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Multidisciplinary Performance: Climate Change the Conversation, Jun. 5 & 6 2015 @ Alliance Française
Date: June 5 & 6, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
Cartoon Exhibition: Freedom & Security – Can we have Both? Apr. 16-30 2015 Alliance Française
Date: April 16-30, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française, ground floor gallery
Entrance free
ABOUT – FREEDOM & SECURITY: CAN WE HAVE BOTH?
Buni Media, creators of the ‘XYZ Show’, presents a cartoon exhibition on the burning issues of freedom of expression and security. 27 professional cartoonists from 9 countries illustrate the burning question: Freedom & Security: Can we have both?The struggle against terrorism has highlighted the threats to freedom of expression. On the one hand, media practitioners risk violence from those who may take offense to articulation of some opinions. On the other hand, authorities claim that a restriction of rights is necessary to maintain societal security. In protecting one, there is always the risk of undermining the other.
Antoneosoul in Concert, Sept. 19 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Date: September 19, 2014
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: 8 pm onwards
Tickets: KES 1000
Comedy: How Dearly I Hate You! by Heartstrings Entertainment, Sept. 9-14 2014 @ Alliance Française Auditorium
Synopsis
It shows Kenyans that the only way to hate people is by way of hypocritically showing them love. That lack of salt doesn’t mean the presence of sweetness.
Father’s day Musical Narrative: City Dads – and the Women who love them, Jun. 6-8 2014 @ Alliance
Wholesome Entertainment’s Father’s day Musical Narrative (City Dads)- Showing June 6th,7th and 8th
Happy new Month. Hope you are well. Father’s day is coming up in June (15th),and we as Wholesome entertainment will this weekend take you through the incredible,anxious filled,exciting yet at times troublesome journey of fatherhood and how this affects the women who love them. The story will be told through entertaining dramatization,interactive narration and awesome singing.
Featuring: Benjamin Webi, Michael Oyier and Steve Katingima
What a great way to spend your weekend,treat your dad,or a father you know,or just enjoy great entertainment with your friends.
The Show: City Dads and the women who love them.
When: June 6th,7th and 8th.
Where: Alliance Francaise
Time: Fri 6th – 6pm and 8.30pm
Sat 7th- 6pm
Sun 8th-3pm and 6pm
Cost: Kshs 1000.
Ticket hotline :0725040951
Comedy: Dangerous Affair, May 2-4 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Dates & Time: Fri 2 May at 6 & 8pm, Sat 3 May at 3, 6 & 8pm, Sun 4 May at 1, 3 & 6pm
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Tickets: Kshs 500. For bookings, Call/Mpesa-0726524124/0728130134, Airtel: 0734524124 or call 0202025811. Email: info@fcakenya.co.ke.
Tickets on sale at Alliance Francaise reception, Asanand Music Shop on Moi avenue, 8to8 Mall next to Jazz Bar.
This inspirational but ridiculous story takes place in the home of a factory owner who is rolling in money and wants to give some of it (Ksh 10,000,000) to the son of his former business associate. The only stipulation is that the young man must be his father’s sole heir.
Unsure of the son’s whereabouts, he places an advertisement in a number of local newspapers. Almost immediately, an heir appears accompanied by a crafty fellow. Soon after, others pop out from all corners to join in claiming the prize money and even his beautiful daughter! A series of mistaken identities ensue resulting in an unexpected twists and turns finally erupting into chaos.
Dangerous Affairs is a fast moving and rip-roaring farce highly recommended.
It brings together Nairobi’s finest artistes including stars of local and continental movies and TV series Robert Agengo, Juma Williams, Brenda Wairimu, Veronica Waceke, Nice Githinji, Rosemary Waweru, Janet Kirina, Mwaura Nganga, movie stars Justin Mirichii and Wangari Gioche. The stage manger is Nina Mwiti.
This comedy is directed by Mbeki Mwalimu and Veronica Waceke and produced by Abuto Eliud
An Evening of Afro Jazz – Bass Player’s Edition, Apr. 29 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Afro jazz is the new sound in town, it fuses the chic in jazz and soothing beats of Africa. This month put on your dancing shoes ready for a night of class, fun and good music with the man behind Afro jazz Ricky Nanjero and Ricky na Marafiki band at the Alliance Francaise on April 29, 2014 as we celebrate bass players. Featuring Tito Monakho and the threat band, entrance is Kshs 500.
For tickets and reservations call 0728642411
Comedy Thriller: Deception, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Dates & Time: Thur 27 Feb at 6 & 8pm, Fri 28 Feb at 6 & 8pm, Sat 1 Mar at 3, 6 & 8pm, Sun 2 Mar at 3, 6 & 8pm
Venue: Alliance Française
Tickets: 500/=
Synopsis
A senior politician goes out for a night of fun in a private apartment she has rented for her boyfriend, unaware that she is also under investigations for her possible role in a public procurement scandal. Hilarity reaches fever pitch when the local police patrol step in to investigate strange noises from the apartment as a pizza delivery van arrives to cause more confusion.
