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NCP disappoints with Caesar and Cleopatra (Mar 1962)

NCP entered 1962 with six commendable years of experience that enthralled Nairobi audiences. However, their first production of 1962 – Caesar and […]

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NCP wins first prize in 1961 Kenya Drama Festival

NCP entered two productions for the 1961 Kenya Drama Festival The Bespoke Overcoat by Wolf Mankowitz The Hole by N.F. Simpson. Rurik […]

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NCP disappoints with The House by the Lake (Sep 1961)

Uncharacteristically, NCP disappointed both critics and audiences with the mystery/thriller The House by the Lake by Hugo Mills and directed by Robert […]

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NCP triumph again with The Caine Mutiny court martial (June 1961)

Critics acclaimed NCP’s Caine Mutiny court martial as ‘immeasurably their finest production for a very long time’ and ‘another feather in their […]

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NCP receives critical acclaim for its first musical – The King And I

The year 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of NCP’s venture into the world of musicals.  In March 1961 NCP undertook an enormous […]

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NCP take the triple crown

Building on the success of The Diary of Anne Frank (March, 1960), NCP planned a much more ambitious production the following September […]

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NCP ups the ante with Six Characters in Search of an Author

NCP’s second production of 1960 was Luigi Pirandello’s classic Six Characters in Search of an Author which ran at the Kenya National […]

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NCP heralds the 1960s with a challenging production – The Diary of Anne Frank

The 1960s was a decade of transformational change and the same would apply to Nairobi City Players as the company expanded its […]

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NCP exits the 1950s with two contrasting productions

NCP closed off the 1950s with two superb and contrasting productions: You Can’t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George […]

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