Between 2016 and 2019, the play was also seen and read at the following:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters, Geneva.
The Wellcome Collection in London.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Centre of Maternal and Newborn Health (LSTM).
In early 2005, I was invited to write a new script for performance at The Wereld Muziek Theatre Festival. In 2006 KigeziNdoto, the product of three-months writing and rehearsal, toured Holland, Belgium and Italy.
The show is a musical performance celebrating African heroes and providing an African perspective on Kenyan history.
KigeziNdoto: A Hook for Dreams is the second part of a trilogy, which includes The Voice of a Dream and They Call Me Wanjikũ. The performers examine the dreams of East Africans through music, dance and story, looking at pre- and post-colonial history and the lessons we can learn today from our past.
The festival was reintroduced in 2016 from 20th to 30th September.
That year, a large number of Arab and international theatre companies participated, in addition to a long list of Egyptian productions. The festival included six workshops led by major international artists from Chile, USA, Pakistan and India.
There were also four major panels focusing on Arab theatre and the West scheduled on the Fringe.
by Eve Ensler and directed by Mũmbi Kaigwa
Beneficiary: Cometogether Widows and Orphans (www.cometogewoo.org)
Cast included…
Patricia Amira Silvia Cassini
Lorna Dias June Gachui
Pinky Ghelani-Raj Bea Imathiu
Lorna Irungu-Macharia Mumbi Kaigwa
Aleya Kassam Kaz
Hana Kefela Savane Kemoli
Patricia Kihoro Wacango Muguro Kimani
Shazz N’deritu Cathi Ngugi
Mo Pearson Nini Wacera
Seroun Wang’ombe
See Poster for Venue and Other Details.
Five Women. Five Novels. Five Stories Re-Imagined.
