Theater
Faust: A Love Story
Inspired by Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, and earlier
sources
Vesturport Theatre and Reykjavík City Theatre
Directed by Gísli Örn Gardarsson
Iceland's Vesturport Theatre returns to BAM with a spectacle of slapstick, horror, and aerial circus daredevilry for an inventive reimagining of Goethe's Faust. Music by longtime collaborators Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is harnessed to Vesturport's trademark acrobatics—including a high-flying act performed above a vast trampoline net stretched over the audience. Having succumbed to the temptation offered by the demon Mephisto, the once-great actor Johann, retired and at the height of despair, finally pursues the happiness that has long eluded him by embarking on the performance of a lifetime.
Written by Nina Dögg Filippusdottir, Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Carl
Grose, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, and Vikingur Kristjansson
Music by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Set design by Axel Johannesson
Costume design by Filippia Elisdottir
Lighting design by Thordur Orri Petursson
Sound design by Thorbjorn Knudsen, Frank Hall
Make up design by Sigriður Rosa Bjarnadottir
Co-produced by Theatre im Pfalzbau
with Vesturport Theatre Company
Thu, Dec 13
This artist talk takes place in the performance venue and is free for same-day ticket holders.
Vesturport Theatre has quickly established itself as one of Iceland's and Europe's most inventive award-winning theater and film companies.
Last at BAM with
Metamorphosis | Vesturport Theatre, Lyric
Hammersmith | 2010 NWF
Recommended if you
enjoyed
Wear it like a crown | Cirkus Cirkör | 2012
Winter/Spring Season