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I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic. -Clive Bell

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Scene from Further Than the Furthest Thing at the Maribor Theatre Festival 2012
Photo: © Barbara Čeferin

The Maribor Theatre Festival 2012

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 10th-16th November 2012) Click here to read my review and other critics’ reviews in Continue reading →

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Joe Kinyua as Mel Photo by Friends Theatre Ensemble

Yet Another Prisoner of Second Avenue

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 25th June-1st July 2012) For Better Or For Wife, the Friends Ensemble adaptation of Continue reading →

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Sanya and Nyambura photo by Phoenix Players

Phoenix Play Goes Up in Smoke

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 18th-24th June 2012 under the title Make me a stiff drink, this play is Continue reading →

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A Scene from Mwiba photo by Keith Pearson

Fire By Ten

Kenyan Theatre in the Furnace (This review appeared in The EastAfrican 4th-10th June 2012) The disintegration of the values that Continue reading →

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Karungaru, Rimbui and Wasike photo by Mwangi Kirubi

The History Box

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 21st- 27th May 2012 under the title The Best Friend Who Exposes All Your Continue reading →

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Angela Mwandia in A Raisin in the Sun photo by Phoenix Players

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 14th-20th May 2012) “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like Continue reading →

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Rhoda Ondeng' Wilhelmsen photo by Philip Ondeng'

Rhoda Ondeng’ Wilhelmsen: Living for Art

(This feature appeared in The EastAfrican 7th-13th May 2012 under the title Ondieki the Fisherman: Kenya’s First Ever Opera) In Continue reading →

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Kabi Gethaiga as Katherine, Sahil Gada as Grumio, Sadat Mourad as Petrucio photo by Phoenix Players

Phoenix Players Tame the Shrew

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 12th-18th March 2012 under the title Thy Husband is (Not) Thy Lord) Here is Continue reading →

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Kamicha, Shitowala and Njoki photo by Strathmore Dramsoc

Strath’s Wilde Kenyan Society

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 5th-11th March 2012) “Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not Continue reading →

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June Gachui as Shirley Valentine pht by Phoenix

A Varied Repertoire at Phoenix

(This review appeared in The EastAfrican 30th January-5th February 2012 under the title Women’s Mid-life Crises, Sex and Marriage at Continue reading →

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