Written and performed by Jack Klaff
Directed by Colin Watkeys
Franz Kafka is still the presiding genius of experimental storytelling.
A hundred years on from his death at the age of just 40, Kafka remains the voice of the outsider and the disempowered – struggling between the agony of solitude and the pains of intimacy, isolated in the big city and in the world, whilst never forgetting how absurd and hilarious life can be.
Multi-award-winning writer and performer Jack Klaff (Star Wars) nimbly portrays Kafka’s friends, lovers, and critics - including Alan Bennett, Bertolt Brecht, Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett, Albert Einstein, among many others - to paint a mosaic of his life. Little-known details about Kafka, the man with the matchless imagination, are revealed in this bracing, off-kilter, always-surprising show.
Join us for a post-show talkback following this performance:
Twilight Theatre Company's mission is to develop, workshop, and produce new work and to tell stories that deepen our awareness, encourage compassion and ignite conversation. Founded by Sturgis Warner in 1998 and now under the artistic leadership of Margarett Perry, Twilight continues its mission to support new work through readings, workshops, and productions. Last season Twilight produced Appraisaland Watson: The Final Problem for Brits Off Broadway as well as the sold out, extended run ofThe Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project (59E59). Twilight also produced two world premieres at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival — Polishing Shakespeare by Brian Dykstra and Plottersby Brian Parks. Both productions received sold out, critically acclaimed runs. This season, Twilight is continuing its work to bring international artists to the United States as well as bringing the work of US artists to the UK and beyond.
Read more at: www.twilighttheatrecompany.org
★★★★★ "I guarantee you will never have seen a piece of theatre quite like this!"– London Theatre 1
★★★★★ "Singularly brilliant and unusually excellent"
"Klaff is an agile and captivating performer, playfully intelligent and briskly confident."– Lou Reviews
★★★★"For those who come fresh to Kafka, this is likely to be an eye-opener that will take them from his life to the body of work he left behind in a thrilling way."– Jewish Renaissance
★★★★ "Klaff commands the stage. He demands our attention as he races to a brilliant finish."– London Pub Theatres
★★★★ "The best theatrical tribute you could give a writer"– Paul in London
★★★★ "The beloved, truly awesome writer, brilliantly conjured"
"When presenting brilliance–as Jack Klaff does writing and performing Kafka–it may be that the subject requires the play and acting to be equally brilliant. Klaff meets the challenge with hyper-kinetic ease" – New York Stage Review
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