Kafka's Monkey

Guardian“An allegory of colonialism that is profoundly disturbing...” But Hunter is as agile intellectually as she is physically, her quick wits proving useful early in the show when the audience grow strangely obstreperous – arguing audibly, mobile phones firing off – allowing her to continue unfazed...

Time Out“A superb piece of writing, peerlessly embodied by Kathryn Hunter...” Essentially, this is a play about integration, written from an outsider's perspective. Hunter's performance is well-nigh perfect. Wide-eyed and clownish, she captures the broken-but-defiant, wounded dignity of an animal forced to perform...

Whatsonstage.com“Kathryn Hunter’s incredibly physical performance is staggering...” In just one exhilarating hour Kafka’s Monkey questions our notions of freedom, suggests a Swiftian repulsion with humans and a hankering for the noble savage, the place before language and memory, free from the torture of reasoned thought...

The Stage“Never still, never at ease...” She’s physically captivating, flexible and rubber-limbed, but there are times when this astonishing display overtakes the text and one finds oneself watching in awe and not fully engaging with Colin Teevan’s adaptation