‘Unheeded Red Flags of Warning’ reveals dirty secrets of human traffickers

Young women get lured into travel to Dubai in a play directed by Derrick Waswa called Red Flags at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on November 27, 2022. PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMG 

Derrick Waswa is a gender genius, a playwright willing to explore the illicit intrigues and intricacies of socio-sexual relationships with a sharp eye for the truth.
The challenge posed when watching his latest script, called ‘Red Flags’, which was staged last Sunday at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi was to keep track of all the secrets being kept by most of the key characters in the play.
The initial scene was embedded in an evocative video that introduced the Dorian Production cast. Then it seamlessly slipped into addressing the issue of men who skip out on relationships and the consequences of that dereliction of duty.

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After that, the show comes alive at the university graduation of several young women, including Camille (Eugenia Kamau). She got a heap of secrets starting with her new boyfriend who she does not want to tell her mother, a single mom, about. He is a slippery young guy named Oliver (Keith Maina) who she finds more interesting than her boring boyfriend, Tom.

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