Musical: Tunaruka Tukilala, Feb 24-25 2012 @ Oshwal Centre

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Tickets are available at the Godown Arts Centre:
Adults-KSH 800
children-Ksh 400
School groups -400 per head.

For Booking please call 0721-439665/ 0725-914984.

People can also visit the event site: www.kurukamaisha.org/tunaruka/

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Kuruka maisha Foundation wishes to invite all for our long awaited Musical TUNARUKA TUKILALA on the 24th and 25th February 2012,live and exclusive at Oshwal Centre westlands Nairobi.

The show is the first grande acrobatic dance musical  ever created to depict the story of street children in Nairobi. The stage production, entitled TUNARUKA TUKILALA, follows the lives of young men and women who end up living on our urban streets,have to survive there, and eventually find a way out. The show is performed by children and young adults who have experienced life on the streets firsthand but have been rehabilitated through the arts. Now, using their passion, talent, and skills, they share with us a spectacular story in which beauty triumphs over adversity.The Show also features as part of an ongoing Documetary film project Ni KURUKA MAISHA whose filming is already ongoing.

The Stage prodcution is writen by an American conceptual artist Yazmany Arboleda and directed Nick Balongo with an original score by acclaimed composer Nina Ogot.

The Foundation will also be using the event to launch its Education Fund to support identified street youths to continue with their Formal Education.40% of the proceeds from ticket sales will be channelled towards the Foundation Education programme.

Play: Taming of the Shrew, Feb 10-25 2012 @ Phoenix Players

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Taming of the Shrew (by William Shakespeare, directed by George Mungai) opens on the 10th of Feb and runs until Saturday 25th Feb 2012. Tickets only Ksh. 650. Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @ Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free.

SYNOPSIS
The “shrew” of the play’s title, Katherine, or Kate, is the daughter of Baptista Minola, with whom she lives in Padua. She is sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, and prone to violence, particularly against anyone who tries to marry her. Her hostility toward suitors particularly distresses her father. But her anger and rudeness disguise her deep-seated sense of insecurity and her jealousy toward her sister, Bianca. She does not resist her suitor Petruchio forever, though, and she eventually subjugates herself to him, despite her previous repudiation of marriage.

Email: info@phoenixtheatre.co.ke Web: www.phoenixtheatre.co.ke

Play: The History Box, Feb 11-12 2012 @ National Museum (Leakey Auditorium)

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TO DELETE OR NOT TO DELETE!
THE HISTORY BOX
A humorous, heartwarming and authentic Kenyan play

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon, and many at time’s stress levels do go up at this time of the year. Amidst the overwhelming prices, the need to be dressed up, and the pressure to have a date; the celebration of love can soon become a tragedy. That’s why Wholesome Entertainment has worked hard to come up with a great hang out that is fun, reasonably priced and enjoyable for both couples and friends who are simply hanging out.

Not only do you get to enjoy the wonderfully hilarious play The History Box, but you also stand a chance to win one night for two at the Naru-Moru river lodge along with other great prizes.

WHERE: Louis Leakey Auditorium(National Museum)
DATES: Saturday February 11th, and Sunday February 12th
TIME: (FOUR SHOWS) Saturday 3pm and 6pm, Sunday 3pm and 6pm
COST: Kshs 500
TICKETS: @ Wakestar Bookshop Koinange Street next to Bata, From January 24th
…Or buy via MPESA call. 0725 040 951

CONCEPTUALIZED BY: Seth and Daisy Busolo
DIRECTED BY: Sarah Rimbui
PRODUCED BY: Daisy Busolo and Hilda Kuria

SPONSORED BY: Elle Interiors Designers, NTV, Naromoru River Lodge, Metz Cakes, Ideas Unplugged,Anchor hair and Beauty Salon

The History Box Scenario:

1.You broke up with David 10 years ago because he was flying out. Now you’re married, David‘s back and he’s just called. After the call your Husband says “It’s long since I heard you laugh like that, who’s that you were talking to?” You…
a.     Flip it on Him. “So now that I’m laughing you automatically think it’s another man”
b.     Lie and then trivialize it. “It’s just an old ‘Girl’ friend from campus.
c.      He already know about all your ex’s. “It’s David, he’s back and he wants to meet with me.”
d.     Lie and Delete his number.
e.     None of the above

2.Wife’s phone is out of charge and so she asks to use your phone to send an urgent text. Just then you receive a text from your ex saying she misses you. Your wife has no idea about you ex. You…
a.     Lecture your wife about how she lacks foresight because she failed to charge her phone.
b.      Tell her to give you the number and make the call on her behalf.
c.      delete the text from your ex, by pretending to also be sending an important text. And then give it to her.
d.     Just give her the phone and hope she does not see it.
e.     None of the above

3.You are showing some photos to your wife on your facebook wall.While at it, your ex pops on chat and says “Morning Handsome… I got the money.Thanks dear”…You
a.     Make a sudden movement towards her that “accidentally” flips the laptop. Then blame her for elbowing you.
b.     Wait for your wife to raise any issues about Handsome and the money, and calmly refute any allegations.And anyway your name is not “Handsome”.
c.      Accept that you have been busted and explain your way out while hoping and praying for the best.
d.     Tell her the Truth. That your ex was looking for a loan so she called you and out of courtesy, you directed her to your friend who works with a bank. And you have no control over what people call you…Well, Only you know whether that is the truth
e.     None of the above

Theatre/Play: Respect, Jan. 20-Feb. 4 2012 @ Phoenix Players

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Phoenix Players Present Respect by Lutz Hubner
Directed by Millicent Ogutu

Opening Date: January 20, 2012
Venue: Phoenix Players, Professional Centre
Runs until: February 4, 2012
Tickets: Kshs 650.
Student nights Every Thursday buy 1 ticket at Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free

SYNOPSIS
Four teenagers take a day trip to Cologne. By the end of the night, their world has been turned upside down. One is dead, two are in police custody, and the fourth is recovering from stab wounds!

