John Sibi okumu Returns To Phoenix Theatres.

Singers have encores, what do playwrights have? Re-runs of their staged shows! That’s how to celebrate awesome works of art!

So this play by celebrated author and media personality John Sibi Okumu was staged a while back, and due to public demand, it is back for only five shows! They began yesterday, so I’m guessing there are only four shows remaining, as they end on sunday!You better make your bookings ASAP, please note that whilst the play is 500 bob, students WITH a student’s ID get in for only 300 bob! See the play details and synopsis below!

Who: Phoenix Players is running an extended run of the acclaimed original play by John Sibi-Okumu; Meetings

When: 8th – 11th May 2013, Where: The Phoenix Theatre, Parliament Road, Nairobi

What: 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…

Four shows remaining people, four!