Metamorphosis
From: Thursday, 17th January 2013
To: Saturday, 9 February 2013
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Synopsis
Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman until, that is, the day he wakes up as a gigantic insect. So begins Berkoff's exploration of Kafka's surreal tale. In a world where money and work are God, this play reminds us the human spirit should not be taken for granted.
Our Review:
22 January 2013
This glittering account of Kafka's famous story - part comedy and part tragedy - of Gregor Samsa waking one morning to discover that he has turned into an insect, is the production’s third run at The Lyric and, although I hadn’t seen it in either of its earlier outings, it is easy to see why it has achieved so much popular acclaim. The acting is exquisitely good, the set is a masterpiece and the music extraordinarily evocative.
The dysfunctional Samsa family lives an exaggeratedly ‘normal’ life at stage level. In his first floor bedroom Gisli Örn Garṑarsson (who also co-directs with David Farr), as Gregor the insect, is climbing walls with calculatedly clumsy athleticism, hiding behind the plant and terrorising his mother, father and sister. Gregor speaks normally but his repulsed family can understand nothing he says and the confusion and panic is strongly reinfor...
Creative
Franz Kafka (Book)
Lyric Hammersmith (Producer)
David Farr (Adaptation)
Gisli Orn Garoarsson (Adaptation)
David Farr (Director)
Gisli Orn Garoarsson (Director)
Borkur Jonsson (Design)
Nick Cave (Music)
Warren Ellis (Music)
Bjorn Helgason (Lighting)
Brenda Murphy (Costume)
Nick Manning (Sound)
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