MAGEUZI THEATRE presents: Kaggia the Play, a story about Kenya’s towering revolutionary Bildad Kaggia.
Wriiten by John Sibi-Okumu and Directed by Nick Njahe, the show features incredible performances from Harry Ebale, Lydia Gitachu, Bruce Makau and Yriimo Mwaura.
Date: March 27, 2015
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Admission: free
About
The Nairobi Performance Series is a production platform that aims to support new productions and cross-disciplinary working methods. The series will be held four times a year, each edition showcasing new works. The series is a model about responding, innovating and creating new contexts for quality artistic dance production.
The Nairobi Performance Series provides an opportunity for the performers and creators to develop new ideas, pursue local and international collaborative projects and build on their collective skills and experience to find new working modes in an ever changing environment of technology. The series aims to bring together multiple dance artists and participants who work in diverse art forms or contexts.
The programme is curated by Kefa Oiro and Moturi Kebaya.
Dates: March 28 & 29, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française
U.S. Embassy and Tone Theatre Productions to Stage “The Caged Bird Sings,” a Play Inspired by Maya Angelou’s Autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and Her Literary Works
Date and Time
Thursday, February 26 2015 (Red Carpet Premiere, Invite Only, Media Welcome)
Evening Show — 6:30 p.m.
Friday, February 27, 2015,
Evening Show — 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Matinee Show — 3:00 p.m.
Evening Show — 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Matinee Show — 3:00 p.m.
Evening Show — 6:00 p.m.
Venue: The Phoenix Theatre
Tickets: KES 500
BACKGROUND:
The Kenyan play production, “The Caged Bird Sings,” draws parallels between the triumph of the African-American struggle for equality and civil rights and Kenya’s struggle with ethnicity, social justice, economic empowerment and freedom of expression.
“The Caged Bird Sings” is rendered in music, dance and elocution. Composers include world celebrated Moipei Sister, Serephine Moipei, and Terry Wambui, Abdulrazak Ingutia, Claire Etaba, Lindah Manja, Collins Onyango, Wendy Kandra, Josephine Wambui, Charles Chizi Ngambi, George, Marie Wambui, and John Kinyanjui. The production crew includes Nicholas Moipei as Music Consultant, Dennis as Choreographer, and Evans Mbinji as Music Co-Director, among others.
To learn more about this play production or to purchase tickets, please contact:
Anita Ngungi 0705589722 / George Orido 0721457025 / Kennedy Waudo 0722745543
Visit Facebook: The Caged Bird Sings
Follow on Twitter: @CagedBirdKenya @ToneTheatre
Date: February 2. 2015
Venue: Oshwal Centre – Parklands
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: Adults KES 2000, Children KES 1000
Event date & time: Thursday 29th, Friday 30th and Saturday 31st at 7pm.
Advance Tickets Ksh. 800/= (Offer ends 29th) and At the door Ksh. 1,000/=
Event Venue: Safaricom House-Micheal Joseph Centre (Waiyaki Way,Westlands)
Mending Monologues explores gender violence issues from a male perspective by using true, first-person monologues and comedy.
Directed by Mbeki Mwalimu
Dates: January 30 – February 1, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Tickets: KES 500/-
Day/Time:
Fri. @ 6pm & 8.30pm
Sat. @ 3pm, 6pm & 8.30pm
Sun. @ 3pm and 6pm
Two couples, both with different issues ailing their relationships get stuck in a hotel, and attempt to solve their differences amidst confusion…
Couples Behaving Badly is a Friends Ensemble production.
Attack of the Shidas is a thrilling theatre performance with music and dance in English and Kiswahili suitable for all the family.
Dates and Time: Monday December 15th, 16th and 18th (2 shows per day)
1st Show: 11 am
2nd Show: 4 pm
VENUE: The Carnivore Play Ground.
COSTS: KES 500 at the gate, Kes 1,200 lunch package
About
The Theatre Company of Kenya, in collaboration with Storymoja, created a live performance of the novel ‘The Attack of the Shidas-AKAS Save Planet Earth’ by Muthoni Muchemi.‘The Attack of the Shidas’ is about children from different communities in Kenya who realize that the only way to save their land from conflict over a well, is by working together. ‘The Attack of the Shidas’ addresses the very delicate and contentious issue of discrimination by providing simple and practical messages to children and adults in an entertaining manner. According to the children who have read the storybook, its greatest attribute is that it makes children more capable of recognising and confronting discrimination. It is expected that the live performances of ‘The Attack of the Shidas’ will contribute to that awareness even more -especially as the play is a great mixture of music, dance and theatre. As all Kenyans will recognise the theme of the play, it is interesting for people from all ages and backgrounds.
The play ‘The Attack of the Shidas’ has been created with the assistance of a professional writer Mr. Joseph Murungu. The production is performed by 6 performers trained by The Theatre Company of Kenya and will last exactly an hour. The cast has a flexible approach to language, so it will be a mix of English, Swahili and local languages.
Directed by Keith Pearson.
