Youthful online stars shine in Monologue Challenge
Friday, June 5, 2020 0:01
By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU
Brenda Wairimu one of the judges of the NPAS (Nairobi Performing Arts Studio) Monologue Challenge.
PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMG
More than 100 young people, mainly secondary school students, zoomed in from around the country last Sunday night to watch the Finale Monologue Challenge online.
Organised by the Nairobi Performing Arts Studio (NPAS), with an endorsement from the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage, the Challenge was the culmination of a month-long series of free online performing arts classes run specifically for Kenyan high school-age youth.
“The interest was so high that we had to open four acting classes and two singing ones,” says Nash who has produced and directed shows such as Annie, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar and Caucasian Chalk Circle among others since coming to Kenya initially at the request of one local private school.
Thanks to the popularity and success of Nash’s experiment in online theatre instruction, there will be a second series starting June 15 with registration opening from June 7th.
