CURRICULUM VITAE                                
 
Name:                            Keith Stephen Pearson 
D. O. B.                                  15/9/55                                   
Place of Birth                        Torquay, United Kingdom.               
Nationality                             British
Marital Status                       Divorced, two children.
Contacts                                Tel: +254 (020) 8561614
                                                       +254 (0) 722 815 112
                                                e-mail: kptheatrecompany@gmail.com
                                                web-site: www.theatrecompany.net
                                                Box 372 - 006106. Nairobi.
Qualifications                         M.A. Exeter Univ. (Theatre Practice)
                                                B.Ed. ( hons. ) Exeter Univ.   (English and Drama, Sports)                                                                           8 'O' Levels, 3 'A' Levels, Torquay Boys Grammar School
 
Professional Experience
2004-                           Managing Director, The Theatre Company
1985-2004                   Teacher, International School of Kenya.
1984/85                       Actor, Phoenix Players, Nairobi.
1983/84                       Secondary School Teacher, Nairobi Academy.
1980/82                       Primary School Teacher, Braeburn Primary School, Nairobi.
1979/80                       Primary School Teacher, St. Austin's Academy, Nairobi.
1977/78                       Co-worker with the adult mentally handicapped, Innisfree Village, Virginia, USA.
 
Referees
Roberta Levitow, Co-founder and director of Theatre Without Borders; Artistic Associate with Sundance Institute East Africa 2. Lindsey Hilsum, Diplomatic Correspondent, Channel 4 Television, U.K. (LINDSEY.HILSUM@itn.co.uk)  
Relevant Practical Experience and Achievements  
Student  - Drama Studio London (Berkeley, California.) 1987
Visiting Lecturer, Association of International Schools in Africa Conference, Lome, Togo, October, 1988
Lecturer for the Nairobi Theatre Academy, 1990-95
Kenyan Coordinator - Culture Train Project, UNESCO-based.1993-94
Coordinator, Fund-Raising and consultant for Creative Arts Building, ISK, 1994-2000
IB CAS (Social Service) Coordinator for ISK, 1995-97
Acting Chairman, Kenya National Theatre Festival, 1995-96
Judge, Mbalamwezi National Theatre Awards, 1995-2001
Committee Member, Kenya National Theatre Consultation Committee, 1996-97
Student - Exeter University, MA in Theatre Practice, 1997-98        
Established and built Karichota, a country retreat for performance and visual artists in the Mount Kenya Forest District, 1994-present
Visiting Lecturer, Association of International Schools in Africa Conference, Accra, Ghana, October 1999
Public exhibition of calligraphic work, Tamarind Restaurant, Nairobi, November 1999
Visiting Lecturer, International Schools Theatre Association, Hong Kong, October 2000
Founding Director (with Mumbi Kaigwa) of The Theatre Company, 2000
Consultant, Rosslyn Academy Theatre Construction
Management Consultant, Oshwal Centre Auditorium, May 2001-present
Co-ordinator, ISTA Festival, Experience Africa, October 2002,
Consultant, Lighting for French School Auditorium, December 2002
Executive Committee Member, International Theatre Institute, Kenya Section, 2002- present
Workshop Facilitator, International Baccalaureate Theatre Arts Conference, Nairobi, January 2003
National Committee Member, Kenya Squash Rackets Federation, June 2002 – May 2006
Facilitator, Truth & Reconciliation Project with Transparency International, Kenya, 2003
Coordinator of Performances, International Women's Aids Awareness Run, Nairobi, Kenya, September 20th, 2003
Acting Coordinator, Sarakasi Trust, September - December 2004
Researcher & Writer, CARE Sudan Project, 2005-2006
Producer, Kigezindoto, World Theatre Music Festival, Europe, 2006
Producer/ Director of Vuta! Vuta!  Touring Production for Kickstart Organisation, 2006
Wrote "Looking for Dedan" 2006
Manager Stage Lighting and Sound System Installation, Oshwal Centre, May- June 2006
Coordinator, Performance Skills Training Programme, 2006-2008
Acting Coach, "Heart of Fire" TV 60 Productions, 2007
Producer, Kenya Tour, Migritude (Shailja Patel), 2007
Organiser, Short Play Writing Competition, April-September, 2007
Wrote "So Pressed", 2007
Facilitator, Kenya Film Commission/MNET Project Nollywood Workshop, 2007
Assessment, Louis Leakey Memorial Theatre, Kenya National Museum, October, 2007
Co-ordinating Producer, Director, Actor, Fire by Ten, November-December, 2007
Co-ordinating Producer & Director, Githaa/KigeziNdoto Tour, Mombasa, March 2008
Participant, Giving Voice 10, Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth, Wales, March-April, 2008
Writer, Performance Skills Training Manual, May 2008 (published by UNON)
Writer, Report on Performances for Social Issues in Kenya for UNICEF, July-October, 2008
Director/ Producer, Fire By Ten 2008 Touring Performance, October – November 2008
Conceptualist, Kenya Television and Film Campus, Kenya Film Commission, September-November, 2008
Consultant, Oshwal Centre Auditorium, 2002-08.
Project Manager, Louis Leakey Memorial Theatre, Kenya National Museum, January-July 2009
Acting Coach, Imani, IVAD Productions, Uganda, November-December, 2008, June 2009
Organising Officer, TTC Performance Development Programme, 2009-present
Producer, Wanawake wa Heri wa WInsa (for Globe to Globe project, UK) April 2012
Producer/ Director, Shungwaaya Tour, Mali, December 2012
Producer, Wanawake wa Heri wa WInsa (India Tour November, 2012)
Participant, Festival Organisers Meeting, Harare International Arts Festival April, 2013
Steering Committee Member, Arterial Network, Kenya May 2013-present
Member, Creative Economy Working group 2013-
 
