Play: Here Comes the Groom, Nov 12-13 2011 @ Kenya National Theatre

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Wholesome Entertainment Presents: HERE COMES THE GROOM

WHAT:   A humorous Romantic and authentic Kenyan play
WHERE: Kenya National Theater
DATES: Saturday November 12th, and Sunday November 13th
TIME:    3pm and 6pm,on both days
COST:    Kshs 500
TICKETS: @ Wakestar Bookshop Koinange Street next to Bata, From November 1st
Or buy via MPESA call. 0725 040 951
CONCEPTUALISED BY:Seth Busolo,Daisy Busolo,Justin Karunguru and Sarah Rimbui
WRITTEN BY:Seth Busolo.
PRODUCER: Daisy Busolo & Hilda Kuria
DIRECTED BY: Sarah Rimbui
SPONSORED BY: Elle Interiors Designers, Anchor Hair and Barber shop, Ndugu Karanja and Blue Graphics

HERE COMES THE GROOM – SYNOPSIS
Jessica begins to have second thoughts about her wedding, after a hurried engagement to her overly nice fiancé Tom. Her attempts to pull away leads to more drama, as Tom becomes “nicer and nicer.”
To make matters worse Jessica feels that her Bestmaid-Joyce is trying to steal the show, Joe the bestman is too concerned about cutting costs, while the grooms relatives from shaggz are making unreasonable demands … and in the midst of all this Joyce hires an unconventional wedding planner-
-Wedding drama isn’t always about the Bride.

Play: Out of Business, Oct 29-30 2011 @ National Theatre

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Out of Business by Bitter Pill Productions is at Kenya National Theatre on 29 and 30 Oct at 3pm and 6pm. Charges are Sh. 350 advance, Sh. 400 at the gate.

Mel, a well paid executive of a fancy company in Nairobi, has been married for ten years but his relatives believe that his wife hangs around him because of his money. His wife works so hard to prove her in-laws wrong but the more she tries to win their love the more they dislike her.

Mel gets the axe as the company starts to trim the payroll. His wife takes a job to tide them over, and then she too is sacked. As if this weren’t enough, Mel is fighting a losing battle with the environs of life. Polluted air is killing everything that grows on his terrace, the apartment is burgled, his psychiatrist dies with his money and finally he has a nervous breakdown. The couple has the courage and endurance to survive but only time will tell if they’ll pull through.

Screening: Applied Theories of Expanding Mind, Oct. 20 2011 @ National Theatre

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Date: October 20, 2011
Venue: Kenya National Theatre
Location: Harry Thuku Road, Opposite Norfolk Hotel
Time: 7-9pm

Applied Theories of Expanding Minds

Multi channel video installation, short film HDV 2009-2011

In a transforming Kenya, a group of people has created a new tribe. Applied Theories of Expanding Minds shows some of them engaged in ritual actions with the purpose to change their community.

The film was shot in Kenya in 2009 and emerge from the artistic research project You Look Like Milk, that took its starting point in a post-colonial discourse in which we examine how we create images of the Other.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/16539475] For more information: http://zbrproductions.com/

Play: My life, Aug. 20 2011 @ National Theatre

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Dates: August 20, 2011
Venue: National Theatre
Time: 3pm, 5pm and 7pm
Entry: Free (Please confirm your attendance)
Contacts: Michelle 0721871217 or info@maishayangu.com

Maisha Yangu is a performance about life in the streets. It is a story depicting a young girl who is forced to live in the streets and how she manages to survive. The actors are 4 children and 2 young adults. The show went on a tour around Sweden from April 7th to May 7th 2011. These children from Dandora, even though they are not professionally trained, have an excellent natural ability to communicate through drama and dance.

As serious as the story sounds, it involves lots of laughs and scenes that urge us to make the lives of street children in Kenya better. The story reminds us that we can’t move forward until we take care of our children.

Written and Directed by Ms Kajsa Dahlstrom – “Mama Kajsa” – actress and president of Globetree, a Swedish NGO. Globetree invited Maisha Yangu to tour Sweden for one month this year and has been invited back for another tour next year.