KAFKA'S APE

YILILIZA (South Africa)

 

• Theatre
• Text-based

About

A solo performance about a primate's struggle to overcome the confines of captivity. The play explores the complexities of identity in post-apartheid South Africa and in the human race in general. 2015 Silver Ovation Award, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.

Reviews, awards, more information

2016 Nomination for Best Foreign Production, Amsterdam Fringe.

2018 Best Public Performance awarded by the NIHSS

'Personal, Tragic and Gooseflesh-inducing' (Martin Laubscher)

'The play comprises poignant truisms about identity' (Robyn Sassen)

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