Theatre to stage Maya Angelou's poetry

Actors from Tone Theatre Productions rehearse a musical rendition of Maya Angelou’s autobiography ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’. The play opens this Thursday at the Phoenix Players. [Photo: Elvis Ogina/Standard]

Celebrated American poet Maya Angelou will be immortalised starting Thursday when Tone Theatre Productions in conjunction with the US Embassy Nairobi stage 'The Caged Bird Sings' – a collection of her most famous poetry rendered in music, dance and elocution at the Phoenix Players Theatre.

The production is inspired by Dr Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.