Production still for "The Trial". L-R: Rita Kalnejais, Hamish Michael, Ewen Leslie, Peter Houghton. Photographer: Jeff Busby
The Trial
By Louise Fox
13 August 2010 – 04 September 2010 Merlyn Theatre
Adapted from the novel by Franz Kafka
Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, ThinIce Productions,
New Adaptation Theatre Co-Production
Josef K is in trouble with a capital T. He's been accused of something and no one will tell him exactly what. Despite his adamant protestations of innocence, K finds himself swept up on an inexorable tide of bureaucracy, dragged adrift by strange forces that are invisible, threatening and unstoppable. He knows that the law court is intent on punishing guilt but just what 'guilt' is is growing ever more ambiguous.
This production was also part of Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 season at The Wharf (9 September - 16 October) and at the Subiaco Arts Centre (22-30 October).
"UNCONVENTIONAL AND ENDLESSLY INVENTIVE, THE LUTTON THEATRE EXPERIENCE IS INTOXICATING..."
— The West Australian
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Acknowledgements
A Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and ThinInce commission. Supported through the Interconnections Initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts.