21-24 Nov. at various times.

Ticket Link: https://mookh.com/event/too-early-for-birds-tom-mboya-rerun.

16+ due to explicit & violent content advisory.

Advance Tickets Kshs. 2,500.

Shows:

1. 7pm. Thur. 21 Nov. & Fri. 22 Nov.
2. 1pm & 7pm Sat. 23 Nov. & Sun. 24 Nov.

Synopsis:

How did a boy from the labourer quarters of a colonial settler farm grow up to rub shoulders with continental legends like Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Martin Luther King, and John F Kennedy, all before he was 30 years old? How did he become a legend himself? Aside from the country he loved, who else did he love? Who were his friends, and in what fires is a true revolutionary forged? The revolutionary who, by the way, spurred initiatives like airlifts that then gave us the gifts of Wangari Maathai, Barack Obama and Philip Ochieng. We are exploring all these questions from Tom Mboya’s life, and his death. The juicy, the astounding, the jarring, the tantalising; you get to see it all. 

This edition will be showing at Jain Bhavan, Loresho, from Thursday, November 21, to Sunday, November 24. Get your tickets on mookh. (https://mookh.com/event/too-early-for-birds-tom-mboya-rerun) 

. The cast is made up of some of Kenya’s most incredible talents: Ywaya Xavier (40 Sticks, Igiza) in the title role, Shiviske Shivisi (Disconnect, Poacher), Ngartia (Too Early For Birds, DaiVerse), Doanna Owano (Soweto Burning, Lwanda Rockman), Anubhav Garg (Salem, Wildeverse), Mercy Mutisya (Antisocial, A Grand Little Lie), Elsaphan Njora (Because You Said So, EOP Nation), Chandni Vaya, Nyokabi Macharia (Big Mouth, Country Queen), Abu Nuuman (Too Early For Birds, Country Queen), Martin Kigondu (Lwanda Otero, They That Have Missing Marks Shall Not Graduate) and a host of amazingly gifted artists supporting and creating with them.

Too Early For Birds has always portrayed Kenya’s best stories in all lights possible, from all angles, and this show will be no different. This popular dramatized retelling stays true to the brand of deep dive histories, told with the most talented people, on the widest stages we can find. It is our futures in the making, and you should have a front seat to the foundation of all the social and political paradigm shifts we are going through today. At a time like this, nothing is more pertinent – if you don’t know where you’re coming from, how can you know where you are going?

Too Early For Birds, in its seventh edition, continues the important tradition of storytelling Kenyan history, priding itself on doing so in a way that is fresh, funky, and uniquely ours. Since 2017, we have narrated the stories of Wangari Maathai, The Nyayo House Survivors, Zarina Patel, Timothy Njoya, Field Marshal Muthoni Wa Kirima, Otenyo Nyamatere, Syokimau, Paul Ngei, William McMillan, the resistance at Lumboka and Chetambe, amongst many others. You can see more here.

Gathoni Kimuyu is a producer, writer, actor and digital content creator, as well as the Executive Producer of Story Zetu, the storytelling theatrical collective behind Too Early For Birds. She is a visionary creative and advocate for social justice. With a diverse range of creative skills, she uses her talents to address pressing societal issues and challenge the status quo.