Kenya Theatre Awards: Mix of old and new as theatre honours its finest

Ngugi wa Thiongo's I Will Marry When I want and Woodcreek's Mekatilili wa Menza were among the biggest winners during the Kenya Theatre Awards.

In an eclectic mix of old and new, the two big winners of the second edition of the Kenya Theatre Awards (KTAs), held at the Kenya National Theatre, couldn't have had a bigger difference in fortunes.

While the epic play by Kenya's playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o I Will Marry When I Want, which was the biggest winner of the night, has a 45-year-old history behind it, Woodcreek School's Mekatilili wa Menza is probably emblematic of Kenya's budding theatre scene going forward.