Kafka's Monkey
Wed 25 to Sat 28 Apr
Pre-show discussion Wed at 6.00pm
Post-show Q&A with Kathryn Hunter on Fri
Time: 8.00pm
Running time: 50 mins (no interval)
Age recommendation:
Tickets: Full £21.00, Concessions £19.00, Friends £18.50, Schools £12.00
"A remarkable spectacle,"
The Times
A Young Vic production.
Based on A Report to an Academy by Franz Kafka.
Adapted by Colin Teevan.
The 2009 sell-out production featuring Olivier award winner Kathryn Hunter returns after a hit world tour.
‘Esteemed members of the academy! You have done me the great honour of inviting me to give you an account of my former life as an ape.’
Brutally imprisoned and desperate to escape, the ape-man reveals his rise through the ranks of the beasts to become a master of the ‘civilised world’ – a walking, talking, spitting, smoking, hard-drinking man of the stage. A witty, heart-rending and ironic tale of forced assimilation into an alien culture, Kafka’s Monkey places a startling mirror in front of a modern day audience.
The ape is played by the Olivier Award winner and Complicite founding member Kathryn Hunter (Peter Brook’s Fragments, National Theatre’s The Visit, Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix).
Listen to Kathryn Hunter feature on Women's Hour (25/01/2012) with BBC iPlayer
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