Faust
Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil.
It is also a reflection on the different stages of human life – Goethe started working on this story in his youth and continued into old age. Lastly, it is a mirror held up to European culture as a whole and one of its greatest masterpieces.
Successive generations have gazed at themselves in this mirror for two hundred years. What do today's creators see in it, having grown up at the turn of the century and facing the future with the baggage of their own experiences?
direction: Wojciech Faruga
dramaturgy: Julia Holewińska
set and light design, costume: Katarzyna Borkowska
music: Teoniki Rożynek
choreography, stage movement: Bartłomiej Gąsior
technological projects and execution of elements of decoration and props: technical studios of the National Theatre
The play contains excerpts from Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas (trans. Czesław Miłosz).
The idea of using suitcases containing items representing the 20th century was taken from Peter Greenaway's film trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases.
Please mind that the show features nudity scenes. The performance also uses smoke effects, including smoke from incense, loud gun shots and strong pulsating lights (not stroboscopic lights).
Cast
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Cezary Kosiński
Faust
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Paweł Brzeszcz
Mephistopheles 5, Wagner
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Aleksandra Justa
Mephistopheles 3
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Mateusz Kmiecik
Mephistopheles 4
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Damian Kwiatkowski
Mephistopheles 1 (guest actor)
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Sławomira Łozińska
Mephistopheles 2
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Wiesław Cichy
The Lord, The Treasurer, Chrion
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Małgorzata Kożuchowska
Spirit, Beautiful Helen
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Henryk Simon
Homunculus, The Chamberlain, Euphorion, Student
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Natalia Kawałek
The Witch, Will O' The Wisp, Panthalis (guest actor)
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Hanna Wojtóściszyn
Margaret, A Phorkyad
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Anna Grycewicz
Martha, The Astrologer
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Adam Szczyszczaj
Valentine, The Emperor
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Paulina Korthals
Margaret's Mother, Leader of the Chorus
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Piotr Piksa
Lynceus, Bishop
Production team
- director's assistant: Maciej Jaszczyński
lighting technicians: Bartłomiej Kaczalski, Zbigniew Szulim, Krzysztof Łukasz Stefan - sound technicians: Mariusz Maszewski, Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski
- video projections: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
- stage manager: Katarzyna Kłosowska-Kobiałka
prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.
