When does the performance start?

The performance begins on 09/23/2026 at 7:00 PM.

Where does the guest performance take place?

It takes place at the martini-Park of the State Theater Augsburg at Provinostraße 52 in Augsburg.

What is the ticket price?

Tickets for the performance are available from €22.

How long does the evening last?

The running time is approximately 2 hours, and there is no intermission.

Is the venue accessible?

Yes, the access to the venue is fully barrier-free.

Are there parking facilities?

Yes, although parking spaces in the vicinity are limited. The adjacent City-Galerie parking garage is an important option.

Kafka as Opera: An Evening of Sound, Strangeness, and Quiet Shock

Name: The Metamorphosis (Guest Performance)
Start: 2026-09-23T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-23T23:00:00+02:00
Location: martini-Park

When Kafka meets musical theater: The Metamorphosis as an evening full of unease and sound

With The Metamorphosis, the State Theater Augsburg brings Franz Kafka's famous story to the stage in an opera adaptation by Gordon Kampe and Philipp Löhle. The evening condenses alienation, familial coldness, and the fragility of human relationships into a stage experience that oscillates between grotesque, melancholy, and fine irony.

A material that gets under your skin

Gregor Samsa awakens as a bug, and suddenly the familiar order tips into a panorama of silence. The production does not rely on sensational effects but on dramatic intensification: The focus is on the family, on dependencies, shame, and the slow disintegration of a bourgeois facade. This is exactly where the evening derives its tension.

Musical theater with quirky beauty

Composer Gordon Kampe works with shifting genres and stylistic devices, so Kafka's nightmare does not become a static retelling but a multi-layered musical theater with melancholic accents. The bizarre-sounding bug quartet marks a peak that is both disturbing and fascinating. For the audience and connoisseurs, a theater atmosphere arises in which acoustics, lighting moods, and scenic precision intertwine closely.

Direction, stage, and expression

Directed by André Bücker, the stage comes from Felix Weinold, and the costumes by Aleksandra Kica. This constellation promises clear images, fine contrasts, and a visual language that translates Kafka's existential confinement into spatial tension. Particularly in the martini-Park, such an evening unfolds its own intensity: The space becomes a chamber of the uncanny, a projection surface for isolation and strangeness.

Why this evening feels current

Kafka's narrative hits a nerve of our time. Alienation, overwhelm, and the feeling of becoming a stranger in one's environment characterize not only the material but also the present. This opera promises more than a literary adaptation: it opens a space for reflection where stage experience and contemporary reference come together directly.

Conclusion: Anyone who loves theater that resonates intellectually and sensually should not miss this evening. The Metamorphosis combines literary weight with musical imagination and invites you to experience Kafka anew – live at the martini-Park.