Pic: Teddy Muraya

KenyaBuzz was among the winners at The SanaaTheatre Awards, taking home the mantle of Best Art and Culture Awards. Other big winners include the Too Early For Birds (Brazen Edition) production which took home the Maya Angelou Award, Best Production and Best Play in English.The Sanaa Theatre Awards was established in 2013, on a mission to recognize and crown brilliance in the world of theatre. In the same vein, the awards inspire a modification of knacks in the theatre space, to motivate creativity while stimulating business.Here is the full list of winners:Best Art and Culture Magazine

• KenyaBuzz

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Muthoni Garland
• Benson Wanjau (The Late Mzee Ojwang)
• Peter Mudamba
• Nicholas Miopei
• Dr. Josephat Mukobe
• Gilbert Owino

Best Actor

• Gilbert Lukalia for Legally Insane

Best Actress

• Elsie Akinyi for Safarina and Cinderella

Best Producer

• Hon. Cleophas Malala for Opiyo and Juliet

Best Director

• Mbeki Mwalimu for Strangers by Blood and Legally Insane

Distinguished Diaspora Award

• Tinga Tinga Musical

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Bilal Wanjau for Jungle Book, Robin Hood and Minister Karibu

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Mkamzee Mwatela for Jesus Christ Super star and Sarafina

Best Tragedy

• Lwanda Magere Revisted, Kwe Kalyet

Best Production

• Too Early For Birds, Brazen Edition

Best Playwright

• Walter Sitati, Necessary Madness

Special Jury's Award

• Nick Ndeda

Best Supporting County

• Kisumu County

Best Live Music Performance (Daniel Pearl Award)

• Diya Piyush Gohil

Best Production, College and University 

• State of Incommunicado, Kenyatta University

Best Production, Secondary School

• The Burdens, Kakamega School

Best Production, Primary School

• The Forgotten Brother, Juja Preparatory School

Best Spoken Word and Poetry

• Lest we Forget by Davina Leonard and John Sibi- Okumu

Best Comedy 

• Shuga and Spice

Best Culture Writer

• James Murwa, African Literature

Best TV Art, Culture Program (News and Magazine) 

• Lifestyle Artistic Tuesday, KTN

Best Male Comedian on TV

• Professa Hamo , Churchill Show, NTV.

Best Female Comedian on TV 

• Zuleka, Vioja Mahakamani, KBC

Best Production of TV Comedy Recorded Before a Live Audience

• Comedy Arena, KBC

Best Production on Governance and Human Rights (Martin Luther King Jr. Award)

• Necessary Madness

Best Production on Women's Rights and Gender Based Violence (Maya Angelou Award)

• Too Early For Birds Brazen Edition

Best Production on Reproductive Health

• Stranger in My Bed, Zippy Okoth

Best Production on Child Rights and Protection

• Sauti ya Watoto, Diya Piyush Gohil

Best Performing Theatre Space

• Kenya National Theatre

Most Improved Theatre Space

• Kenya National Theatre (Ukumbi Ndogo)

Best Set

• Tinga Tinga Tales the Musical

Best Costumes

• Robin Hood by Aparture Productions

Best Narrative Theatre 

• Annabel by Kenyatta University

Best Musical Theatre 

• Jesus Christ Superstar 2 by Stuart Nash

Best Play in English

• Too Early for Birds, Brazen Edition

Best Play in Local Language

• Rugama Ringi by Fanaka Arts

Best Dance Theatre 

• Sarakasi Dancers

Best All Time Supporting Institution

• Alliance Francaise

Read the full list of nominees here.