Production still for "Meta". L to R: Liz Jones, Mary Helen Sassman, and John Flaus. Photographer: Pierre Carthew

Meta

By The Second Cousins

22 October 2014 – 01 November 2014 Tower Theatre

Based on Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis

Malthouse Theatre, Second Cousins,

New Adaptation Theatre Collaboration Independent

Inspired by Kafka’s short story Metamorphosis, META re-imagines the given circumstances of Kafka’s world, drawing on his central characters but placing them in a contemporary nightmare where the tragic fate of the ‘other’ demands attention.

Performed with minimal dialogue, META presents three tightly woven episodes of Gregor’s world, highlighting the subtle transformation of his family as they struggle to accept the sudden change that is imposed upon them.