Doctor Faustus
From: Tuesday, 12th January 2010
To: Saturday, 6 February 2010
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Synopsis
Faust is the story of an old philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil in return for youth and love and a young Marguerite, seduced and abandoned.
Our Review:
19 January 2010
Men stand in artfully geometric lines swathed in 50s Macs and stylish trilbys. We could be down on the waterfront but instead we are plunged into a sexy, clubbing version of Christopher Marlowe’s hellish play, Doctor Faustus.
The tale of Faustus selling his soul to the devil, partying like a fiend for four and 20 years and then finally paying the price is one of the best known in the English speaking world. So it is baffling that a production that has such a consummate visual style could get the telling of this epic tale so amiss. And yet it does.
Our sweet (did anyone ever think they would describe Faustus using such terms?) cast throw themselves with panto-like gusto into the cavalcade of caricatures presented here - from the chorus of ‘interns’ to our professional main cast, one cannot say that what’s missing is enthusiasm from these performers. But although the students who shudder these possessed spirits vividly into life are ...
Cast
Babou Ceesay (Dr Faustus)
Simon Rivers (Mephistopheles)
Creative
Christopher Marlowe (Author)
Present Moment (Company)
Joss Bennathan (Director)
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