Category Archives: Heartstrings Ensemble

Kenya’s Heart Stringed by Comedy

(This article appeared in the East African November 8-14, 2010 under the title Comedy Rules Kenyan Scene) The most successful form of drama in Kenya, in terms of mass appeal is undoubtedly comedy and its development is most probably a … Continue reading

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Filed under Alliance Française (Anne Spoerry Auditorium), Dan Ndambuki, Drama, Heartstrings Ensemble, Victor Ber & Samwel Mwangi

Heartstrings Didn’t Really String It

(This review appeared in the Sunday Nation on 29th March 2009) Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), a theatre practitioner of the Symbolism movement and therefore one totally opposed to realism, was of the firm conviction that the ‘true artist of theatre’ … Continue reading

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Filed under Alliance Française (Anne Spoerry Auditorium), Dan Ndambuki, Drama, Heartstrings Ensemble, Victor Ber & Samwel Mwangi