MEET THE CAST

Takunda Kramer was born in August 2^nd 1990 in Harare Zimbabwe.

He started acting at the age of nine years playing the lead Rat in a play about a family of rats in primary school.

He has studied acting at the London royal academy of dramatic art and is a professional actor.

He says that he is passionate about acting because he likes to entertain people; to laugh or cry and  asserts that his uniqueness as a good actor is personified in the fact that he is a good listener and he has stage presence.

T.k as he is commonly known has acted in Dar-esalaam, Harare, New York, London and now in  Kenya’s Phoenix players.

He says that the hardest thing he has ever had to do is to reach deep down to his emotions and cry or laugh without faking it.

His best and craziest moment is when he was cast to act as an English general in a play about World War I where he had to adopt the English accent and wear a moustache.

Takunda among other things can sing, play drums, has skills in stage combat and can dance to the waltz and Tango and enjoys teaching football to small children.

His favourite actor of all time is Denzel Washington and he says that he cried to Will smith’s pursuit of happiness movie.

In the near future he has plans to go back to school to become a producer and hopes one day to open a proper Arts school in Africa that teaches everything from acting, production, stage management. Etc. He believes that we can make proper and well paying carriers from arts and that we shouldn’t have to go abroad to study the same.

At phoenix players he is currently acting in visiting hour playing Erick (in Plaster) and Ron (in Magic).

He says that his hardest moment on set was having to create the Ron laughter. *watch link on FB*

His best scene is when he is playing Erick lying on the bed.  He says “The best part is that when i tell my jokes its only the men who laugh because they understand the mischief in marriages and have told an excuse or two that I give on stage”

By Em Kinyanjui. #####END######