John Sibi Okumu Comes Out with a New Play

Phoenix Players brings you its next production, an original play by one of its most illustrious and extraordinary alumni, actor and writer John Sibi-Okumu. He has recently been working as a host for Kiss TV on JSO at 7:00.

The new play starts this Friday ,15th February and runs till 2nd March. It’s a rich tapestry of emotion and discovery that will have you see yourself and your community in a series of encounters the characters have. George Mungai directs an amazing cast of Phoenix Players in bringing this production to life.

SYNOPSIS: “Faoulata, under the guise of interviewing her grandmother for a book on the families of political dissenters is, in fact, searching for her own roots. She already knows that the father whom she has never seen since she was a little girl went into exile and formed a union abroad with a woman other than her own mother.

There is expectation in the air: Her father Augustus, ‘Gus’ to all, is returning to be in Kenya in time to witness momentous elections. Some excitement and tension are also foreseeable; Some sensitive encounters will be in order. Over a series of ‘Meetings’ what will be resolved, and what will not?“

Phoenix Players is offering corporate theatre nights of the full auditorium, 120 seats, or half a theatre, 60 seats, if you would like your company to block book seats to entertain your clients, friends or colleagues. For more information about this, call 020 2225506 or 0729 913 425.