when: Thursday, March 17 · 8:00pm
where: Kengeles Lavington
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Opera: Hansel & Gretel Tour 2011, Mar. 25-Apr. 16 2011 @ Various
Tour dates and venues:
Dates: March 25 @ 7pm – March 26 @ 4pm
Venue: Nairobi, Brookhouse School
Dates: March 29 & 31, 2011 @ 7pm
Venue: Muthaiga Club (Members Only Show)
Date: April 02, 2011 @ 7pm
Venue: Naivasha, Green Park (Out of town)
Date: April 09, 2011 @ 2.30pm
Venue: Nairobi, National Theatre (exclusively for children from designated Government schools)
Date: April 10, 2011 @ 3pm
Venue: Nairobi, National Theatre
Date: April 16, 2011 @ 6pm
Venue: Out of Country/ Arusha, Tanzania
For more information Contact: editacamm@gmail.com / 0721-253189
Theatre: Oh My God! Mar. 22-27 2011 @ Alliance
A Heartstrings Kenya production conceptualized by Churchill and directed by Sammy Mwangi & Victor Ber
Dates: March 22-27, 2011
Time: Weekdays; 6.30pm and Weekends; 3pm & 6.30pm
Venue: Alliance Française auditorium
Tickets: 500/-
Back due to public demand
In and after many regretful situations and pathetic deeds do, Kenyans are always fond of shouting out “OH MY GOD!”.But Have you ever wondered what would happen if after shouting out OH MY GOD!, God actually appeared and said “Yes?”.
Heartstrings Kenya hilariously explore the reality.
Play: Cat in the Bag! Apr. 1-3 2011 @ Alliance
Dates: April 1-3, 2011
Times: Friday; 6.00pm & 8.30pm, Saturday and Sunday; 3.00pm, 6.00pm & 8.30pm
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi auditorium
Tickets: Ksh. 500/- at the gates and Ksh. 400/- for advance tickets, bought before 31st March 2011.
THE FRIENDS ENSEMBLE Makers of the Hit stage comedies Boeing-Boeing & Home is where Your Clothes Are! are back on stage, this time with a classic Comedy “CAT IN THE BAG”
Mr. Kamande is caught in between a rock and a hard place, as he has to make a choice to either stick with his only loving and caring daughter Molly after the death of his wife, or to move on and get married to Mary, his new found love…
Efforts to shift his daughter’s attention from him take a comically frustrating twist as she, on the other hand, not only refuses to let her father go, but does not want to get married either…
Individual and group reservations in Progress!!
For special shows, call 0733 720 585
Advance Tickets available at Burgerdome Restaurant Kimathi Street, Alliance Française reception
Tickets Hotline: 0720 861 236 or 0733 720 585
Email: info@friendsensemble.org
World Water Day Celebrations: Film Pumzi & other Presentations, Mar. 22 2011 @ National Museum
To mark the world water day celebrations the Kenya Museum Society have organised the screening of Pumzi and other presentations.
Date: March 22, 2011
Venue: National Museums of Kenya, Louis Leakey Auditorium
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Donation: Non-members Ksh 500, Members Ksh. 400, Students (with valid ID) Ksh 200
To book, call KMS office: 0724 255299 or (20) 2339158
Pumzi is a film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III ‘The Water War’.
The film is directed by a young and aspirant filmmaker, Wanuri Kahiu.
Pre-screen talk on emerging conflicts of rural-urban water use and demand management in Kenya by:
Mr Michael Thomas, Director, Rural Focus
Mr Kariuki Mugo, Programme Manager, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor
Refreshments: 6:15 pm
Doors Open: 7:00 pm
Proceeds to fund the National Museums of Kenya
Play: Local Murder, Mar 18 – Apr 2 2011 @ Phoenix Theatre
Local Murder is a ‘twist and turn’ thriller which will keep you at the edge of your seat! Directed by Samson Psenjen and has a cast of six talented thespians!
Dates: March 18-April 2, 2011
Venue: Phoenix Theatre
Times: Wed, Thurs and Friday’s @ 7p.m, Sat 6pm and Sun 27th @ 4p.m & Sat 2nd at 3p.m & 6p.m.
Tickets: Kshs 500
Alan is accused of murdering a young woman of dubious morals and this has a devastating effect on his family who struggle to ascertain his innocence.
For reservations call Naomi at box office on 222 55 06 and 0729 913425 Mpesa Accepted.
Email: info@phoenixtheatre.co.ke
This is not a show for the faint hearted!
Concert: Dela Live @ Psys Westlands, Wednesday March 16th 2011
Dela (@DelaMuziki) will perform at Psys Westlands on Wednesday,March 16th! ENTRANCE FREE!
Event: French Language & Francophone Week, Mar. 14-18 2011 @ Alliance
The French Language and Francophone Week was initiated in 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication with the aim of promoting the French language widely and is marked annually around 20th March, World Francophone Day. It is an occasion to celebrate a language that unites and links over 200 million people around the world, bringing together a diversity of cultures that continue to enrich the language.
Dates: March 14-18, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Events: Theatre and Movies
Entry: Free
Theatre Play in French: Le Petit Prince
Dates: march 15-17, 2011
Time: 10am and 2pm shows,
Audience: Performance for schools
Entrance free
Heartstrings Kenya presents the celebrated story ‘Le Petit Prince’ by the French writer and aviator, Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
This production in French targets students of French, especially those practicing for the annual Schools’ Drama Festival. ‘Le Petit Prince’ is a French classic, a wonderfully touching and creative story of a man who meets an extraordinary boy and relearns what it means to be a child.
FRANCOPHONE CINEMA
In French, with English subtitles
FINYE by Souleymane Cisse, 1983, 1h45 (Mali)
Mon. 14 March @ 6pm
Vivid social satire, ‘Finye’ (The Wind) tackles the generation gap in post-colonial West Africa.
COMPLICES by Frédéric Mermoud, 2009, 1h33 (Switzerland)
Awards : Lucerne, Swiss Film Prize Quartz “Best Screenplay” 2010, Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Plaque 2009
Tue. 15 March @ 6pm
Vincent and Rebecca have been in love ever since they first set eyes on each other. But two months later Vincent’s body is found in the river Rhone. Inspector Hervé and his colleague Karine lead the investigation… presented by the Embassy of Switzerland
LES MAUVAIS JOUEURS de Frédéric Balekdjian, 2005,1h20 (France)
Wed. 16 March @ 6pm
Vahé, Sahak, and Toros run a bonneteau game on the streets of Paris. They’re Lebanese French of Armenian descent. Vahé also works with his father, a cloth merchant, and is in love with Lu Ann, Chinese French, who’s broken off their affair. Vahé wants to make things right with Lu Ann, with his father’s business, and with Yuen, Lu Ann’s younger brother.
HOP by Dominique Standaert, 2002, 1h44 (Belgium)
presented by the Embassy of Belgium
Thu. 17 March @ 6pm
HOP is the story of the trials and tribulations of a young illegal pygmy, confronting the Belgian authorities in order to recover his expelled father.
QUESTIONS A LA TERRE NATALE by Samba Felix Ndiaye, 2006, 52min (Sénégal)
Fri. 18 March @ 6pm
After many years abroad, Samba Félix N’diaye returns to his hometown Dakar and questions experts and leaders on the future of the continent.