Play: The Kingfisher, Feb 25 – Mar 12 2011 @ Professional Centre

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Phoenix Players never tire of bringing the best to the stage and this Friday here they are again. A cast of three Eddy Kimani, Pauline Komu and George Mungai grace the stage with the premier of a tantalizing comedy The Kingfisher by W. Douglas Home.

Cedric is a best-selling novelist living comfortably with his butler, Hawkins, who has served him for fifty years. There have been many women in Cedric’s richly disordered life but now he is contemplating marriage to the only one he has loved. Evelyn has just been to her husband’s funeral is now confronted by Cedric’s charming and candid proposal and must make a decision. The setting is in the Kenyan highlands of Nanyuki – with tales of Nairobi, Naivasha, Cairo and Paris…

PREMIERS THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25th TO 12TH MARCH 2011
The show is directed by George Mungai.
Shows will be on Wednesday’s, Thursday’s and Friday’s @ 7p.m, Saturday 26th and Sunday 6 th @ 4p.m  & Saturday 12th at 3p.m & 6p.m.

For ticket bookings call Naomi on +254-0729-913425
+254-020-222 55 06. Mpesa Accepted.
E-mail:-  info@phoenixtheatre.co.ke

Rent-A-Diva, Mar 5 2011 @ Rusty Nail

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“Rent-A-Diva” is an entertaining show somwhere between an commedian opera and an operatic comedy!

Opera Divas are a specie of their own. “Rent-A-Diva” allows an extraordinary insight view: Donna Giovanni dreams of a great career and a glamorous lifestyle. We follow the budding diva through marvellous arias from operas, operettas and musicals in her quest to find the perfect agent that will take her right up to the top. German Soprano Doreen Ziegler performs an entertaining show – somewhere between a comedian opera and an operatic comedy! More information on www.doreenziegler.de

Dance Performance: INBODA, Feb.25-26 2011 @ St. Johns Huruma & GoDown Arts Centre

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UnterwegsTheater, a private, non-profit dance theatre company from Heidelberg/Germany, in co-operation with Dr. Auma Obama and the Sauti Kuu Foundation is offering this project called INBODA (International Body- and… Dancework).
This project uses body techniques such as urban-dance, acrobatics and partnering to provide a better knowledge of the own body, the body of the next and to give the kids moments of joy and pride in a playful way.

The workshop with 10 artists and choreographs of UnterwegsTheater will be crowned by two dance performances:

Date: February 25, 2011
Venue: St. Johns School / Huruma
Time: 3pm
Entry: Free

INBODA – Performance
Date: February 26, 2011
Venue: GoDown Arts Centre
Location: Industrial Area
Time: 3-5pm
Entry: Free

Giving 30 out-of-school boys and girl living in the slums of Nairobi the opportunity to express themselves with dance, getting to know themselves better and help their self confidence are the main objectives of INBODA.

In co-operation with GoDown Arts Centre, UnterwegsTheater, Dr. Auma Obama, Sauti Kuu Foundation and Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg.

Play: Pillars of Society, Feb. 25-27 @ Alliance

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Strathmore University Drama Society
Presents
Pillars of Society
By Henrik Ibsen (An Abridged Version)

Dates: February 25-27, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: Weekdays 6.30pm and weekends 3 & 6pm
Tickets: Kshs 300 (Available at Alliance Française & Strathmore University)

Dial a Ticket no’s: 0727 271 728, 0737 157 030, 0724 206 215
Email: strathmoredramasociety@gmail.com

Play: It’s now or never, Mar 4-6 2011 @ Alliance Francaise

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IT’S NOW OR NEVER!
An Original Comedy by Festival of Creative Arts

@ Alliance Francaise 4th-6th March 2011
Friday 4th @ 6:30 & 8pm; Sat 5th and Sun 6th @ 3, 6 & 8pm
Tickets at 500/= adults (and Advance at 400/= for tickets purchased before 1st March). Ticket hotlines are 020-2025811, 0726-524124 (mpesa), 0734-524124, 0733-993654 (zap). Tickets available at HEN-TAGE Music Plaza (First floor 8to8 Shopping Mall) on Moi Avenue, Alliance Francaise next to View Park Towers. Email: info@fcakenya.org.

