The group improvised around the following key questions in a scene where the family finally remove all Gregor’s human items from the room and lock the beetle in the room for the last time.

The groups took three different roles, altering the perspective as a result (notably, different characters chose different items to remove and responded differently to them)

The Father:

The Mother:

The Sister, Greta:

All three characters combined:

After the loss of the income provided by Gregor, the family must take on some lodgers, placing further pressure on their effort to conceal their shameful secret.

The boss arrives with flowers after understanding Gregor has dies

He offers a prayer

In their fear and shame, the family pretend Gregor has died in order to conceal their fearful truth.

In exploring the story of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the performers explore depictions of confinement.