Theatre: Kafka’s Monkey
By Victoria Watts • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: News, Read This
‘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.‘
Kafka’s Monkey, based on a short story by Franz Kafka, explores societal alienation through an ape man’s narration of his transformation from primate to man of the stage.
The production has been met with rave reviews and you can catch it at the Young Vic up until April 9.
Mon-Sat 7.45pm; Sat, Wed Mats 3.45pm
Tickets: £17.50; £10 (under 26s)
Young Vic, 66 The Cut, SE1 8L
020 7922 2922
Victoria Watts is a tiny, red-headed lady whose hair curls like Little Bo Peep. She's nimble like a monkey and fierce like a snake. More importantly, she's our features editor.
Favourite place in London: Flying a kite on Hampstead Heath.
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