Die Verwandlung

Lisztstr.1

1030 Wien

 

In a version by Lucia Bihler and Jeroen Versteele

“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from restless dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.” The first sentence in Franz Kafka's DIE VERWANDLUNG is world-famous and opens up a universe of fear and alienation. The young sales representative can no longer find himself, has to give up his job, can no longer support his family and experiences what it feels like to be completely cut off from the outside world. Only his sister sometimes dares to go into his room to clean up or bring something to eat. Unsentimental and fascinated by his physicality, which is increasingly hindering him, then full of world-weariness and self-doubt, Gregor observes his ongoing transformation into - yes, what actually?

Director Lucia Bihler translates this iconic parable into a series of transformation variations that address questions of loneliness, change, identity and normality. She thus approaches the story of the modern prodigy Franz Kafka, who was born in Prague in 1883 and died in Kierling near Vienna in 1924, a century ago, in an associative and sensual way.

 

(Source: burgtheater.at)