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Phoenix Players, the final act

Butterflies Are Free at the Phoenix Players Theatre. (Photo/George Orido)

The names that owe their career to Phoenix Players sound like the who is who in the Kenyan performing arts scene. Some graced this stage and went on to make it big beyond our borders, the likes of Lupita Nyong’o.

And even thought the theatre checked out at a reasonably old age, it went out at a time when Kenyan theatre was at a crossroads, leaving a rowdy sea of mixed fortunes behind.

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