In Timothy Soal’s visceral three-person production, The Cage plunges the audience into the suffocating world of a struggling theatre group reaching the end of their lengthy tour of Kafka’s A Report to an Academy. In the harsh industry conditions of post-COVID South Africa, the company accepts funding for a 6-month extension from a charitable researcher. Simon becomes increasingly devoured by his role as Red Peter, driven to extremes by his director’s relentless ambition. Simon's life spirals into a Kafkaesque nightmare as the ape’s primal essence consumes his waking hours.