It was a powerhouse of performances last Friday night, March 8, at the premiere of the Kenyan version of Antigone by Jean Anouilh and staged by the Nairobi Performing Arts Studio in conjunction with Alliance Francaise.
Antigone was selected specially by Alliance Francaise’s director Charles Courdent in light of International Women’s Day when the two leads would be women, one Lorna Lemi who plays the title role and her nemesis, President Coron played by Wakio Mzenge. The two would face off as two strong women convinced of their purpose and principle. Antigone, following the Greek tragedy, was determined to bury her brother Polycarp rather than allow the State to deem him the ‘devil’ and leave him to rot or to be eaten by wild dogs.
