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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
Directed by Milo Ogutu and staged by the actors of the Phoenix Players Theatre
The virtuous burglar
Play by Dario Fo
Dario Fo’s
‘Non tutti i ladri
vengono per
nuocere’
(The virtuous burglar)
Directed by Milo Ogutu
with
Eddy Kimani
Lydia Gitachu
Matayo Mwenesi
Nyambura Mwaniki
Samson Psenjen
Charles Ouda
Karimi Njagi
at the Phoenix Players Theatre
(Professional Centre – Parliament Road)
on Wednesday, 9th September 2009, at 7.00pm.
'THE VIRTUOUS BURGLAR’
A burglar breaking into the home of a wealthy councilor finds himself embroiled in a web of marital intrigue in this fantastic comedy. This is an incisive study into the twists and turns that the path of fidelity can take and the different faces of morality. Is the burglar truly the most morally decadent member of the group? What about his wife who knows what he is up to and seems almost approving of it. This comedy will have you grabbing your sides due to rib cracking action and delicious moral decadence exposed.
DARIO FO
For decades Dario Fo has been the world’s most performed living playwright and Europe’s leading radical dramatist.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 71 for his contribution as a writer, actor and mime artist for over half a century, despite being reviledby governments, arrested for obscenity and blasphemy.
His plays have been translated into numerous languages and performed in many countries around the world. In the first political biography of Dario Fo, Tom Behan traces Fo’s life and works from his beginnings in cabaret and mime in postwar Italy and his early writings for TV and Radio, to the development of his political ideas and the influence of his plays outside Italy, in particular in the English speaking world.
Behan broadens his study to examine the importance of Fo’s work to the working class and to explore the relationship between mass left wing movements and Fo’s activities as playwright and performer. To illustrate these links Behan makes a detailed analysis of the key themes in Fo’s plays; state repression in the Accidental Death of an Anarchist; rebellion in Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay, the tragedy of leftwing terrorism in Trumpets and Raspberries, and the anti-clerical satire of Mistero Buffo.
Phoenix Players
Phoenix Players is Kenya’s only repertory theatre. Mounting a new production every 3 weeks, Phoenix has done over 400 productions since its inception in June 1983. These range from comedies, to farces, to dramas, to Shakespeare, to classics and musicals.
Over the years Phoenix has, with the assistance of the Italian Institute of Culture, put on various Italian-authored plays. These include: FILUMENA (Eduardo de Filippo) 1996, THE ARTFUL WIDOW (Carlo Goldoni) 1997, RULES OF THE GAME (Luigi Pirandello) 1998, SUMMERTIME (Ugo Betti) 1999, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS (Carlo Goldoni) 2000 / 2002, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY (Eduardo De Filippo) 2001, MIRANDOLINA (Carlo Goldoni) 2006" ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST" (Dario Fo) 2007 and SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (Luigi Pirandello) 2008.
Phoenix relies solely on membership subscriptions, box office and donations for its operations. Any assistance in terms of financial or material help is most welcome.
For more details, please contact Milo Ogutu, on 2212661 or via e-mail: phoenix@swiftkenya.com.
Information
Date: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - Sunday, September 13, 2009
Times: 6.30 for 7pm
Place: Phoenix Players Theatre
Organized by: Organizzato da (seconda lingua)
In collaboration with:
Tickets (500/-) from Phoenix Players booking office Tel.: 2225506 (Free entry only on 9.9.09 @ 7pm)
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