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The Ardhi Gallery’s digital exhibition Her Wellness, Her World brings together 19 female artists and over 150 works exploring women, identity, and personal expression.
A new two-hander play, Bleeding Stones, staged by Chisaina Arts, explores men’s hidden fears and societal expectations of masculinity through the story of Elias and his alter ego Kivuli.
While the doctors appear in Molière’s original play, this production pushes their portrayal further. The doctors in Mgonjwa Mwitu have made them more comical and more extreme.
For over 15 years, Gemini Vaghela has worked across multimedia forms, exploring identity, growth and preservation through her art.
His work, Last Seen, will go on stage on May 2 and 3 at the Kenya National Theatre (KNT) main auditorium. The play portrays the growing disconnection in modern friendships.
He wanted to become a lawyer, but that shifted when he saw that Kenyatta University was offering Theatre Arts and Film as a course, and this became the time he saw performing arts as a profession.
For the first time in its history, the Kenya Theatre Awards celebrated a poetry show among its top winners, with Midnight Poetry taking four awards at the fifth edition of the ceremony.
At the Art of Connection exhibition, contemporary visual artist James Kamande showcases mixed-media paintings and metal sculptures that document Nairobi’s urban transformation.
J.O. Bernard’s In the Absence of Presence is a deeply personal poetry collection inspired by Mahmoud Darwish on grief, loss and longing while inviting readers to confront their own sorrow.
Nyuka Onge Kwero (Pok Imetho?) lit up Nairobi Cinema while industry players reflected on the evolving economics, improvisational style and growing appetite for vernacular theatre.
Lango Kabhula’s exhibition Matières Voyageuses uses immersive installations and paintings to explore the journey of materials, resource exploitation, migration, and identity.
Theatres across Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombasa are staging original plays that explore love in all its forms, from romance and comedy to cultural clashes and long-term marriage challenges.
The loose-fitting, brightly colored cotton garments were unfairly compared to "sleepwear" or "fantasy movie costumes," with derogatory comments.
New KAG Executive Director Dickens Olwal aims to strengthen actors’ welfare, professional standards and representation by addressing long-standing structural challenges in the industry.
Matatu, the first stage production of the year at KNT, received critical acclaim for its musical journey through Kenya’s political history, art, activism, and African cultural music.
The Kenya Theatre Awards 2026 nominees were unveiled at the Kenya National Theatre, with categories reduced to 29 as the industry gears up for the February 26 ceremony.
Caroline Ngorobi, a leading figure in Mombasa’s theatre scene, continues to champion original plays, cultural archiving, and emerging artists through her productions and the Wimbi la Sanaa Festival.
This edition follows an exclusive Lamu one that explores its colonisation and gentrification.
The Kenyan community in Rwanda gathered at the Kigali Paramount Hotel this week for an event celebrating a unique partnership between industry and academia last Friday
From Wangarĩ Maathai’s inspiring story and political satire to coastal taarab storytelling and Valentine’s comedy, Kenya’s theatre scene is set to showcase a rich mix of productions.
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