Road trip: Lost Highway at the Young Vic

It is the UK premiere of this version of Lost Highway, which was adapted for the stage five years ago by a pair of Austrians: composer Olga Neuwirth and author Elfriede Jelinek (The Piano Teacher) Photograph: Tristram Kenton

David Lynch called his film a 'meditation on the mysterious nature of identity'. The complex plot follows a musician who is convicted of murder and suffers a breakdown, then appears to assume another identity Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Quirijn de Lang stars as the musician's alter ego and Valerie MacCarthy is his girlfriend - the same roles were played in the film by Patricia Arquette and Balthazar Getty Photograph: Tristram Kenton

The show combines live action with video projection; the music is both pre-recorded and performed live by a 27-piece ensemble Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Key scenes in the opera take place inside a huge cube situated above the stage Photograph: Tristram Kenton

In his Guardian review, Andrew Clements gave the show three stars, claiming it is 'contemporary European music theatre of a kind rarely staged in Britain' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Lost Highway is part of a short English National Opera season at the Young Vic. The season continues with Punch and Judy (19-27 April 2008) Photograph: Tristram Kenton