Past Event

Franz Kafka: The Trial

31st Aug 2012 - 2nd Sep 2012

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Presenter: K
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Event Duration: 75 minutes

An adaptation of Franz Kafka's 1925 novel The Trial, this production is inspired by the plight of more than 50 refugees who are indefinitely detained in Australian immigration centres because ASIO has assessed them to be national security risks. They have been given no information about the reasons for ASIO's assessment and the decisions are not subject to any judicial or other independent scrutiny.

A number of commentators have described the refugees' situation as "Kafkaesque" because it evokes the author's powerful writing about ordinary people caught in nightmarish and bizarre webs spun by immensely powerful and opaque forces.

Directed by Charles Slucki

K is a group of Melbourne people who have come together specifically to write and produce this play. All are participating on a voluntary basis.

Any proceeds from sale of tickets exceeding the costs of the production will be donated to two organisations working with immigration detainees – the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and the Refugee Immigration and Legal Centre.