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What: 🎭 Kafkas Ape | University of Cape Town

Kafkas Ape | University of Cape Town

When:

Where: 🏛️ Baxter Theatre Centre

How much:

🎟️ R110https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1562055856

🎟️ R200https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1562055856

Kafka’s Ape is a globally acclaimed and multi-award-winning adaptation of Franz Kafka’s, A Report to an Academy. This one-hander, by Noma Yini storyers, explores a primate’s struggle to overcome the confines of captivity.

Kafka’s Ape presents humanity devastatingly held to an ape’s mirror as Red Peter, the ape, embarks on a harrowing and emotional journey that takes a metaphorical view on society. He confronts the Academy and delivers a report that highlights the complexities of identity, and the dangers of othering.

“A masterpiece of physical theatre.” THE SCOTSMAN – Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2024.

“Empathy-driven and incredibly powerful.” INDAILY - Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2020.

“Kafka’s Ape is an important piece…and a must-see.” X-PRESS MAGAZINE, World Fringe – Perth, 2020