The Trial

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Josef Ks thirtieth birthday begins with a knock on his door from two sinister agents. Theyre from an unidentified agency, here to arrest him for unidentified crimes.But this is no birthday prank - this is life or death. So begins Ks dark descent into a waking nightmare of bizarre humiliations and compulsive procedures. The Olivier Award-winning Rory Kinnear (Hamlet, Skyfall) leads the cast of this new production, directed by Richard Jones and designed by Miriam Buether in a new adaptation by Nick Gill.

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For me, everything begins and ends with Kafka. -- Lszl Krasznahorkai, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2015

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OffWestEnd Award Most Promising Playwright nominee Nick Gill's recent work includes Fiji Land (Southwark Playhouse), Sand (Royal Court Theatre) and Mirror Teeth, also nominated for OffWestEnd Award Best New Play. Nick was one of The Apathists, who wrote new shorts every month for a year, performed at Theatre503; other short plays have been seen at Hampstead Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, Soho Theatre and Latitude Festival.