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KAFKA’S APE

PRESENTED BY NOMA YINI
Confined to captivity after his capture, one primate must interrogate his otherness in an attempt to set himself free.

An ape named Red Peter is captured. In his quest to break out of his confinement, he learns to imitate humanity. Through his journey, Kafka’s Ape questions the understanding of otherness.

Kafka’s Ape is a compelling adaptation of Kafka’s “Report to an Academy”, subtly transforming the original text into a universally relatable yet unsettling exploration of what it means to adapt as an “other” in society. This adaptation puts ‘Red Peter the Ape’ in a South African context compelling him to irradiate his survival in post-apartheid existence. The fundamental structure of the story remains the container while, Red Peter’s journey presents us with an opportunity to explore, through the animal gaze, the tension between self and other.

Fresh from a triumphant and acclaimed run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Miyambo brings this powerful  multiple award winning performance to Omnibus Theatre. Kafka’s Ape has earned accolades worldwide , including winner of Outstanding Performance Award at Prague Fringe Festival 2019, Best Satire Award at New York’s United Solo Festival 2019, the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021, and the Lustrum Award at the Edinburgh fringe among others.

Noma Yini are a South African Theatre Company from Johannesburg.

We’ll be joined by writer and performer Tony Miyambo who’ll be discussing his journey of creating Kafka’s Ape and the process of adapting a classic text. This post-show Q&A will be facilitated by our Artistic Director.

19 FEB

18-22 FEB
7:30PM
£18 STANDARD, £16 CONCESSION

KAFKA’S APE

PRESENTED BY NOMA YINI
Confined to captivity after his capture, one primate must interrogate his otherness in an attempt to set himself free.

An ape named Red Peter is captured. In his quest to break out of his confinement, he learns to imitate humanity. Through his journey, Kafka’s Ape questions the understanding of otherness.

Kafka’s Ape is a compelling adaptation of Kafka’s “Report to an Academy”, subtly transforming the original text into a universally relatable yet unsettling exploration of what it means to adapt as an “other” in society. This adaptation puts ‘Red Peter the Ape’ in a South African context compelling him to irradiate his survival in post-apartheid existence. The fundamental structure of the story remains the container while, Red Peter’s journey presents us with an opportunity to explore, through the animal gaze, the tension between self and other.

Fresh from a triumphant and acclaimed run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Miyambo brings this powerful  multiple award winning performance to Omnibus Theatre. Kafka’s Ape has earned accolades worldwide , including winner of Outstanding Performance Award at Prague Fringe Festival 2019, Best Satire Award at New York’s United Solo Festival 2019, the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021, and the Lustrum Award at the Edinburgh fringe among others.

 

Noma Yini are a South African Theatre Company from Johannesburg.

We’ll be joined by writer and performer Tony Miyambo who’ll be discussing his journey of creating Kafka’s Ape and the process of adapting a classic text. This post-show Q&A will be facilitated by our Artistic Director.

19 FEB

18-22 FEB
7:30PM
£18 STANDARD, £16 CONCESSION

★★★★

“What a striking and memorable piece of work Kafka’s Ape is.”

 The Scotsman

★★★★★

“KAFKA’S APE is a performance and a play that stuns like a thunderbolt and genuinely feels like the top-drawer theatre that it is. An experience which has already collected accolades and deserves to be recognised and seen worldwide.”

British Theatre Guide

★★★★★

“Kafka’s Ape is a tour de force performance by actor Tony Bonani Miyambo”

The Spy in the Stalls

Noma Yini

Phala Ookeditse Phala

Phala Ookeditse Phala is the Animateur at The Centre for the Less Good Idea, an interdisciplinary incubator space for the arts, based in Maboneng, Johannesburg. He is a multi-award-winning ‘storiyer’ whose works have won awards in South Africa, USA, Czech Republic and Australia. He holds a Masters in Dramatic Arts from Wits University. His works champion emotional and psychologically-stimulating storytelling as a uniquely African aesthetic. His focus and interest are on methodologies of making and creating work in ways that collapse and disrupt conventional norms.

Tony Bonani Miyambo

Tony Bonani Miyambo is an actor and theatre-maker with is a BA (Dramatic Arts) Graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand. Over the years Tony has also steadily built a career in both the theatre and the South African Television industry as a producer, writer, actor and director. He has worked for various production companies for properties across formats, from variety shows to long-form drama. Over his career, Tony has been part of numerous theatre productions, some of which have toured all over the world. His body of work includes acclaimed solo performances The Cenotaph of Dan Wa Moriri, Commission Continua, and multiple-international-award winning Kafka’s Ape. Tony was also awarded the 2012 Brett Goldin Award and studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford Upon Avon, UK.

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Concessions

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Accessibility

All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.

Ticket Collection

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Café Bar

Serving a menu of hot drinks, craft beers, wine and seasonal cocktails before and after every show and a full home-made food menu including freshly baked pastries, delicious cakes and savoury light bites from Friday – Sunday.

Content Warnings

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Age Recommendation

TBC

Duration

50m

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