Arts & Culture
Love, lies, TikTok take centre stage in Luo comedy ‘Nyuka Onge Kwero’ Nyuka Onge Kwero (Pok Imetho?), a Luo comedy play by Abila Production, addresses love triangles. Staged at the Nairobi Cinema on Valentine’s Day, the play begins with Nyakablack…
The ‘Matatu Musical’ cast during their rehearsals. [Courtesy] Wangarĩ Maathai Too Early for Birds returns in April with the staging of its ninth show at the Jain Bhavan Auditorium in Loresho. Fifteen years after her passing, the collective…
Art: Ian Gichohi reimagines how photographs can exist on paper Ian Gichohi’s first solo photography exhibition,…
‘Landscapes from Home’ exhibition brings Kenyan stories to London Landscapes from Home, a group exhibition bringing…
An entrance at the Little Theatre Club in Mombasa County on Friday 5th November 2021. [Kelvin…
Parenting burnout: The new silent crisis in families Mary Kaimuri is a working mother who loves her children fiercely. The mother of two plans their meals, tracks homework on WhatsApp groups, remembers PE days, dentist appointments, and birthdays. She also…
Grok: How bikini photo manipulation by Musk’s AI sparked worldwide crackdown The global tech landscape was, in the early days of 2026, rocked by a…
Arts & Culture Weekly Round Up
Zachariah Wanjohi before Principal Magistrate Vincent Adet on June 5, 2025 [Kipsang Joseph/Standard] When 23-year-old Ann Waithera vanished on the afternoon of May 21,…
Mohamed Komeja [Courtesy] The opening scene of ‘Picha’, a play in Kiswahili, quietens the murmurs from the audience, gripping their attention. The stage lights…
Actor Gadwill Odhiambo plays ‘Mwelusi’ in the play [Courtesy] Nostalgia will fill the air in two weeks as Kifo Kisimani, a former Kenyan literature…
Matatus ferrying fans to a football match. [Courtesy] It is 7 a.m. on a cool Sunday morning in Kisii town. The streets are still…
