Date: Wednesday 31st, May, 2023
Venue: the Kenya National Theatre
Time: 7 PM
Advance Tickets: KES 1,200/- Solo and KES 2,100 Double (by May 27, 2023)
Synopsis:
SUPERNOVA is an Award winning one person stage performance written and performed by Kenyan actor, writer and director – Martin Kigondu.
The play follows a popular radio presenter on a short leave to attend a personal emergency. Frank – played by Kigondu, is a man sieving through a love that was, could have been and is, while chasing the highs that come with a busy career and the lows that are survived often in silence. Exploring themes around ambition, love, grief, masculinity, solitude, family and mental fortitude with both heart and wit, the play spotlights the headspace of man in particular urban isolation. Frank’s account weaves in other characters and perspectives in the 85 minute intimate and forthright performance, giving the actor the canvas for a tapestry of different personas and emotions.
A pleasurable and poignant watch with Kigondu’s signature profoundness and warmth – in his writing as in his performance. The play won Best Actor in a Solo Performance, Best Playwright and Best Sound Design at the Kenya Theatre Awards 2023.
“Kigondu gives a masterful performance” Business Daily.
“Kigondu must be one of (if not the) finest character actors in Kenya” – Kenya Arts Review (2022).
After having its Victory Lap tour across counties this May, SUPERNOVA will close with a ONE NIGHT ONLY performance in Nairobi at The Kenya National Theatre, main auditorium on Wednesday 31st MAY (Madaraka Day Eve).
This follows the tour that saw Prevail Presents Company stage Supernova in Mombasa at The Little Theatre Club on Sat 13th May, in Nanyuki at Le Rustique on Sun 21st May, in Nakuru on Friday the 26th of May at the Nakuru Players Theatre and in Eldoret at the KVDA Auditorium on Sun 28th of May, 2023.
It had previously done a run in Nairobi and is gearing up for an East African tour in the coming months.
