“Theatre Is King”: The 2023 Kenya Theatre Awards
The second edition of the Kenya Theatre Awards took place on 23rd February 2023 at the Kenya...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 17th Mar 2023 | Acting, Kenya, News
The second edition of the Kenya Theatre Awards took place on 23rd February 2023 at the Kenya...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 21st Mar 2022 | Education, Kenya, News, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
‘Whatever you teach action, it out. If you teach music, sing. If you teach language, write a novel. If you teach drama, act.’
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 13th Feb 2022 | Kenya, Management, News, Theatre and Decolonization
A stellar line-up of speakers, moderators and facilitators is scheduled to grace the event. They include academics, thespians and art critics.
Read MorePosted by Sakina Mirichii | 30th Dec 2021 | Kenya, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Disability
Ten mentor Mothers and one Father, devised theatre, drama therapy, healing, and community...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 19th Nov 2021 | Adaptation, Denmark, Kenya, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
Miss Julie’s Happy Valley is the most recent work by playwright Michael Omoke. The new play...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 12th Nov 2021 | Interview, Kenya, Management, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America
There are some lyrics in Simon & Garfunkel’s The Dangling Conversation that really get to me:...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 22nd Sep 2021 | Festivals, Kenya, News
The Kenya Theatre Awards seek to fill these two gaps by tracking and watching all performances in the country and providing data and statistics on the number of venues, performances staged, people watching performances in the country. This will be achieved by the Jury and technical team of the Awards who will work in partnership with theatre venues, producers and theatre companies.
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2021 | Kenya, News, Playwriting
“We have in essence what could be the most beautiful country in the world, we have great weather, we have friendlier people than I have met travelling elsewhere, and every seven years or so, somebody gives us an order and we sharpen our machetes and putting things alight! For those of us of a certain sensibility, this is stupid and what can we do about it? I knew I didn’t want to be the MP of my rural home area but I could write plays…”
Read MoreThe 2020 Sanaa Theatre Awards were held on 20th December took place at the Kenya Cultural Center,...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Mar 2020 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, Uganda
Too Early For Birds, the popular Kenyan collective that stages historical stories, has announced...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Jan 2020 | Kenya, News
The 6th Edition of the Sanaa Theatre Awards took place in Nairobi city on December 17th, 2019....
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 9th Jan 2020 | Africa, Musical Theatre, News
Methodology The most-searched-for musicals in Kenya, online, are High School Musical, The Lion...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 11th Nov 2019 | Africa, Kenya, News, Transcultural Collaborations
The Akamba people of East Africa have a saying: “The visitor has the best tobacco.”...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 2nd Oct 2019 | Kenya, News
Too Early For Birds, a theatrical series that brings stories from Kenyan history to the stage, is...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 30th Mar 2019 | News, Playwriting, South Africa
Each playwright on the shortlist was paired with an expert from the international ASSITEJ network of professionals for online mentoring, coaching, and dramaturgy.
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 17th Nov 2018 | Festivals, News, Transcultural Collaborations, Uganda
The venue is the Uganda Museum and performances from Kenya, India, Iran, UK, USA and the host nation will be staged. Below are teasers of some of the scheduled performances.
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Oct 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Director Madani Younis, who since 2011 has transformed the Bush Theatre in West London into one of...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 12th Jan 2018 | Essay, Kenya
“I hate critics!” actor Gerald Langiri bellowed, sparking laughter. But his face...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 6th Jul 2017 | Adaptation, Kenya, Theatre and Gender
‘I am wife Number One…I am gold. And then silver, bronze, even charcoal came along!’ This lament...
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