Artistic Director Scott Graham gives an insight into the creation of Frantic Assembly's Metamorphosis

One morning Gregor Samsa awakes to find himself changed. To those around him he is dangerous, untouchable vermin. Worse than that, he is a burden.

A word said, an action out of place, the opening of old wounds, none of which can be undone. Until now Gregor has woken every morning, quietly left to take the same train, and worked to pay off the family debt. But that world explodes on this morning of brutal metamorphosis.

In our first new commission since 2019, Frantic Assembly and Lemn Sissay OBE collaborate on this thrilling new version of Metamorphosis. Combining the fluidity and lyricism of Lemn Sissay’s adaptation and Frantic’s uncompromising physicality, this promises to be an unmissable retelling of Franz Kafka’s shocking tale of cruelty and kindness; a visceral and vital depiction of humans struggling within a system that crushes them under its heel.

Commissioned and Produced by Frantic Assembly, in a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth, Curve, MAST Mayflower Studios and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

TOUR DATES

THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH - 11 SEPT TO 16 SEPT 2023

CURVE, LEICESTER - 18 SEPT TO 23 SEPT 2023

MAST MAYFLOWER STUDIOS, SOUTHAMPTON - 26 TO 30 SEPT 2023

CONNAUGHT THEATRES, WORTHING - 3 TO 7 OCT 2023

YORK THEATRE ROYAL - 10 TO 14 OCT 2023

LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE - 17 TO 21 OCT 2023

NORTHERN STAGE, NEWCASTLE - 24 TO 29 OCT 2023

MERCURY THEATRE, COLCHESTER - 7 TO 11 NOV 2023

THE LOWRY, SALFORD - 14 TO 18 NOV 2023

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILFORD - 21 TO 25 NOV 2023

BRISTOL OLD VIC - 10 JAN TO 20 JAN 2024

BELGRADE THEATRE, COVENTRY - 23 JAN TO 27 JAN 2024

LYRIC HAMMERSMITH THEATRE, LONDON - 1 TO 2 MAR 2024