Grief, survival, and silence probed in powerful monologue 'Rooms'

Afrikan Nduta on stage performing Rooms. [Courtesy]

Rooms is a monologue performed by three actors—Gift Nthenya, Rita Gitau, and Afrikan Nduta—who portray the same unnamed character at different stages of her life.

Staged by Monologue Ambassadors on May 24 at Suave Kitchen & Social Club in Westlands, Nairobi, the production brings monologue theatre to the centre stage.

Rooms was written by Eugene Musungu and co-directed by Musungu and Dadson Gakenga.

Through narration, acting, sound, and screen projection, it tells the story of a young woman whose life is turned upside down after the death of her father. Through her journey, it explores identity, grief, silence, belonging, and trauma as an ongoing experience.