Faustus: That Damned Woman

Drawing on the works of Marlowe, Goethe, and other versions of the Faustus myth, this urgent reimagining asks what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness and the legacy that we
leave behind.

‘My name is Johanna Faustus. I was born almost four hundred years ago. I gave my soul to achieve the impossible. I watched this city grow sick and I swore to heal it. I might be damned, but I would save the world to spite the Devil.’

Award-winning playwright Chris Bush reimagines the Faust myth to explore what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness, and the legacy that we leave behind.

Caroline Byrne directs this radical new work in which the iconic character of Faustus becomes a woman who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to traverse centuries and change the course of history.