Project
Chamber Musical «The Metamorphosis»
Category
Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
About the project (provided by the applicant)
For the production team, Franz Kafka’s metaphorical transformation serves as a pretext to tell their own story about inner freedom. In Andrey Goncharov’s stage version, Kafkaesque absurdity mixes with rich allusions to a wide range of artworks.
A small apartment becomes a space for the transformation of an entire family, where complex relationships with the father form the cornerstone of Gregor’s metamorphosis. The scenography is based on a white cubic pavilion, which develops alongside the protagonist’s transformations: it opens, breaks into parts, and changes shape, reflecting Gregor’s state. At pivotal points in the plot, large figures—“Finger of Fate” and “Mother’s Heart”—descend onto the stage along with the pavilion’s transformation, revealing new cultural and symbolic layers. By the finale, only a platform remains on stage, where the father, mother, and sister appear wearing headpieces inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s drawing “Beekeepers.”
Location
76/21 Zemlyanoy Val, Moscow, Moscow Taganka Theatre, Russia
Project implementation year
2025
Project website
https://tagankateatr.ru/repertuar/Prevrashchenie
Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/yUUE41DDWcQJ4A
Applicant
State Budgetary Institution of Culture of Moscow “Moscow Taganka Theatre”
The Taganka Theatre was founded by director Yuri Lyubimov in 1964. Since 2015, the theatre’s director has been Irina Apeksimova. In 2022, it merged with the “Taganka Actors’ Ensemble” and joined the “ApARTe” Theatre, creating the Fakel Stage. Today, the Taganka Theatre unites four stages and is known for its innovative style, search for new theatrical forms, and open interaction with the audience. Its productions have received the “Golden Mask” and “Made in Russia” awards.
Authors of the project
Konstantin Solovyov — theatrical designer, multiple award winner and nominee at theatre festivals. As a set designer, he has worked on over seventy productions in theatres including the Taganka Theatre, Moscow Art Theatre, MTYuZ Theatre, Komedianty, Baltic House, Stary Dom, Novokuznetsk Drama Theatre, Nizhny Tagil Drama Theatre, M. Gorky Drama Theatre in Krasnodar, Russian Drama Theatre of Udmurtia, Chelyabinsk Youth Theatre, Omsk Drama Theatre, and many others. His works have been featured in exhibitions such as the Young Theatre Artists Exhibition at the Theatre Academy anniversary, LenExpo (St. Petersburg), Theatrical Laboratory project, ON.Theatre (St. Petersburg), and “Season Results” at STD (St. Petersburg).
Photo
Taganka Theatre
Customer
Taganka Theatre
Other participants
Director — Andrey Goncharov
Lighting Designer — Igor Fomin
Composer — Alexey Kirillov
Composer, Sound Designer — Alexandra Mikaelyan
Author of Stage Adaptation — Nadezhda Tolubeeva
Sound Design — Ekaterina Vachugova, Igor Rubanov
Assistant Director — Yana Kazmina
Status of the project
Implemented