A series of mistaken identities ensue resulting in an unexpected tragic end. There are key life lessons to be learned from this bold play.
This comedy thriller is an original script by FCA directed by Mbeki Mwalimu and produced by Abuto Eliud
Photo Exhibition: 50 Years of Kenyan Music, Jan. 20 – Feb. 9 2014 @ Alliance Française
Dates: January 20 – February 9, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française
The pictures in this exhibition are a culmination of research and archiving carried out by Ketebul Music over a period of seven years as part of their Retracing Kenyan Music series. This photo exhibition, produced with the support of the Kenya Music Week, pays tribute to musicians who have shaped the various genres of music in Kenya, and influenced our social psyche over the past five decades.
The “50 Years of Kenyan Music” photo exhibition made its debut at the 10th Annual KENYA MUSIC WEEK that took place at the Sarit Centre Expo Hall from Thursday 12th -Sunday 15th December 2013, as part of Kenya@50 Celebrations; and plans to tour the Country for the next 12 months”.
Afro Jazz with Ricky na Marafiki, Jan. 21 2014 @ Alliance Francaise
Date: January 21, 2014
Venue: Alliance Francaise, W. Maathai Auditorium
Time: 6-9 pm
Charges:500ksh
Multimedia Exhibition: 7 Billion Others, Nov. 11-Dec. 4 2013 @ Alliance
A GoodPlanet Foundation project based on an initiative by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Dates: November 11 – December 4, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise, First Floor Gallery
‘7 billion Others’ is a video portrait of humanity shown through a collection of testimonies that brings together the stories of men and women from around the world. This intercultural project aims to seek out the Other, to listen to what he or she has to tell us, and to share. 6,000 interviews were filmed in 84 countries by about twenty directors who went in search of the Others. Answers to 45 questions touching on issues as diverse as climate change, love, discrimination, health, etc will help us find out what separates us and what unites us.
Come and connect with 7 billion Others.
Human Rights Watch Nairobi Film Festival: NairobiNow’s Editors Pick, Nov. 18-22 2013 @ Alliance
The Human Rights watch presents an excellent array of flicks for this year’s Nairobi HRW film festival. Below is NairobiNow’s Editors Pick which should make interesting viewing;
Tuesday’s 6.30 pm: Fatal Assistance by Raoul Peck
Official selection Berlin Film Festival 2013
Award-winning Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a two year journey inside the challenging, contradictory, and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti. Through its provocative and radical point of view, Fatal Assistance offers a devastating indictment of the international community’s post-disaster idealism.
Discussants: Mohamed Khaled, an expert on working in humanitarian emergencies, and others TBA.
Thursday’s 6.30pm: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
Official selection 2012 Toronto International Film Festival & Winner of 2013 Berlin Film Festival Panorama Audience Award – documentary film
The film encapsulates years of Indonesian genocide, suffering, and repression into the story of one its most lethal and efficient killers, Anwar Congo. In 1965, when the Indonesian government was overthrown by the military, Anwar and his cohorts were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie-theater tickets on the black market to death-squad leaders. Anwar’s gang helped the army kill more than one million alleged Communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year.
Discussant: Alice Nderitu, board member at Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU).
Friday’s 6.30 pm: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film by Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Krstic
In September 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% – The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, revealing what happened and why. Personal stories imbue analysis of big picture issues with the real-world struggles of those compelled to take action, speak up, march, and risk arrest.
Discussants: Boniface Mwangi, award-winning photographer and Team Leader at PAWA 254, and Dinah Awuor, Bunge la Mwananchi.
Find more info. here
Exhibition: To Wood Not Lost [by two Ugandan Artists], Oct. 2-Nov. 10 2013 @ Alliance
To Wood Not Lost an exhibition by Sanaa Gateja & Charles Kamya
Opening: October 2, 2013 at 6.30 pm
Venue: Alliance Française
Until: November 10, 2013
Ugandan artists and craftsmen Sanaa Gateja, called the Bead King and Charles kamya, sculptor, come together in an exhibition where blackcloth, recycled paper and chopper wood are turned into objects of art, craft and fashion.
Sanaa Gateja
Sanaa is an artist with an extraordinary attitude and relationship with material he uses as painter, designer, teacher an innovator. Working on bark cloth and beads made from recycled paper, Sanaa is recognised for his contribution to poverty alleviation by promoting the art of beads from recycled paper among women communities in Uganda.
