[Postponed] Stand Up Comedy: Larry Asego in Me, Myself & I, Sep 7 2012 @ Alliance

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Update from Larry Asego: The performance has been postponed to next week Friday 7th September. This is following the security concerns by Alliance Francaise today which were also characterized by the closure of the building and facilities.
After two successful runs of The Premier edition of the HOT SEAT, the King of Wit comes back on stage in his one man show Me, Myself and I. He will share with you multiple insights on, amongst other things, things they never taught you about fatherhood.

Date: September 7, 2012
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 7pm
Tickets: Kshs 500

Expect a show with side splitting riot served rare and undiluted

Media Roundtables: Media and Hate Speech, Aug. 28 2012 @ Alliance

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Date: August 28, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Time: 12-2pm
Entry: Free

Topic: Media and Hate Speech

Panel
1. Ms. Milly Wanga, Commissioner of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)
2. Mutegi Njau, Veteran journalist and Senior Editor at Royal Media Services
3. Mary Ombara, Public Communications Director and Coordinator of the National Steering Committee on Media Content in the Ministry of Information and Communications
4. Wanjiku Mbugua, Veteran journalist and Consultant in Communications, Governance and Gender

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The discussion will interrogate the preparedness of the media to deal with and/or handle hate speech as we head towards a high stakes watershed election in March 2013

Film Premiere & Photo Exhibition: Kitesurf Masters, Aug. 21 2012 @ Alliance Française

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Film premiere: Kitesurf Masters by Katrin Ender

Date: August 21, 2012
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi [Photo Exhibition on 1st floor gallery] Time:: 6.30pm
Entry: Free to film and photo exhibition
With her new film, Writer/Director Katrin Ender introduces the fun and the lifestyle around a sport that has taken the world by storm.

After just 12 short years, kitesurfing has moved into the limelight and will replace windsurfing at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016. “We all flew a kite to get kitesurfing into the Olympics and unbelievably the kite has landed in Rio!” says Sir Richard Branson, one of the IKAs Olympic Ambassadors who also recently set a new world record by kitesurfing across the English Channel.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irydTwTLRM] Katrin Ender
Katrin Ender has eight years experience of working in the film industry and has earned numerous international awards. Her work has been highly commended by world-class professionals, including Peter Scoones (BBC Blue Planet & Planet Earth) and David Doubilet (National Geographic). She has an in-depth knowledge of Africa and is fluent in four languages, whilst also working as a creative for ad agency Ogilvy.

The film was shot at Che Shale, an exclusive beach hideaway on the edges of the Indian Ocean, which also hosts the biggest annual kitesurf competition in Kenya. “Kitesurfing is so visual, exciting to watch and very attractive” – Steph Bridge, 3-time KiteRacing World Champion.

Discover the best kitesurfing in East Africa.

For more information visit her Facebook event page

Play: Dead Man’s Hand, Aug 17-19 2012 @ Alliance Francaise

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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.

 

Comedy: Madam Kenyan President, Aug. 7-12 2012 @ Alliance

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Madam Kenyan President is back!

After being billed as the craziest show so far, Heartstrings Kenya brings 8 final shows of the comedy Madam Kenyan President in August.
Directed by: Sammy Mwangi and Victor Ber

Date: August 7–12, 2012 [8 shows only] Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi
Times: 6.30pm weekdays, 3 & 6.30pm weekdays.
Charges: Kshs 500
Contact: 0721 608 656

Hilariously we will get to know why the best man for the job is a woman. What will Kenya be like under a woman president?

We all have arguably shouted from the rooftops that this country Kenya cannot and shall not be ruled by a woman. That there is no place at the top for a woman to hold. That is a position that is traditionally held by men and so women should forget it and take their rightful position. The second position.

Heartstrings Kenya in a ridiculously hilarious manner and their fashion will show that our president doesn’t have to be a woman. And this is because the women have become small presidents in their many positions that they have taken in our society. The way we all drink, eat, breathe, belch, talk, sleep, wake up, etc etc. is all controlled by woman. The hard fact is that whatever each and every individual Kenyan does, a woman is the one who finally decides. So if the society thinks that we don’t have a woman president, they are wrong because we have them in offices, factories, homes, and schools. They are our mothers, wives, girlfriends, concubines, secretaries, mama mbogas, house helps, etc etc.

A woman is not ruling Kenya, but a woman is surely ruling the world.

We will never look at this country in the same way again because what a man can do, a woman already did it better.