Premium Events: Storymoja Hay Festival, Sept. 13-16 2012 @ National Museum
Party with the Stars!
Date: September 13, 2012
Venue: National Museum of Kenya
Time: 7-11pm
Tickets: Kshs 5000 [Seasonal Ticket]
Party with: Giles Foden, Lola Shoneyin & Dinaw Mengestu
Music by: Denise Gordon (USA)
Concert: Kenya Boys Choir
Date: September 14, 2012
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum
Time: 7pm
Tickets: Kshs 2000
Date: September 15, 2012
Performance: Cut off my Tongue by Sitawa Namwale
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum
Time: 7pm
Storymoja Stir-Up!
Poetry & Performances by: El Poet, Zosi, Anne Moraa, Abu Sense, Samo the Almighty, Kenneth B, Wanjiku Mwaurah, SpeCfyd & Achieng Odhiambo
Live Music by Jemedari
Tickets: Kshs 300 [if you don’t have a festival ticket]
For more information visit: http://www.storymojahayfestival.com/
Opera: A Night at the Opera, Sept. 8 2012 @ Tribe Hotel Kenya
Date: September 8, 2012
Venue: Tribe Hotel
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Kshs 3, 500 [Available at Tribe]
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/tribehotel
Atari Hadar // Saprano
Gabriel Loewenheim // Bass Bariton
Limor Ilan // Mezzo-Saprano
Efrat Levy // Pianist
Theatre & Performances: If I were You, Aug. 24-Sept. 8 2012 @ Phoenix Players
Phoenix Players Present If I Were You
Directed by Caroline Odongo
Opening Date: Aug. 24, 2012
Time: 7pm
Dates: August 25-September 8, 2012
Tickets: Ksh. 650.
Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free.
SYNOPSIS
The Rodales seem like an ordinary family, but beneath the surface things are beginning to crack. Jill and Mal have lost the spark in their marriage, their son Sam resents his father and their daughter Chrissie has recently become a mum and is dealing with marriage issues of her own. And while they share advice on how others should live their lives, nobody is really taking it on board – Until Mal and Jill see things from a dramatically different perspective, that is.
Waking up one morning finding that they have switched personas, Mal in Jill’s body and Jill in Mal’s, they must continue life “as normal” as their other half. Jill faces the challenge of working with their son-in-law, Dean, as the store manager of a homewares shop, while Mal has suddenly become a housewife, learning more about his children – and finding out the secrets they already know about him!
Will seeing things from the other side make matters even worse, or is this what they need in order to save their family?
Theater & Performances: A Raisin in the Sun, Aug. 15-18 2012 @ Phoenix Players
Phoenix Players & USA Embassy Present: A Raisin in the Sun
A drama By Lorraine Hansberry directed by GEORGE MUNGAI
Dates: August 15-18, 2012
Time: Wed & Thur. 7pm, Fri. 7.30pm and Sat. 3 & 6pm
Tickets: Ksh. 650.
Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free.
SYNOPSIS
A family of very humble abode loses their father. The life insurance money comes in and the widow seeks to put down a deposit for a house in a swanky neighborhood to fulfill her late husband’s wishes. Her son has business ideas; her daughter wants to go to college. They move into their new home- only to be confronted by the ugly reality that they do not belong there….
Play: Dead Man’s Hand, Aug 17-19 2012 @ Alliance Francaise
Four individuals in search of employment in their profession are lured to a remote villa to do what they do best. As they prepare to meet the requirements of the “employer”, a series of regrettable events take place, making everyone a suspect to everyone, and upset about the fact that they blindly took to the idea.
As the scenes advance they come to realize that none of them has ever met their “employer”. With the panic and rage, the twists and turns begin to tease the audience. One by one they get eliminated. Who is the murderer and what do the murdered and those about to be murdered have in common? Only the truth WILL set you free!
Dead Man’s Hand Features Idah Kabura, Peter Kawa, Maggie Karanja, Derrick Amunga, Doreen Mwajuma, and Shem Prince.