Guhā Productions reinterprets Kafka’s literary classic Metamorphosis through a female perspective, using poetry and live music to create a sonic landscape that takes audiences through multiple dimensions, with each performance offering a fresh experience. Bringing together performance, music, lighting, and poetry, this production draws on the classic work to inspire “compassion for the cockroach,” as reflected in its Thai title, Metta-morphosis.
This adaptation differs from the original literary work, in which Gregor has already transformed into a cockroach when the story begins. The play instead focuses on the period of transition from human to cockroach. This process symbolizes the bodily transformations that every person must undergo through aging, the passage of a lifetime, or illnesses that intrude upon the human body. When our bodies betray us, the separation of body, mind, and spirit gives rise to psychological suffering that cannot be healed by treatments focused solely on the body. We propose that people should also consider caring for their minds and spirits, so that these do not transform into “cockroaches” as their bodies do.
Translated by GPT 6.1 Sol
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