Kate (Mbeki Mwalimu) is the tough and domineering wife of Tim Tembo (Juma William) who is constantly humiliated and ridiculed by Kate’s family. Tim is a frustrated man but cannot leave because Kate and her family sustain him financially. Indeed, Kate has recently convinced her dad to give Tim a job at his law firm and club membership at her dad’s prestigious Country Club. Kate thus keeps a close watch on his every movement, from his workplace where she gets details of his comings and goings to the Club where he is required to socialise with club members who are known to her.

The couple has been married for more than 3 years now but do not have children yet, a matter that is causing Kate’s nosy mother, Maria (Shiko Mburu), sleepless nights.

Kate continuously harasses Susan (Veronica Waceke), their housegirl, who must bear the brunt of Kate’s wrath. Tim is also not spared and is a target of her frequent outbursts. In spite of her tough persona, Kate ends up entangled in an illicit relationship with Willie (Derrick Amunga), an old flame of hers. For solace, Tim resorts to a steamy love affair with Susan. It is his way of way of getting back at Kate. Kate’s alcoholic friend Julie (Nice Githinji) comes into the picture to complicate matters in a marriage already on the verge of collapse.

It’s Now or Never! is a refreshing comedy written in 2011 by Festival of Creative Arts. The comedy is very relevant to our society today portraying a family bedevilled by unavoidable problems. Life issues such as relationships and infidelity are mirrored on stage in a subtle and humorous rendition.  The play is an insight into societal problems of profound cultural and socioeconomic ramifications.

Theatre: It’s Now or Never! Mar. 4-6 2011 @ Alliance

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Festival for Creative Arts
Present an original comedy
It’s Now or Never

Dates: March 4-6, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: Friday 6:30 & 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 3, 6 & 8pm
Tickets: Kshs 500
Advance tickets: Kshs 400 purchased by 1st March
Ticket hotlines: 020-2025811, 0726-524124 (M-Pesa), 0733-993654 (zap).
Tickets available at HEN-TAGE Music Plaza (First floor 8 to 8 Shopping Mall) on Moi Avenue and Alliance Française

It’s Now or Never! is a refreshing comedy written in 2011 by Festival of Creative Arts. The comedy is relevant to our society today portraying a family bedeviled by unavoidable problems. Life issues such as relationships and infidelity are mirrored on stage in a subtle and humorous rendition.
The play is an insight into societal problems of profound cultural and socioeconomic ramifications.

Synopsis
As a good wife, a lot can happen between your husband and your house girl under your own roof and watchful eye! In IT’S NOW OR NEVER, the house girl has her way with the man of the house. In deed she hopes to get him to leave the wife!

Play/Live Recording: My Moving Home, Feb. 20 2011 @ Italian Cultural Centre, Westlands

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My Moving Home, the longest running show in Kenya since last year will have a live recording at Italian Institute of Culture.

The film will be shot by two of Kenya’s top film makers: Wanuri Kahiu (Pumzi, From a Whisper) and Marius Van Graan (Changes, Saints, Brothers)

Venue: Italian Institut of Culture, Westlands
Date: February 20, 201120
Time: 12.30pm
Entry: Free

Alliance Francaise Open Day, Feb 19 2011

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An opportunity to get a taste of French language classes, participate in interactive games, attune to poetry in French, visit the multimedia library, watch the best of French cinema, enjoy skits in French and join in a hip hop/rap concert in French featuring Hopiho, a rap artist from Cameroon and the Alliance Française students.

Download the full programme of events

Afro Galactica: Journey into Dance, Feb. 11 2011 @ Goethe Institut

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Date: February 11, 2011
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 7-10pm
Entry: Free

Urbana Africana returns with eclectic choreographic pieces that merge traditional and contemporary African dance, Hip Hop/Urban, Afro- Latin and Caribbean dance forms.

The different choreographic pieces juxtaposed, represent different people and cultures coming together, illuminating the power of dance to connect people across different historical, physical and social strata on the African continent and its Diaspora. This is an experimental dance performance choreographed by Kiki Cheptoo that will sometimes favor instant composition and improvisation.

Urbana Africana draws from the beauty of Kenya’s unmatched natural landscapes, material culture, ancient melodies and diverse human cultures.

In cooperation with Urbana Africana and Art Moves Africa (AMA)