[keysersoze]

I recently saw a production of metamorphosis at the Lyric theatre Hammersmith.

It's main aspect of brilliance was the set which gregor inhabited. The room upstairs was tilted so that the back wall of the set was the floor of gregor's room. This is hard to describe but was amazing to see. The torn walls allowed a brilliantly physcial perfromance by Bjorn Thors to crawl and hang off the surroundings. THe other aspects of set, including the removal of the furniture, trampoline and tear-through floor, were truely inspiring.

However, i felt performances to be lacking in some moments. This detracted slightly form an overall wonderfull production of David Farr and Gisli Orn Gardarssons adaptation of Kafka's work.

Another point to be made is how this compare's to the classic Berkoff production of the Kafka story. I love the berkoff version as both a translation and as a piece of performance. Personally i prefer Berkoffs version but was curious as to your opinions on the recent production and on the matter of Berkoff Vs Lyric theatre

I'm seeing the Lyric production in Newcastle in March. Very excited.
What was the Berkoff version like? How was it staged?

[Backdrifter]

Never saw Berkoff's but thought the Vesturport one at the Lyric was superb

[coated peanuts]

Never saw Berkoff's but thought the Vesturport one at the Lyric was superb

Yup, what he said. I left feeling like I had seen the most alive piece of theatre for ages. I was struck by the set, the physical performance and the strange, restricted atmosphere. Excellent theatre