Kathryn Hunter

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.

'A remarkable spectacle' (The 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)

'Superb... Kathryn Hunter is extraordinary' (Time Out)

'Exhilarating. Kathryn Hunter’s incredibly physical performance is staggering' (WhatsOnStage)

'Ms Hunter’s performance is the most physically remarkable I’ve ever seen on a stage' (The New York Times).