Plans for Kenya International Theatre Festival in Full Gear
Plans for the 2023 Kenya International Theatre Festival are in high gear. The 8th edition of the...
Read MoreAlexander Nderitu is a Kenyan novelist, poet and playwright. His stage plays include The Stacy Walker Interview, Yuppies!, What's Wrong With This Picture? and Hannah and The Angel (which has been translated into Japanese and Arabic). In 2011, he co-founded the Artists for Contemporary Theatre (A.C.T.) stage and film production group. Nderitu has written several widely-read research papers on African literature and theatre. A former official of PEN Kenya Centre, in 2017 he was named by Business Daily newspaper as one of Kenya's 'Top 40 Under 40 Men'. Website: www.AlexanderNderitu.com
Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 27th Jun 2023 | Africa, Festivals, Kenya, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Plans for the 2023 Kenya International Theatre Festival are in high gear. The 8th edition of the...
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 | 4th Jan 2023 | Applied Theatre, France, Kenya, Participatory Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences
Alliance Française de Nairobi celebrated of the fourth centenary of Molière’s birth with an...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 11th Oct 2022 | Directing, Interview, Kenya, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
ALEXANDER NDERITU: Thank you for agreeing to this interview, Mr. Nash. Let’s start with some...
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 | 27th Feb 2022 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, News
Special awards were also dished out, including a Life Time Achievement Award that went to veteran actor, playwright and educator David Mulwa.
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 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 | 5th Nov 2021 | Kenya, News
In a world saturated with entertainment products, TheTheatreTimes.com is evidence that live...
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 MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Mar 2021 | Education, Festivals, Japan, News, Theatre for Young Audiences
The 2020 ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival / MIRAI 2020 is scheduled to take...
Read MoreThe 2020 Sanaa Theatre Awards were held on 20th December took place at the Kenya Cultural Center,...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 13th Jan 2021 | Festivals, New York, News, Theatre and Art, United States of America
First of the block is ‘Human Freedom 2021- A Theater for Human Rights Campaign’. This initiative is spearheaded by newly-appointed 2021 IHRAF International Fellow, Alessandro Lenzi. It is organized through a global collaboration between Raizes Teatro (Palermo), International Human Rights Art Festival (NYC), Avant – Garde Lawyers (Paris), and Global Campus of Human Rights (Venice). Alessandro Lenzi is the Director of Raizes Teatro. The Last Era, a play written by Alessandro Ienzi will be one of the features of the campaign.
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 | 17th Jan 2020 | Africa, Essay, New York, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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.”...
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