungwaaya (2011) were developed through the technique of engaging the experiences of the performers. All of our work is extremely mobile, flexible and proud of its Kenyan identity.

All TTC projects are open to all performers in Kenya, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

Benefits to Members

– Putting yourself on the market as a performers
– Exposure to new ideas, training methods and possibilities for development
– Advice and assistance from the seasoned professionals on TTC staff
– Opportunities to connect to mentorship programmes

Benefits to TTC

– Connecting to new performers
– Fulfilling our mandate to develop new and exciting Kenyan work by trained, professional performers
– channel work for professional performers and artists

Your sincerely,
Susan Gitome, Membership Officer, Liz Enane, Marketing Manager,
Keith Pearson, Managing Director, The Theatre Company.

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Tango Festival: LamuLonga 2011, Nov. 30 – Dic. 4 2011 @ Lamu

Wed 30 Nov – Sun 4 Dec – LamuLonga!
We will spend 4 nights in Lamu, a World Heritage Site, a centre of Swahili culture, an emerging artistic and creative base for artists from around the globe. Lamu’s charms need little introduction—the days are free to immerse yourself in Lamu town, Shela beach, Manda island, or choose to sail by traditional dhow around the Lamu archipelago. We will lodge at various houses and hotels (including The Fort itself) just footsteps away from the beach in Shela and we will have a Milonga at The Fort or other locations for each of the four evenings in Lamu. Flight back to Nairobi on Sunday, leaving Lamu at 15:00. Limited to a maximum of 101 participants.

Sun 4 Dec – Leave Nairobi
Farewell Milonga in Nairobi on Sunday evening on the terrace at Ole Sereni Hotel that is close to Nairobi International Airport. Everyone free to continue on with own itinerary or to return to respective home destination.

Lamulonga website
e-mail: lamulonga@patamango.com

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