Kafka used Prague's St Vitus Cathedral as an architectural model in the construct. In order to achieve this, he was plugged into the TARDIS's telepathic circuits. In the 1920s in Vienna shortly before his death, Kafka constructed a complex virtual narrative for River Song to help her fight against the Discordia. Some of his works included The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony and The Trial. The first being in June 2019 with the YouTube release of the official trailer for the Steven’s production of the Oscar Wilde play ‘Salome’, the second with the September 2019 YouTube release of his trailer for his definitive stage version based on the Sophocles play ‘Oedipus’ and the third in November 2019 with the 25th Anniversary Trailer release of his amazing feature film ‘Decadence’ starring Steven Berkoff and Joan Collins.Tim Bentinck Franz Kafka was a writer. Based in Chester, UK this is the fourth time that the band have collaborated with Steven Berkoff. The song is called ‘You Wouldn’t Recognise Me Now’ by Phillip Allan performed by the cult, indie band ‘The Heart Athletes’. The music for the trailer has been specially commissioned by Steven Berkoff. What it did for me was to allow me the scope to explore, experiment and extend my vision and, finally, to be responsible for my own creation."įrom the book ‘Meditations on Metamorphosis’ As an extraordinary allegory, Kafka’s short and horrifying story seems to touch everyone, performer and audience alike, and few are left unscathed by the experience. Like some incredible magic carpet, this production has been seen all over the world and, whether in an auditorium in Tel Aviv, Dusseldorf, Sidney, Paris, Los Angeles, London, New York or Tokyo, the audiences have laughed and been moved in the same places, and the actors have regarded it as a benchmark in their lives.
What is so haunting about Kafka’s vision is that it is the vision of a condemned man who views every fragment of his universe with unconcealed intensity, even if the mood is sometimes cool and austere. I wanted to exercise the possibility of an actor being stretched beyond the pale of naturalism and to create theatre that was truly theatrical, that penetrated beneath the surface of human activity with its simple human conflicts and ego-bound convention that obsesses most playwrights. "I chose Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka as a means of defining who I was as an actor and director. Beautifully captured live at the Le Theatre Ginza, Tokyo and now available to purchase by following this link: From the acclaimed director, author and actor Steve Berkoff comes his masterpiece of modern theatre ‘Metamorphosis’ based on the classic Franz Kafka short story.
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