
The Kenya Theatre Awards 2024 official nominees list is out. The award seeks to honor outstanding productions, artists and the legacy of practitioners who have become icons while encouraging and celebrating a blend of innovation and excellence in theatrical productions within the Kenya theatre arts industry.
Here is the official list
Best Adaptation
Mgonjwa Mwitu In Other Words Sanctuary 1984 Lwanda OteroBest Breakthrough Female Performer
Cynthia Nzuki Elsie Mumbua Precious Apidi Mary Favour Seben WainainaBest Breakthrough Male Performer
Cosmas Kirui Samuel Tirop Hawi Ondego Sam Juma Elvis KiarieBest Children’s Play
Coppellia Alladin Lion King Matilda The Little MermaidBest Costumes Design
Amy Ni Riada Mitch Bushry Kevo Abbra Heidi Wright & Ansley Garner Veronica KitakaBest Dance Theatre
Messiah is coming Coppellia The Little Mermaid Ma'adhaBest Director
Stuart Nash Mugambi Nthiga Jazz Moll Nyokabi Macharia Santa MukabanahBest Kikwetu Production
Oret Theca Nja Nengera Indo Naku Amba Eka Hutia KahacoBest Learning Institution (Schools)
Braeburn School - Gitanga Road Woodcreek School The Banda School Aga Khan Academy Rosslyn AcademyBest Learning Institution (Universities)
KCA University Kenyatta University University of NairobiBest Lighting Design
Jasper Miedema Alacoque Ntome & Charles Stephen Joanna Garner & Wilfred Onyango Jazz Moll & Wilfred Onyango Juliet DuckworthBest Musical score, Arrangement or Adaptation
International Christian Centre Nairobi Mary Favour Alice Kimanzi & Niqq Kerah Liboi DaiverseBest Musical Theatre Production
Shrekk The Musical Scrooge Lwanda Otero Matilda LegacyBest Original Choreography in a Musical/Play
Jonah Kamau Rainbow Field Bosco Boro(Aladeen) Seth Guya Cooper Rust & Caroline SlotBest Performance By A Female Actor In A Lead Role In a Musical
Amy Muthoni Alison Nyawira Lorna Lemi Emma WithillBest Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role In play
Julisa Rowe Ednah Kariuki Martina Ayoro Chadota Idda Pris Laura AchiengBest Performance by a Female Actor in a Monologue
Chadota Idda Hellen Keli Muthoni Gatheca Nyokabi Macharia Njeri WagakuoBest Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Play)
Rotem Yaniv-Cohen Joyce Mathenge Muthoni Gathecha Edna Kariuki Wakio MzengeBest Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In a Musical
Hellen Mtawali Kerry Kagiri Wakio Mzenge Auudi RowaBest Performance By A Male Actor In A Lead Role In a Musical
Samson Omondi Peter Wood Agengo Ogone Gadwill OdhiamboBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Play)
Sam Psenjen Bilal Wanjau Charles Gachanja Humphrey Maina Daniel HirdBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Monologue
Ngartia Bryan Elsaphan Njora Abu Sense Josiah Kiprop KiptooBest Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Play)
Cosmas Kirui Benson Ochungo Eric Chege Rexie Ndoria Baraza MajorBest Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In a Musical
Benson Ochungo Nyakundi Isaboke Martin Kigondu Ephraim KimaniBest Performance By A Young Female Actor
Arriana Kagotho Anvi Singh Martina Haugland Leandra Wachai Ava StowBest Performance By A Young Male Actor
Namiri Chiroma Timothy Childs Danny Kathungu Benjamin TelaniBest Playwright - Original Script
Victor Muyekwe Mavin Kibicho Martin Abuya Michael Mwangi Saumu KomboBest Producer
Cosmas Bii Shiko Ngure & Ciru Njoroge Gathoni Kimuyu Hawi Oguna Wangui wa Ngina Wreiner ManduBest Production
Shrekk The Musical Lwanda Otero Tom Mboya DaiverseBest Set Design
Joep Van Binsbergen Kate Gardiner & Lee Crew Nancy Aluoch Joanna Garner & Taryn Bebbington Arnold OsanoBest Sound Design
Joanna Garner Mike Mbugua Abu Sense Charles Stephen Herman Tosh GitongaBest Spoken Word Production
DaiVerse The Love Bomb Edition You Remind Me Of Someone The Womine ExperienceBest Stage Managed Production
Kate Gardiner Mitchell Mulari Mercy Wangui Harlene Singh Chanel McKenzieBest Story-telling Production
When They First Found Me! Tom Mboya First DraftBest Two-hander Production
Sanctuary In Other Words Shadows Of The Cloth Numbers Loose EndsTheatre Company of The Year
Heartstring Entertainment Son Of Man Theatre Productions Igiza Arts Andu A Mumbi Nairobi Performing Arts Studio