Veteran actor Njomo wa Nyathira watches daughter shine on KNT stage
It was during a staging of Gikuyu na Mumbi at the Kenya National Theatre (KNT) in April that retired theatre veteran Njomo wa Nyathira was moved to tears. On stage was Nyathira Njomo, his daughter, portraying the role of Wamuyu in the historical musical, which she was also stage-managing.
He watched her act on stage for the first time. By the end of the production, he was in tears. He walked onto the stage as the cast took their bow and hugged her.
“I sat down to watch my daughter perform. I shed tears. I was proud. I told her she had performed well. That is where I started too,” he says.
The KNT holds more special memories for the two. This was the same stage where Njomo’s theatre journey began in 2002, and now it is where Nyathira is crafting her path as an actor and stage manager with Kwa Ndego Productions.
