Watch John Sibi Okumu’s Play Before It Ends Its Run

John Sibi Okumu recently joined Kiss TV but he is still doing what he loves best, writing plays.

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 started on Friday, 15th February and will run till Sunday, 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.