trapped

Comedy: Trapped directed by Mbeki Mwalimu, Jul. 11-13 2014 @ Alliance Francaise

trapped
Hilarious Comedy Fri 11 July at 6 & 8pm, Sat 12 July at 3, 6 & 8pm, Sun 13 July at 3 & 6pm at Alliance Francaise

STRICTLY ADULTS ONLY

Romantic fling with cleaner lands doctor in hot soup!

Trapped is a hilarious audience-pleasing fast-paced comedy. Its physical over-the-top makes our last show Dangerous Affairs seem like a prayer meeting by comparison. The comedy is starring Kenya’s superstars directed by Mbeki Mwalimu. The setting of Trapped is a medical hospital. A doctor (Nick Ndeda) is practicing the lecture he will deliver to an assembly of fellow gynaecologists in less than an hour. The speech’s success is vital to his career.

Interruptions abound. First it’s various other medical staff rehearsing their quartet dance routines for the Sakata Dance Competition (i.e. the cheeky Nigerian doctor played by Maina Olwenya; tough talking matron played by Yvonne Carter; the temptress – sexy and alluring nurse played by Lulu Wilson and the new intern doctor played by Henry Gitau Ngogoyo). Then a long-ago ex (Wangari Gioche), who was once a cleaner at the hospital, brings the news that she gave birth 16 years earlier to the doctor’s daughter (Janet Kirina) and that the daughter is in the hospital in search of Dad! Yes, there is his harsh wife (Rosemary Waweru), and she knows
nothing of the past liaison!

And in the spiraling chaos of deceit, false identity and manic cover-up that ensues, the mission is to avoid the daughter, pacify the ex, keep the chief specialist and hospital deputy director (Derrick Amunga) at bay and fend off various distractions, among them a patient from deep in the village excited by the goings-on (Johnson Chege) and an inquisitive police officer.

Tickets @500/=. Advance tickets on sale at only 400 bob till July 4th. Call/Mpesa-0726524124/0728130134, Airtel: 0734524124 or call 0202025811. Email: info@fcakenya.co.ke.

Tickets on sale at Alliance Francaise reception, Asanand Music Shop on Moi avenue, 8to8 Mall next to Jazz Bar.

Good Body Revised

The Good Body Play, Jun. 27-28 2014 @ Michael Joseph Centre – Safaricom House

Good Body Revised
Hilarious, dramatic monologues on Friday 27th at 7:00 pm & Saturday, 28th June at 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm at The Michael Joseph Centre (Safaricom House), Waiyaki Way, Westlands

These laugh-a-minute monologues aim to uplift and to empower as they entertain. The monologues soften the ever-fraught relationship between women and their bodies, explores the destructive body esteem issues and leads towards finding beauty in imperfection The Good body tackles our perfect imperfections with some candid hilarious monologues about our bum size, skin colour, 24 waistline, acne, the tummy tucks, the thigh gap, piercings, tummy tyres etc

All proceeds from this event will go to Flone Initiative. The beneficiary Flone Initiative Gender Equality program is a response to the brutal acts of stripping purportedly indecently women in bus terminus. The program works with matatu drivers, touts and motor bike riders to deconstruct societal norms and acquired negative attitudes on women’s freedom.

This star studded performance will feature: Patricia Ithau, Muthoni Drummer Queen, Mwikali Mary, Ian Mbugua, June Gachui, Nick Ndeda, Nice Githinji and Brenda Wairimu. Directed by Mbeki Mwalimu

Tickets @1000/=. Advance tickets on sale at only 800 bob till June 26th.

MPesa Paybill: Business No: 961700 Account No: 00520 (You’ll find your ticket at the door).

Call 0720701359 / 0736330680 for booking

Tickets on sale at Alliance Francaise reception, The Michael Joseph Centre (Safaricom House), Waiyaki Way, Westlands

Between Us

Performance Art/Installation: Between Us by Miriam Syowia Kyambi, Jun. 14-Jul. 19 2014 @ GoDown Art Centre – Dunga Road, Industrial Area

Between Us
Between Us is an experimental multi-media production by Miriam Syowia Kyambi incorporating live art performance, installation, photography and video taking place over four weeks in Nairobi at The GoDown Art Centre.

The production aims to unravel and examine critically our perception of what is acceptable, what is private and the meaning we impose on what we see, informed by how we are shaped by the society we live in and the conventions we live by.

EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOPS
Dates: 14th June – 19th July 2014
Venue: The GoDown Art Centre, Dunga Road, Industrial Area
Opening times
Mon- Fri: 9 am – 5pm and Sat: 10am – 5pm
Entry: Free

LIVE PERFORMANCE
Date: Saturday 5th July 2014 – 5:30pm
Venue: The GoDown Art Centre, Dunga Road, Industrial Area, Nairobi
Tickets to the performance: KSH 1000

Trailer
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Between Us – Trailer from Miriam Syowia Kyambi on Vimeo.

City Dads

Father’s day Musical Narrative: City Dads – and the Women who love them, Jun. 6-8 2014 @ Alliance

City Dads
Wholesome Entertainment’s Father’s day Musical Narrative (City Dads)- Showing June 6th,7th and 8th

Happy new Month. Hope you are well. Father’s day is coming up in June (15th),and we as Wholesome entertainment will this weekend take you through the incredible,anxious filled,exciting yet at times troublesome journey of fatherhood and how this affects the women who love them. The story will be told through entertaining dramatization,interactive narration and awesome singing.

Featuring: Benjamin Webi, Michael Oyier and Steve Katingima

What a great way to spend your weekend,treat your dad,or a father you know,or just enjoy great entertainment with your friends.

The Show: City Dads and the women who love them.
When: June 6th,7th and 8th.
Where: Alliance Francaise
Time: Fri 6th – 6pm and 8.30pm
Sat 7th- 6pm
Sun 8th-3pm and 6pm
Cost: Kshs 1000.

Ticket hotline :0725040951

Relative Strangers

Theatre: Relative Strangers, May 2-18 2014 @ Phoenix Theatre, Professional Centre – Parliament Road,

Relative Strangers
Relative Strangers, a comedy play written by Trevor Cowper and directed by Lydia Nyambura Gitachu.

Opening: May 2, 2014
Venue: Phoenix Theatre
Days and time: Wed. & Thur. 7 pm, Friday 7.30 pm & Sat. & Sun 6 pm
Tickets: Kshs 500

Runs until: May 18, 2014

SYNOPSIS
The central character is George, successful, overworked architect, with a willful daughter Fiona, a talented but unfulfilled wife, Joanna, a secretary whose efficiency and loyalty cover a deeper passion, and an urbane business partner who recommends to George a therapeutic affair to take his mind off all his pressures. Along comes Gina , beautiful, clever, and on the face of it aggressively feminist,to fill this prescription.
But this play is no average Knockabout farce, and the complications that ensure raise thought-provoking questions on the easy assumptions we tend to make about modern manners. Where, for instance, does Gina’s feminism come into the heart and soul commitment she demands from George? What triggers Joanna’s drinking- frustration(sexual or artistic) or simply lack of loving kindness? George’s charm may be strong enough to command a remarkable degree of loyalty…but his teenage daughter understands what lies beneath the charm…