ThEAter EA performs AAP

Tarkan Köroglu's ThEAter EA performs in June, July and August at the Parade, with a production of AAP. This performance is based on the short story by Franz Kafka: Ein bericht für eine akademie.
'a fine, short performance' according to the Volkskrant
AAP by ThEAter EA is based on the beautiful text of Ein bericht für eine Akademie by the writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924). This short story can be read as a satire on the issue of integration of  'foreigners' in Western culture and the associated loss of individual identity. AAP is a monologue of around 50 minutes, and is performed by the young and talented actor Sadettin Kirmiziyüz

A monkey is captured during a hunting party and is sent by ship to Europe. Confronted with the loss of freedom for the first time,
he sees himself forced to relinquish his monkey-self in order to become a civilised person.
He is now a charismatic speaker. His eyes are convincing, proud. He moves like a politician. The only time he looks like a monkey is when his eyes focus on a memory. Eyes are the windows to our evolution.  Our history.  Do we not recognise
humanity most in the eyes of a monkey? And bestiality in the eyes of people?

'a fine short performance. with an enigmatic text that manages, with minmal means, to challenge the imagination beautifully.'
Volkskrant 16 May 2009

Performance dates at the Parade:

Rotterdam: 19-21 June 2009
The Hague: 1-5 July 2009
Utrecht: 16-21 July 2009
Amsterdam: 11-16 August 2009