Kenya National Theatre

Kenya National Theatre

Kenya National Theatre is a national organisation in Kenya for bringing performing artists together. It is based in Nairobi.

Their most notable performance is Conrad Makeni's production of "I Will Marry When I Want" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii, a 500-cast play which landed wa Thiong'o in trouble with authorities in the 1980s.

In May 2003 the South African musical Sarafina!,was produced at the Kenya National Theatre by Sterling Quality Entertainment Company. The producers of the show, Peter J. Oyier and Paul J. Oyier also hosted Mbongeni Ngema and Leleti Khumalo for the premiere of the show, which had an all-Kenyan cast and was praised by Ngema and Khumalo for its accurate and powerful portrayal of the world-acclaimed musical theatre piece.


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