FaustX

With Darion Adams, Liezl de Kock, Iman Isaacs, Sophie Joans, Siphenathi Mayekiso, Toni Morkel

A surreal and startling drama about human striving, temptation and uncontrollable ambition. Driven by an unrelenting hunger to fill an inner void with meaning, a 21st century Dr Faustus makes a deal with Mephisto and pursues a path of expansion, innovation, and control: dabbling in the economies of the Global South, orchestrating war games, and reaching for mastery over nature, society, and even distant planets. Based on the second part of Goethe’s masterpiece. This work returns to South Africa after a highly successful world tour.

Director, Author and design Brett Bailey
Dramaturg ChatGPT
Lightning design and technical manager Nicolaas de Jongh
Choreography Natalie Fisher
Masks Jayne Batzofin
Stage Management Yusuf Abrahams, Fundiswa Mrali
Music: Recordings courtesy ofBNF, Denovali Records, Esoteric Antennae Records, Deutsche Gramophon, Pelagic Records, Smalltown Supersound, Naxos Music, Kompakt, One Media Publishing, Naïve Records, Zefir Records, Universal Music, Biophon Records, Celestial Harmonies.
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Produced by Barbara Mathers for Third World Bunfight and Kunstfest Weimar 2025
In co-production with Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers-CDN, Kleist Forum Frankfurt (Oder)
Created with support from Spier Wine Farm**