| Updated Sat, April 22nd 2017 at 08:00 GMT +3Zippy OkothThe Government should bail out Phoenix Players Theatre for a dozen of reasons. Phoenix Theatre gave exposure to budding artists because it offered affordable space for upcoming theatre groups. The government and all Kenyans of goodwill should not let Phoenix Players Theatre go into oblivion. Dr Okoth teaches Film and Theatre at Kenyatta UniversityKwame OwinoThe economics of theatre business is often difficult because while people express love for theatre everywhere, majority is unwilling to pay enough to sustain the lovely performances theatre companies put together. In many parts of the world, endowments and bequests from private foundations are provided to enable theatre performances to continue.

Source: Standard Digital April 21, 2017 20:37 UTC