 
 
Stage Production History in Chronological Order 2014 Beach Access
2013 Kimbia
2012 Shungwaaya*
2012 Wanawake wa Heri Wa Winsa*
2011 Are We Here Yet?*
2011 Finding The Tamed Wind*
2011 Leaving Shungwaaya*
2010 My Moving Home*
2009 Githaa & Sauti Kimya, International Theatre Festival of Kerala*
2009 Fire By Ten (Version 7), Excess*
2009 Sauti Kimya (Sounds in Silence) *
2008 Fire by Ten (Version 6) – 4 original Kenyan plays*
2008 Mombasa Tour of Githaa/KigeziNdoto 
2007 Fire by Ten (Version 5) – 6 original Kenyan plays
2007 3 Short Plays (PSTP 2007 Group)
2006 KigeziNdoto* Vuta !Vuta! Tour* Githaa*
2005 Fired by Ten (Version 4), Counter Circles (d&l) SSMB Launch (d&l)
2005 The Vagina Monologues (Production/ Tech) Nairobi and Kampala (Banned)
2004 Twelfth Night, Yanagai! Yanagai! Fired by Ten (Version 3)
2003 Fire by Ten (Version 2)
2003 Death and The Maiden (reprise: Truth & Reconciliation Commission)
2003 The Vagina Monologues (Production/ Tech)*
2003 Death and The Maiden*
2002 You Can't Take It With You* SANDD Festival of Story Telling and Dance
2001 Inside Out*, Betrayal*, State of Emergency*
2000 Fire by Ten (10" Theatre)*, The Wind in the Willows*,
            1999 Talking Heads*, Return to the Forbidden Planet*, The Magical Voyage of Odysseus*
1998 Kothbiro*
1997 Henry the Tudor Dude*, The Wizard of Oz
1996 Lords of Creation*, MASH*, Mchanganyiko!*, Once on This Island*, Odissi Dance
1995 Driving Miss Daisy
1994 The House of Frankenstein*, Into the Woods*
1993 Animal Farm*, Death and the Maiden*, The Madwoman of Chaillot*, Share and Share Alike*
1992 Accidental Death of An Anarchist*, Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish*, The Goblins Plot to Murder God*,The King and I, Street People*(d&l),  The Tempest (d&l)
1991 Agamemnon*, Bedside Manners (d&l), The Boyfriend, Cameras*, Hill of Women*(d&l), The Love Talker*, Patate* (d&l)
1990 Aikin Mata *(The Nigerian Lysistrata) (d&l)
1989 Little Shop of Horrors*, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1988 Absolutely Murder*, The Insect Play, Grease*, The Real Thing
1987, Bugsy Malone*, Blood Wedding*
1986 Beowulf*, The Real Inspector Hound
1985 Tom Sawyer, Our Town, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Black Comedy,
1984 The Amorous Prawn, Arms and the Man, The Browning Version, Butley
1983 Can't Pay - Won't Pay, Children, Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Harlequinade, Home and Dry, Mass Appeal, Simple Spymen
1982 Mother Courage, King Ubu
1981 The Land of Point*, Romeo and Juliet, The Beaux Stratagem, Hamlet
1980 The Fantastic Toyshop, The Beggar's Opera
 
* these shows received their Kenyan Premieres in my production.  
 
FILMS 2012                Captain Hayman Kepringen, Pontact                                                             Denmark/ Kenya
2010                Father, Brothers, Marius Van Graan                                                                           Kenya/ SA
2010                Marriage Counsellor Love 101    Kenya
2010                Stravinsky, Moonwalking, Benji M.                                                                           Kenya
2010                Tour Guide, Run, Run Mutinda,  Pontact                                                       Kenya/ Denmark
2010                William Hector (Snr.) Changes Series Two/ Three MNet/Zebra,          Kenya/ South Africa
2010                Rev. Smith, I am Slave, Blue Sky Productions,                                                         Kenya/ UK
2009                William Hector (Snr.) ChangesSeries One  MNet/Big Ideas,                                    Kenya 
2008-09          Acting Coach, Imani                                                                                                   Uganda 2008                Rev. Coleman, Jambaaz                                                                                                                     Kenya
2007                Acting Coach, Heart of Fire                                                                                       Germany
2006                General Dundas, Momella                                                                                          Germany
2006               Captain Thomas Blake , Afrika Mon Amour                                                                 Germany
2006               The American Supervisor, Equator                                                                              Russia
2005               Dr. George McGregor, Clean Hands                                                                           Kenya
2004               Porter Coleridge, The British High Commissioner  The Constant Gardener              UK
1988               Journalist, White Mischief                                                                                             UK
1985              The School Teacher  Out of Africa                                                                                USA
 
Skills and Interests Arts: Held exhibitions of calligraphic paintings, photographer, experienced flautist.
Literary: published poet, short story writer, playwright.
Sports: Qualified referee and coach, hockey.
Former Committee Member, Kenya Squash Rackets Association.
Competent club level player: squash, tennis, badminton, hockey, football, cricket.
Computer: Conversant with Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop CS2.
Outdoor: Clean Driving Licence. Motor Bike rider. Has been in charge of school expeditions, mountain climbing and inter-cultural activities. Cyclist. Swimming (qualified lifesaver.)
Social Service: Maintained consistent interest and support for Kitisuru Nursery School, Shangilia Mtoto wa Africa Children's Home & Cerebral Palsy Society of Kenya, Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.
First Aid: St. John's Qualification, 1980.
Environmental: constructed, funded and maintained "Karichota", Mt. Kenya, on-going environmental project. Landscaping. Designed the "Gitara" complex, Garden Estate, Nairobi.
Languages: Kiswahili, French (school level)