Charles Kamya
Charles is a self taught sculptor from Rubaga. He worksin albizi wood (Albizia Lebbeck, an exoctic tree called Mkungu in Kiswahili) recovered from villages in Western Uganda as trees are felled for firewood and charcoal. His elegantly carved abstract structures reflect his view of life in Africa.
Screening: Hasta La Vista, Sept. 13 2013 @ Alliance
Special Education Professionals are organizing the above movie screening to raise more awareness about persons with special needs in Kenya.
Date: September 13, 2013
Venue: Alliance
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: Kshs 500
Screening: Burnt Forest, Sept. 2 2013 @ Alliance
Date: September 2, 2013
Venue: Alliance
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
Concert: The Joy of Zilizopendwa Music by Pambo Afrika Chorus, Aug. 24 2013 @ Alliance
The Pambo Africa Chorus is proud to present the Joy Of Zilizopendwa Music Concert on Saturday 24th August 2013, at Alliance Francaise at 3pm and 6.30 pm. The tickets are Kshs 500.
Film Aid 7th Film Festival 2013 – The Right to Tell Our Stories, Aug. 21-23 2013 @ Alliance, Kibera & Mathare
Dates: August 21-23, 2013
Venue: Alliance, Kibera & Mathare
Theme of the Festival: The Right to Tell Our Stories
Programme
Film Aid Festival: Movies, Documentaries, Film by Refugees, Award Ceremonies, Panel Discussions & Regular Screenings
Screening: OSS 117 Rio ne Répond Plus’ by Michel Hazanavicius, Aug. 19 2013 @ Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Date: August 19, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. The year is 1967 – he’s been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to find a former high-ranking Nazi who went into exile in South America after the war. His eventful investigation takes him all across Brazil, from Rio to Brasilia and the Iguazu Falls, accompanied by a charming Mossad agent who is also looking for the Nazi. The man is charming, and so is the young woman.
Set to the strains of bossa nova, their tale is by turns an adventure and a love story. – IMDb
Album Launch: Mama Afrika by Judith Bwire, Aug. 10 2013 @ Alliance
Date: August 10, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise Grounds
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: Kshs 500 [Call 0736 080 925]
Kenyan Premier: More than Brothers, Jul. 23 2013 @ Alliance Française
Harry is the youngest member of the famous Wanyama family. His father, Noah, was a legendary player on the Kenyan National Football Team and his two brothers, Victor and Mariga play for Southampton FC and Inter Milan FC.
Date: July 23, 2013
Venue: Alliance auditorium
Time: 5, 6, 7 & 8 pm
Entrance: 5 & 6 pm screening Kshs 50 and 7 & 8 pm Screenings Free
The two brothers have huge success in Europe and their world-wide popularity grows alongside their merits and massive wealth.
From one day to another the slum and a used bike got replaced by villas and massive cars. The Wanyamas went from unknown to being famous in all of East Africa. They had nothing and now they have more than they ever dared dream of. Harry is 18 years old and his life is changing radically, as he searches for his own dreams in this new world that he never knew existed.
Comedy: Birthday Suite, Jul. 19-21 2013 @ Alliance
Dates: July 19-21, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Tickets: Kshs 500
Synopsis
The potential for comic mayhem: Take two adjoining hotel suites, add two couples, both on extremely nervous blind dates, contrive that they each somehow meet the wrong partner, and complicate matters with an excitable room waiter whose mission in life is to encourage romance wherever it might spark, and you have the recipe for an evening of chaotic entanglements and unlikely liaisons which constantly teeters on the edge of disaster.
For bookings/Mpesa-0726524124/0728130134 zap: 0734524124 or call 0202025811 fcakenya@gmail.com
Play: Run for your Wife! Jul. 12-14 2013 @ Alliance
Dates: July 12-14, 2013
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Tickets: Kshs 500
Synopsis
A Nairobi based cab driver, literally has two lives, complete with two different homes and two different wives, Mary and Barbara. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion.
Sadly, he gets caught up in a mugging, and he wakes up in a hospital. He ends up with Mary instead of with Barbara, whom he should be with at the moment, and he now has to come up will all sorts stories to cover his alter lives from everyone who, upon every deed, seem to suspect his queerness. The hardest part is explaining his ways to both his wives and the police, ALL AT ONCE. This is one story you just have to hear!
Strictly for Adults
Tales & Stories Vol. II, Jun. 16 2013 @ Alliance
For more info visit: http://www.artsandoak.yolasite.com/
Exhibitions: Architectures, Until June 30 2013 @ Alliance
Three exhibitions about ‘ARCHITECTURES’ at Alliance this month;
– NYROBI in Picture [birth & growth of Nairobi]
– Architecture=durable [10 architects, 10 projects in Ile-de-France]
– People Building Better Cities [challenges of inclusive urbanization]
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