This year will see Young Pleasance (finally) celebrate its 25th anniversary! The production will mark this milestone with the ensemble’s heady reinvention of Kafka’s absurdist masterpiece The Trial – a thrilling kaleidoscope of action, where nothing is quite as it seems.
You’re suddenly under arrest – no warning; no explanation. Welcome to Josef K’s 21st birthday party; privacy has been abolished and Big Brother is always watching. This new production explores the desire to forge your own identity, to find somewhere to belong and to make sense of a nightmare we now all share. It is a story where pursuit, fear and surveillance haunt our dreams.
The Trial will be presented in Young Pleasance’s trademark large ensemble and physical visual style. The directors and ensemble will delve into Kafka’s dystopian vision of the human condition, providing their version of this classic text. Young Pleasance will explore the existential crisis of the individual battling with, and trying to escape, societal constructs.
Young Pleasance is dedicated to offering dynamic, excellent and professional theatre opportunities for young people. Since its inception in 1995 Young Pleasance has involved over 750 young people in its incredible and inspiring theatrical productions. Young Pleasance is part of Pleasance Futures, The Pleasance Theatre Trust’s initiative providing a launch pad for the very best emerging talent and the brightest new ideas. With soaring ambition and a wellspring of youthful energy, Young Pleasance is truly incubating the stars of the future, with alumni going on to work with the RSC, the Barbican, Trafalgar Studios and the Globe as well as in TV and film!