Play: The Good, The Bad and The Kenyan, Jan 17-22 2012 @ Alliance

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The Good, The Bad and The Kenyan’ is here!
Dates: 17 – 22 Jan

Heartstrings Kenya is up early with their gut-smashing original comedy, ‘The Good, The Bad and The Kenyan’.

This is a comedy that will surely define what this year will exactly be like. This is because this is the year, which will see the re-awakening of the people who will be very good, those who will be very bad and those who will irritatingly just sit around by the roadside and see the good things and the bad things happening.

‘The Good, The Bad and The Kenyan’

Directed by Sammy Mwangi and Victor Ber
Concept by Dan Ndambuki aka Churchill
Dates: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 January 2012.

Times: 6:30pm weekdays, 3:00pm & 6:30pm weekends

Venue: Alliance Française. Professor Wangari Maathai Auditorium
Charges: 500/=

Ticket line: 0721 608 656

Performance Training & Development Programme Auditions, Jan. 21 2012 @ Kenya National Theatre

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The Theatre Company is pleased to invite you and your acquaintances to get involved in the first stage of our 2012-14 Performance Training and Development Programme.

Details:
Central Kenya Feb- March 2012 auditions for our full time training programme Feb 6th-March 9th 2012 in Central Kenya will take place at Kenya National Theatre 21st Jan 2012 10am-1pm, Nanyuki Lily Pond Art Centre Sunday 22nd Jan 2012 2pm – 5pm, Nyeri Ellemos Hall Monday 23rd Jan 2012 10am- 1pm.
Please confirm your participation by sms to Sonia Gitome 0724 158553 or Martin Kaona 0722 554372. Deadline for confirmation is 19th Jan 2012.

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Theatre/Play: Shirley Valentine, Jan 11-15 2012 @ Phoenix Players

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Phoenix Players Present Shirley Valentine

Opening Date: Jan 11, 2012
Venue: Phoenix Players, Professional Centre
Tickets: Kshs 650

Dates: January 11-15, 2012
Tickets: Ksh. 650. (Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @ Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free)
Telephone contacts: +254 20 221 2661 or 222 5506 and +254 729 913 425

SYNOPSIS
Inside Mrs Joe Bradshaw – 42 year-old mother of two grown children – is the former shirley valentine longing to get out. Her hope and self confidence badly shattered by school,marriage and life,she is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall whilst preparing her husband’s evening meal – to be on the table as he opens the front door every night. As she sips a glass of wine she dreams of drinking in a country where the grape is grown. Her feminist friend offers her a holiday in Greece and,with great trepidation and a lot of forward planning,Shirley seizes the opportunity and goes,to encounter a totally different lifestyle. Shirley,breaking out of the mould cast for her by society,is brilliantly shown with humour,warm sympathy and human insight by the author of EDUCATING RITA and BLOOD BROTHERS.

This play is directed by Millicent Ogutu

Extended to January! Play: Pirates of Nairobi Dam, Jan 4-7 2012 @ Phoenix Players

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Tickets only Ksh. 650. Student nights Every Thursday. Buy 1 ticket @ Ksh. 400 and get 1 Free.
Book Online: http://mpesaticketing.com/

Telephone: +254 20 221 2661 or 222 5506 Cellphone: +254 729 913 425
Email: info@phoenixtheatre.co.ke Web: www.phoenixtheatre.co.ke

Phoenix Players Present:
PIRATES OF NAIROBI DAM
adapted from Gilbert & Sullivan
directed by george mungai
musical direction by KAZ

SYNOPSIS
Last performed on the Phoenix Stage in 1988, PIRATES is one of the better-known works from the indomitable pair of Gilbert and Sullivan.
It tells the story of a band of pirates [in this case Nairobi ones!] on their usual ‘prowl of pillage’. One of their own- Frederick- has come to the end of his ‘contract’ as a Pirate- having mistakenly been apprenticed to them by his Nanny- Ruth- who, being from a region where ‘L’ and ‘R’ are one and the same- took ‘PILOT’ to mean ‘PIRATE’ and thus sealed Fredrick’s fate as a young lad.

The Pirates want Fred to take Ruth with him…his only knowledge of a woman is indeed Ruth- who tells him she’s as good as it gets. Only for them to stumble onto a bevy of maidens frolicking at the shores of the Dam.

They are daughters to a widowed retired Major General. On realizing the Pirates are bent on making brides of his daughters, he spins a woeful tale of him being an orphan- a story which melts the hardened hearts of the rogue pirates, and they let him go.

Fred, meanwhile, is informed of a small hitch to his being released from the pirates, and has to return to their ranks. He spills the beans regarding the General’s story and they return to revenge for being duped. A bunch of lazy policemen is on their trail…

A family show- light story, melodious music, great talent!