Art Musical theatre taking shape at The ElephantRehearsal for Rambo Bambo Boom at NBO Musical Theatre Intiative Workshop. PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMGA most marvelous musical theatre experiment has been underway this past fortnight at The Elephant, the performing arts centre and artistic base of veteran musician Eric Wainaina and theatre producer Sheba Hirst. The third edition of the NBO Musical Theatre Initiative Workshop is the brainchild of Eric, Sheba and dramaturg Roberta Levitow from the world-renowned Sundance Institute in Utah. Eric and Sheba’s vision of creating “a body of new musical theatre works that tell original homegrown and regional stories” has evolved ever since. Fred shared his experience as not only a composer and musical director but also an educator whose specialty is in training artists to collaborate in the multi-disciplinary art form known as musical theatre.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 24, 2019 18:53 UTC