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Translating the Act: Kenyan Producers Keeping Indigenous Languages in Auditoriums

Posted by Sakina Mirichii | 30th Nov 2023 | Essay, Kenya, Theatre and Decolonization

In recent years, there has been a growing movement towards promoting and preserving indigenous...

Plans for Kenya International Theatre Festival in Full Gear

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...

“Theatre Is King”: The 2023 Kenya Theatre Awards

Posted 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...

Kenyans Get a Taste of “The French Shakespeare”

Posted 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...

Exclusive Interview with Stuart Nash, Founder of Nairobi Performing Arts Studio

Posted 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...

Performing Arts Conference Sets the Pace for Future Theatrical Discourse

Posted 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.’

Kenya Theatre Awards 2022 – Complete Winners List

Posted 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.

Nairobi Hosts Major Performing Arts Conference

Posted 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.

“You Will Never Walk Alone”: A Story of Resilience and Hope

Posted 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...

Re-Imagined Play Stirs Memories of “White Mischief” in Colonial Africa

Posted 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...

One Actor, One Audience Member: Innovations in the Time of COVID

Posted 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:...

On the 5th Anniversary of The Theatre Times

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 5th Nov 2021 | Kenya, News

In a world saturated with entertainment products, TheTheatreTimes.com is evidence that live...

Theatre for One: A New Kind of Theatre Experience

Posted by Sakina Mirichii | 23rd Oct 2021 | Kenya, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

Theatre is coming back slowly but surely. Though a difficult medium to translate online, it has...

Kenya’s New Theatre Awards

Posted 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.

Veteran Thespian Launches Collection of Original Plays

Posted 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…”