'The Great Wall has been completed at its most southerly point'. So begins Kafka's short story 'At the Building of the Great Wall of China', and so, at Europe's heavily militarised south-eastern frontier, begins this film. In the shadow of its own narratives of freedom, Europe has been building its own great wall. Like its Chinese precursor, this wall has been piecemeal in construction, diverse in form and dubious in utility. 'The Great Wall' moves across fortified landscapes, pausing with those whose lives are framed by borders. Moving inward toward the seat of power, the film holds the European project up to a dazzling cinematic light, refracted through Kafka's mysterious text; ultimately questioning the nature of power.

Josef K’s thirtieth birthday begins with a knock on his door from two sinister agents. They’re from an unidentified agency, here to arrest him for unidentified crimes.

But this is no birthday prank - this is life or death.

So begins K’s dark descent into a waking nightmare of bizarre humiliations and compulsive procedures.

The Olivier Award-winning 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.

Josef K’s thirtieth birthday begins with a knock on his door from two sinister agents. They’re from an unidentified agency, here to arrest him for unidentified crimes.

But this is no birthday prank - this is life or death.

So begins K’s dark descent into a waking nightmare of bizarre humiliations and compulsive procedures.

The Olivier Award-winning 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.

捷克作家卡夫卡，是现代主义、存在主义文学先锋，一枝极其冷静的笔，诡异离奇的情节，幽暗绝望的意象，将现代社会既正常又荒谬的处境刻划得淋漓尽致。《变形记》写白领小职员格利哥一觉醒来，发现自己变成了一只六条腿的大爬虫；在一个正常人与异兽之间，卡夫卡写下他对人性、社会、政治、人类命运最悲观的寓言。

2011年，Arthur Pita在皇家芭蕾舞团首席男演员Edward Watson上创作了他屡获殊荣的舞剧，改编自Franz Kafka 1915年的小说，并在林伯里工作室剧院首次演出。非凡的编舞捕捉到了Gregor Samsa变身为一只畸形昆虫的破坏，以及他的家人为接受他而挣扎。随着Gregor的生活变成黑暗的超现实主义噩梦，Frank Moon令人回味的配乐和Simon Daw的鲜明设计变得阴险和幽闭恐惧症。《变形记》获得了南岸天空艺术奖，爱德华·沃森因其角色获得了奥利维尔舞蹈杰出成就奖。