Play: Fire By Ten, May 18 2012 @ Kenya National Theatre

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Fire By Ten 2012 featuring thrilling original plays by 5 Kenyan writers (James Gathitu,Tony Mboyo,Ogutu Muraya,Ciru Naomi and Sharon Nanjosi) will showcase new Kenyan talent. The cast of 6 includes Sylvia Namusassi, Anthony Mido, Ciinju Muiruri, Kevin Amwoma, Gilbert Squich and Mary Kathomi.The show was directed by One of Kenya’s most experienced actresses Lydiah Gitachu assisted by Robin Denault, Keith Pearson and Sharon Nanjosi.

Where: Kenya National Theatre
When: Friday, May 18, 2012 6:30pm

Auditions for: Out of Africa, The Magic of Kenya, Mar 23-26 2012 @ Kenya National Theatre

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Out of Africa, The Magic of Kenya is a musical theatre show that highlights the Kenyan culture and traditions through song, dance and costume. This musical is set to promote Kenyan culture in Europe during a 3 month European tour with a minimum of 70 theatre performances.
WHO: The musical theater show is produced by Peter Ultee Productions B.V. (Amsterdam,
Netherlands) and supported by the Kenya Tourist Board (Kenya and Europe agencies). Mr. Peter Ultee is a renowned producer known for his African musical Theatre shows that have been in the European market for the last 25 years i.e. Township Boy, Under African skies, Stamping, Soweto Spiritual Singers (performed at the 2010 FIFA world cup opening with R.Kelly), African Mamas(toured Europe for 7 years), Daughters of Africa (was staged for Her Royal Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and Mr. Kofi Annan), Sing Mama Africa- a tribute to Miriam Makeba among others. The production is weaved together by an international team of experts; the Executive Producer-Gloria Orwoba, Artistic stage Director-Mrs. Leoni Jansen, Artistic stage assistant-Oscar Siegela, Dance Choreographer-Portia Lebohang among others.

First Auditions (Kenya National Theater)
–    Friday 23rd March 2012 (Singers/Dancers Auditions by appointment)
–    Saturday 24th March 2012 (Singers/Dancers Open Auditions)
–    Monday 26th March 2012 (Band Auditions)
Training and short list auditions – 26th – 31st March 2012 (Kenya National Theater)

For booking of audition slots email outofafricashow@yahoo.com

 

Comedy: Wrath of a Woman Scorned, Mar 10-11 2012 @ National Theatre

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The Festival of Creative Arts
brings you the riotous comedy “WRATH OF A WOMAN SCORNED”!!

“A secret threatens to tear apart a family as interfering neighbours
create humorous misunderstandings and chaos. Will the comic chaos
settle down long enough for the truth to emerge in this delightfully
funny comedy?”

Showing at the Kenya National Theatre on Saturday 10th March at 3, 6
and 8pm and on Sunday 11th March at 3 and 6pm. Tickets are available
for only 500 bob at Assanand Music Shop on Moi Avenue next to Jazz
Bar, Kenya National Theatre and Alliance Francaise. Call 0726-524-124,
0728-130-134, 0734524124 or 020-202-58-11 WRATH OF A WOMAN SCORNED!!

A Festival of Creative Arts production directed by Mbeki Mwalimu,
starring Derrick Amunga, Juma Williams, Martin Githinji, Nice
Githinji, Jackie Mungai, Veronica Waceke, Produced by Abuto Eliud

Play: Death and the Estate, Dec 11-13 2011 @ National Theatre

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The play will be staged at the Kenya National Theatre from the 9th to the 11th of December 2011.

Five shows have been planned altogether. The first is on the 9th of December at 6:30PM. Two more shows are set to run on the 10th and 11th of December, at 2PM and 6:30PM. Tickets are Ksh. 500 and available at all Savannah Coffee Lounge Outlets.

This is a thriller written and directed by this year’s Maisha Screenwriters Lab winner – Maurice Kokonya. Ebenezer, a wealthy, respectable and renowned man dies living behind a selfish and highly opinionated wife, Margaret, and a spoilt daughter, Mary fighting for his Estate. As if that isn’t enough, there is a portion involved believed to grant one eternal life. The play unfolds as everyone from the estate workers, to the family lawyer to the clergyman scrambles to find the portion and get the Estate.

Kenya Puppetry Theatre Platform 2011, Nov 19 2011 @ Kenya National Theatre

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Programme

11.00 am Bunraku – The puppet with there (3) puppeteers
Bunraku is based on the traditional Japanese puppet theater form founded in Osaka in 1684 whereby three puppeteers manipulate one puppet.  The performance is fused with a mixture of contemporary African puppet theatre technique and music

Sahara is a Bunraku puppet manipulated by three puppeteers; he is a mute puppet male of gender and in the mid 60s in age.
The major objective of this performance is to entertain and educate on issues touching on the life of every individual on a daily basis on issues like corruption, poverty, hunger etc. The show starts when Safari is asleep on stage; he wakes up from sleep and narrates a story about long time ago

Performance style
Bunraku puppet is complete puppet performance manipulated by three puppeteers. This is a performance intending to capture a variety of styles of puppet in combination with light simulations and sound tracks. In the safari performance styles included are the Bunraku puppet itself, mask dance and shadow puppet

Duration: 30 minutes.

3.00 pm The Last Man Standing
The Last Man Standing Puppetry Performance is an out-of-the ordinary performance from the world of the dead and the living. It is a tale of a brave wildebeest called Mara and recounted by Bones (Mara’s Carcass) in the year 2070. A letter written by the Mask in 2010 is warning people of the pending danger caused by climate change years before the wildebeest were wiped away. Mara goes through the most trying moments in her life, ending up as the last carcass – (BONES). This is a story that will take the audience through the life cycle of a wildebeest, times of struggle, bravery, famine, life and death.

Technique:
Performance is a  multi-disciplinary, multi – cultural performance from two worlds (dead and living) deviating from the conventional theatrical presentations, yet at the same time incorporating existing modern and traditional theatrical genres together with other art elements such as puppets, objects, figures, architecture, installation, dance and music.

Duration: 50 minutes

5.00 pm Atieno – Story of a young African girl
 “Atieno” in Kenyan literature is symbolic of the girl who goes through a lot of suffering and tribulations more so due to society’s structures, attitudes and perceptions towards the Girl.  Perhaps Atieno will represent he contemporary African girl who is at the crossroads between education, development, relationship marriage and career. Atieno is the story of a young Girl brought up by her grandmother who lives by the edge of the forest, they live normal lives continuing with their daily chores as an ordinary village family.  Through deceit and trickery a young Man, Obi takes atieno away from her home into a strange land filled with evil monsters and creatures.  Atieno goes through a lot of tribulations in this strange land.  She finally manages to free herself and reach even greater heights through self talent search and ends up back to her grieving grandmother

Performance style
The play utilizes puppetry as its main discourse.  Through fusion of different types of puppetry techniques that include, object theatre, contemporary masks, rod puppet spectacle and black theatre techniques.  The performance is accompanied by poetry, traditional and contemporary music.

Duration: 40 minutes
Poetry by: Sonnia Gitome

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Tickets:
200/- per show
500/- all shows

Contact: Tony 0733527595, Kyalo 0723871274