You thought she was the one, but once again, life dealt you a bad card, leaving you on the floor, trying to piece your heart back together with heart-wrenching love songs. Songs to Heal a Broken Heart is a live performance that beautifully captures this struggle, adapted from an episode of the same name in Blooms in the Dark Season Three.
Creatives Garage, in partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, invites you to an unforgettable evening featuring this live performance and the official launch of the Blooms in the Dark podcast, Season 3. Experience a captivating performance by Muthoni Gathecha, complemented by enchanting musical performances from Zaituni Wambui and Anariko. Feel the raw emotion as Muthoni narrates the pain, Zaituni delivers breathtaking vocals, and Anariko strums his guitar, amplifying the heartache. Together, they create a poignant atmosphere that promises a night filled with sadness, tears, and love. This performance is written and directed by Thayù.
Join us and let’s celebrate the unyielding spirit of love and acceptance within our community. Don’t miss this heartfelt evening that promises to resonate deeply with all who attend!
Creatives Garage, in partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, invites you to an unforgettable evening featuring this live performance and the official launch of the Blooms in the Dark podcast, Season 3. Experience a captivating performance by Muthoni Gathecha, complemented by enchanting musical performances from Zaituni Wambui and Anariko. Feel the raw emotion as Muthoni narrates the pain, Zaituni delivers breathtaking vocals, and Anariko strums his guitar, amplifying the heartache. Together, they create a poignant atmosphere that promises a night filled with sadness, tears, and love. This performance is written and directed by Thayù.
Join us and let’s celebrate the unyielding spirit of love and acceptance within our community. Don’t miss this heartfelt evening that promises to resonate deeply with all who attend!
About the Artists
Thayù - Writer x Director
The eccentric, reclusive writer set to break your hearts and take you on an emotional roller-coaster. Blooms in the Dark is written and directed by Thayù. Spoiler alert: though the stories are fictional, some of the narratives in this tale might have been borrowed lightly (or heavily) from their experiences.
Thayù’s bio reads like an encyclopedia—an award winning, creative powerhouse with a filmography portfolio of over 100 films and documentaries and over 24 published works as an author. They are a visionary storyteller who fosters communities, both physical and virtual, by creating galleries, graphic novels, games, shoes, apparel, and furniture from abandoned buildings and even friends' backyards—anywhere their imagination can thrive.
Utilizing film, technology, digital art, books, and any other available tool, Thayù unleashes the torrent of creative ideas that swirl within their mind. But Thayù’s creativity doesn't end there. They are also committed to making the world a better place through their organization, Creatives Garage, which empowers creatives to pursue their dreams.
Muthoni Gathecha
The audacious, the bold, the woman, the legend, the full-of-life Muthoni Gathecha plays Mama Maurice, a woman suffering loss, and Wairimu, a 60-year-old woman experiencing genuine but forbidden love.
Muthoni’s filmography is longer than a lover’s letter, and her accolades are as numerous as the government's problems. She is an accomplished actor with 10+ years Of experience performing in film, and television shows aired at the Cannes Film Festival, Netflix. Mnet Africa, and on local television stations in Kenya. Principle character in various TV shows like KONA, a 250-episode series aired On Mnet Africa. Also cast in I0 movies on Africa Magic Original Films. Achieved various awards and nominations to date including the Kim Renders Outstanding Performance Award (2019).
Zaituni Wambui
The first day I had Zaituni sing I was transported to my first memory of happiness and I just wanted to stay there. Zaituni's remarkable voice joins our three piece band to lend the perfect soundtrack to this amazing show. Head out to spotify and treat yourself to some of her music in anticipation for what she brings to the performance.
Anariko
If I were ever in a relationship (call me if you’re searching, my number is 0722...), I would want my strings strummed like how Anariko gently (or not) strokes his guitar (goosebumps). Anariko joins this band of thieves (who’ll steal your heart and then crash it), okay fine, a bunch of amazing creatives (Producer said we edit that or else the band walks), on stage as part of a three-piece band serving music like feelings.
Anariko is a multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer who works on integrating and combining traditional African rhythms to create new and unexplored soundscapes. He has collaborated with a number of artists such as Zaituni Wambui and Meryl Paige, among others. He aims to use music to inspire and communicate without words, speaking directly to your soul.