Faust

Our Review:

4 October 2010

Vesturport’s Faust is a continuous display of theatrical bangs and whistles. With Andy Warhol as the devil, a synchronised wheelchair number and acrobats that explode onto the stage from all sides (including the ceiling), this explosive production is certainly in keeping with this dynamic company’s bombastic visual flair.

Johann is a famous actor glumly disillusioned with both his past achievements and his pretty nurses’ confidence in a heaven and hell. Into this stagnant old peoples home climbs Mefisto, a jerky re-animated corpse of a demon, who uses pretty Greta to tempt Johann into signing on the dotted line and becoming Faust. It is a blood pact entailing the promise of one lasting moment of happiness for Faust’s soul and is perhaps one of the most famous deals in literary history.

But for a story that is so well known, this production is as slippery as the promises of its devils. Vesturport’s grip on theatrical s...

Read more of the review

Latest User Review

Tim Spence - 23 October 2010:

You miss the point. The staging itself is a metaphor for the triviality of faust's use of his contract. The final scene dispels the doubt that this has just been a magic show....

Read more and add your own review

Related Whatsonstage.com Articles

Review Round-up: Faust Goes Circus at Young Vic More»