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The Trial

By:
Steven Berkoff, adapted from the novel by Franz Kafka
Management:
Blackeyed Theatre, in association with North Devon Theatres and South Hill Park
Cast:
Derek Elwood, Nadia Morgan, Robert Snell, Paul Taylor, Simon Wegrzyn
Director:
Ella Vale
Design:
Victoria Spearing
Lighting:
Charlotte McCelland
Costumes:
Hannah Gibbs
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Spare, economical yet choreographed with the precision of a metronome, Blackeyed Theatre's production of Steven Berkoff's play engages and fascinates. Ella Vale directs a close-knit ensemble with intelligence and clarity. Actors create and detach themselves from their many characters, while maintaining the focus, energy and rhythm of the piece. The geometric frames of Victoria Spearing's minimalist colour-coordinated set are seamlessly re-arranged through varied locations whether waiting room, bank or court of enquiries as accused man Joseph K endeavours to make sense of his arrest. In a masterclass of ensemble work, five actors create a multitude of credible sound effects, while beautifully executed mime signposts events as a bizarre and surreal story careers onwards. Working tightly together, actors rise to the challenge of this hugely physical piece with admirable energy, finding situations of high comedy juxtaposed against bleaker and blacker moments...

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Run sheet

Opera House Buxton
February 27
Brewery Arts Centre Kendal
February 29
Queen's Hall Arts Centre Hexham
March 2
Mumford Cambridge
March 5- 6
Chipping Norton Theatre Chipping Norton
March 7
Lights Andover
March 8
Theatre Royal Margate
March 12
Key Peterborough
March 13
Stahl Oundle
March 14
Hertford Theatre (formerly Castle Hall) Hertford
March 15
Trinity Tunbridge Wells
March 16
Stantonbury Campus Milton Keynes
March 19
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Bracknell
March 20-22
Connaught Worthing
March 23-24
Town Hall Loughborough
March 26
Forum Malvern
March 27
Grand Lancaster
March 29
Venue Cymru Llandudno
March 30
Royal Spa Centre Leamington Spa
March 31
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