Love that risks life, seeks justice
Mar 25, 2004
Play: Namwandu Kikku<br>Presented by: The Theatrikos<br>Playwright: Benedict Ssebunya <br>Director: Christopher Mukiibi<br>Music: Mesach Ssemakula<br>Showing: Kalisizo (March 27), Masaka (March 28)<br>Fee: sh5,000
Play: Namwandu Kikku
Presented by: The Theatrikos
Playwright: Benedict Ssebunya
Director: Christopher Mukiibi
Music: Mesach Ssemakula
Showing: Kalisizo (March 27), Masaka (March 28)
Fee: sh5,000
Omulogo wa siteegi - The stage wizard screamed in bold letters on the advertisement which the Theatrikos used for their play Namwandu Kikku. And it indeed, suited the play directed by playwright Christopher Mukiibi.
Initially, the stage only makes any theatre fan envy Mukiibi’s creativity. In all respect it was well set. A flat house, with a shed on the first floor and two coloured shed lights on the pillars, giving off an ambience of a rich man’s home.
Besides the house stands a small wattle and mud house cottage, which is as isolated as its owner Namwandu Kikku, only separated from the main house by a fence.
The fence itself portrays the deep divisions between the rich and the poor.
It is these two symbolic buildings that make up the firm foundation of the plot, which revolves around stories of love, frustration, robbery and murder in the play Ssebunya and Mukibi use good directing power to create a story of love and money.
Namwandu Kiku, in her wattle and mud house, stands out like a dejected island. But from her crops the main theme of her husband, who was murdered after selling off his land to Derrick.
In her, Ssebunya combines the burden of being uneducated and not learned when she judges two thumbprints as the same by a mere look at them.
Her daughter Nalugwa looks for justice and getting a boyfriend in the police force looks the best solution.
Ssebunya, who acts as Lugonvu - the dog tender, takes centre stages with his comics. Once a son of a tycoon, Lugonvu has seen it all and is not willing to be muddled about by the so-called ‘elite’ .
He feels his love has only been saved for the best and nobody can stop this. When Namwandu Kiku’s brother Zizinga arrives on stage, a new fire of laughter takes over the stage with their jokes.
Being former village mates who have all taken to suffering, their discussion often the past leaves you with tummy aches as they give weird solutions to everything.
Their support of each other’s roles is the best in entire plot.
The play is only misled by the lead actor Derrick (Katende Musoke), whose actions are more of a forced reaction. His only success is his being uncultured and ill-brought up, a flag of almost all the people who find themselves rich without working for it.
But beyond this is the love that sees a man sacrifice his love to see that justice for his girlfriend is sought for.
The weakest point on the director’s role is that lack of a playmaker.
Someone to join the different stories and relax people’s tension and give the play that good command it deserves.
It is a play that goes beyond money and killing, a play which sees a young man, a police sergeant risk his life to get justice done for his love by dining with hardcore criminals.
At the end of the day, it warns that whenever everything is done, justice prevails at one moment. This play is a must watch and will be staged at the National Theatre this weekend.
Presented by: The Theatrikos
Playwright: Benedict Ssebunya
Director: Christopher Mukiibi
Music: Mesach Ssemakula
Showing: Kalisizo (March 27), Masaka (March 28)
Fee: sh5,000
Omulogo wa siteegi - The stage wizard screamed in bold letters on the advertisement which the Theatrikos used for their play Namwandu Kikku. And it indeed, suited the play directed by playwright Christopher Mukiibi.
Initially, the stage only makes any theatre fan envy Mukiibi’s creativity. In all respect it was well set. A flat house, with a shed on the first floor and two coloured shed lights on the pillars, giving off an ambience of a rich man’s home.
Besides the house stands a small wattle and mud house cottage, which is as isolated as its owner Namwandu Kikku, only separated from the main house by a fence.
The fence itself portrays the deep divisions between the rich and the poor.
It is these two symbolic buildings that make up the firm foundation of the plot, which revolves around stories of love, frustration, robbery and murder in the play Ssebunya and Mukibi use good directing power to create a story of love and money.
Namwandu Kiku, in her wattle and mud house, stands out like a dejected island. But from her crops the main theme of her husband, who was murdered after selling off his land to Derrick.
In her, Ssebunya combines the burden of being uneducated and not learned when she judges two thumbprints as the same by a mere look at them.
Her daughter Nalugwa looks for justice and getting a boyfriend in the police force looks the best solution.
Ssebunya, who acts as Lugonvu - the dog tender, takes centre stages with his comics. Once a son of a tycoon, Lugonvu has seen it all and is not willing to be muddled about by the so-called ‘elite’ .
He feels his love has only been saved for the best and nobody can stop this. When Namwandu Kiku’s brother Zizinga arrives on stage, a new fire of laughter takes over the stage with their jokes.
Being former village mates who have all taken to suffering, their discussion often the past leaves you with tummy aches as they give weird solutions to everything.
Their support of each other’s roles is the best in entire plot.
The play is only misled by the lead actor Derrick (Katende Musoke), whose actions are more of a forced reaction. His only success is his being uncultured and ill-brought up, a flag of almost all the people who find themselves rich without working for it.
But beyond this is the love that sees a man sacrifice his love to see that justice for his girlfriend is sought for.
The weakest point on the director’s role is that lack of a playmaker.
Someone to join the different stories and relax people’s tension and give the play that good command it deserves.
It is a play that goes beyond money and killing, a play which sees a young man, a police sergeant risk his life to get justice done for his love by dining with hardcore criminals.
At the end of the day, it warns that whenever everything is done, justice prevails at one moment. This play is a must watch and will be staged at the National Theatre this weekend.