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Monday, May 16, 2011
based on A Report to an Academy by Franz Kafka
adaptation by Colin Teevan
19 May - 11 June 2011
THE 2009 SELL-OUT PRODUCTION FEATURING OLIVIER AWARD WINNER KATHRYN HUNTER RETURNS AFTER A SMASH-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 Complicité 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).
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★★★★★ 'Superb... Kathryn Hunter is extraordinary.'
Time Out
★★★★
The Daily Telegraph, Metro, Evening Standard, Financial Times
'To say Kathryn Hunter plays this part is an understatement; she lives this strange tale with every cell of her being.'
Le Monde, France
‘You'd be mad to miss it... extraordinary.’
The Age, Melbourne
source:youngvic.org