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Jun 22, 2024 · Franz Kafka’s short story “Ein Hungerkünstler” (“A Hunger Artist,” 1922) looked back at the history of the profession, identifying the main components of the spectacle of hunger.
Jun 21, 2024 · In a sold-out arena at the height of her fame, The Hunger Artist took the stage before a wine dark sea of ravenous faces. She was meant to untie her robe, expose her emancipated body, and silently join the musty straw strewn across the floor of her heavy iron cage.
Jun 20, 2024 · Interview with Jonathan Sidgwick about the Solo Show “A Hunger Artist” - June 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27h at The Etcetera Theatre in North London. June 20, 2024. 1) Hi Jon, please tell us more, where are you from? And how did you get passionate about acting?
Jun 9, 2024 · Director: Jonathan Sidgwick. Franz Kafka’s trademark absurdity, sense of alienation from society, and all-pervading tone of anxiety are omnipresent in his final published short story The Hunger...
Jun 20, 2024 · “A Hunger Artist” is a poignant tale that delves into the themes of alienation, isolation, and the pursuit of artistic perfection. The story follows the life of a hunger artist who fasts for extended periods as a form of performance art, only to be misunderstood and unappreciated by society.
Jun 11, 2024 · Franz Kafka’s The Hunger Artist – Etcetera Theatre. Mesmeric, painfully expressive, and disturbingly comforting, Jonathan Sidgwick brings Kafka’s final work to life. Caged, centre stage, we find a man who revives himself to tell the tragic tale of the Hunger Artist, a man who devoted his life to his craft, to fasting.
6 days ago · Ein Hungerkünstler (1924; A Hunger Artist), four stories exhibiting the concision and lucidity characteristic of Kafka’s late style, had been prepared by the author but did not appear until after his death.
