Synopsis

On the shores of Lake Victoria two boys, Opul and Magere, are born, one of whom will change the destiny of their people. In a time when battling for supremecy among tribes was ripe the two boys seek the honour of being Osumba Murwayi, the head of the warriors.

The people of the Hill had an unmatched military prowess and won all the battles, embarrassing the people of the Lake who yearned for a great warrior to lead tem to victory. One dark night while the Lake warriors are on guard, the Hill Warriors attack the Luo village and massacre many villagers among them, Magere’s Parents.

Vulnerable and angry, the young warrior seeks for help from the ancestors. They garnt him powers so great, he becomes Lwanda, “the man of stone” but he has a terrible secret that only he and Nyaber his wife know.

The man of stone now invincible seeks to avenge his people’s lost honour. Soon enough the hunter becomes the hunted. The people of the Hills forced to eat humble pie, concede defeat. Or do they?
The beautiful Cheptoo, sent as a bride for the great warrior, is not all she appears to be. She slowly weaves a web of deceit. The women besets him with a fever so strong, a man of light he can no longer be.

Driven by his lust and ambition, he alienates his people and becomes a stranger to his one true love, Nyaber. Against the wisdom of Nyaber and advice of the ancestors he entrusts his secret to Cheptoo—the beginning of the end of the great Lwanda Man of Stone.

Dates : From Thursday 4th to Sunday 14th December, 2003.
Venue : Kenya National Theatre