Theatre & dance
My Son, My Sin (KITFest)
A dialogue-driven play on family relations, fears and the urge to control others, at the Kenya International Theatre Festival.
Arts & culture in Nairobi and East Africa Organisers
KITFest Trust
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Coming up
Theatre & dance
Atieno with a Red Hood (KITFest)
An interactive puppet show for young audiences in which Atieno travels to visit her grandmother in Western Kenya, with a tree-planting segment.
Theatre & dance
Adventures of Sulwe (KITFest)
A 50-minute original acoustic and poetry performance on identity, belonging and personal growth.
Theatre & dance
Echoes of Machismo (KITFest)
A play by Derrick Waswa on toxic masculinity and rigid cultural expectations of men.
Theatre & dance
Death and the Future (KITFest)
A one-act play in Luo in which the community is summoned to the funeral of the future.
Theatre & dance
The Circus Girl (KITFest, Egypt)
An interactive musical from Egypt, by Ahmed Zaham, about a girl raised in a circus.
Theatre & dance
Acrimony Unquenched (KITFest)
A theatrical production on femicide and gender-based violence, with dance and storytelling.
Theatre & dance
Justice for Her (KITFest)
A musical about Lucy, a university student from a poor family, and the rich older man who plans to have her killed.
Theatre & dance
Pyjamas for Five (KITFest, Ghana)
A farce of lies and mistaken identities when a planned romantic weekend collides with a cancelled trip.
Theatre & dance
Her Madness (KITFest, Uganda)
A Ugandan spoken-word theatre production centred on a single evolving character, 'Mad'.
Theatre & dance
Cafe Jallal Project (KITFest, Israel)
A multilingual musical blending desert and urban life with Palestinian, Bedouin, Jewish and Arab-Israeli sacred music, Khaliji and Bedouin music and dance.
Theatre & dance
No Laughing Matter (KITFest)
A domestic farce about secrets and reputation, with five performances over three days.
Theatre & dance
The Making of a Thief (KITFest)
A play about a high-school student publicly accused of theft by his police-commander father and his school.
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