FAUST ON TRIAL
Description
Faust On Trial is back! Witness the sell-out endurance theatre work.
Each night, the audience will vote for one actor to remain on stage in a cage until the next performance, when the whole thing starts again.
Five hundred years ago, Doctor Faustus sold his soul to the devil. Now, in the 21st century, Faust is in Hell. He wants to get out. In this radical reimagining of the theatrical classic, Doctor Faustus summons a courtroom, ruled by Helen of Troy, to renegotiate his deal with the devil. Faust wants his soul back. Mephistopheles wants to keep it. And who knows what Helen wants?
For some audience members, it’s theatre, for others, a cage fight, to others still a miscarriage of justice, a reality TV show, a conjuring, a battle, a work of performance art, a spell, an ordeal, a ritual, an hour outside reality. Only one thing is certain: for everyone, it’s a trial.
The trial takes us from biblical Hell to Gaza in the 21st century, Early Modern England to the reality-TV-chaos of The Bachelorette, and from Rarohenga to the end of the world....
Faust On Trial was originally created as part of the HTS Six-Month Theatre Creation Course.
NOTE: On Tuesday 11 August, the performance will operate as a dress rehearsal, featuring swing actor Ethan Berrill in the role of Doctor Faustus.
FAQs
- Audience Reviews
"Very cool. Very fucked"
George Fenn
"Very affecting."
Liam Gibson
"Sweaty, intense and immersive."
Annabel Wilson
"Like Survivor theatre."
Kahuraki Bronsson-George
"So important for New Zealand right now."
Janaína Moraes
"Sooooo cool."
Vanessa Karakia-Kore Gray
"Live, alive theatre. Dangerous [and] high-stakes."
Steph Walker
- Press Reviews
Erin Harrington, Flat City Fieldnotes
"Collaborative, political and provocative. [...] For the actors there are real consequences."
Cindy Zeiher, Theatreview
- How much do tickets cost?
All tickets for this production are Choose What You Pay. Book in for free if you want, or pay it forward to support the artists if you can afford it! Here is a rough guideline:
$0-$10: Times are tight for me!
$10-$25: Times are tight but I want to support you!
$25-$30: The average ticket price from our first season.
$30-$40: What we think the show is worth.
$40-$100: Support the actors.
$100+: Invest in the future development of Faust On Trial.
- Who is involved?
CAST
Doctor Faustus - Jonty Coulson
Mephistopheles - Josiah Morgan
Helen of Troy - Stella Cheersmith
????????? - Bea Gladding, Elisa Jones, Ethan Berrill & Sarah Clare Judd
Understudy/Swing - Ethan Berrill
CREW
Directed by Pedro Ilgenfritz
Written by Josiah Morgan, Jonty Coulson & Stella Cheersmith with Pedro Ilgenfritz
Stage Management by Bea Gladding, Ethan Berrill, Elisa Jones & Sarah Clare Judd
Set and costume design by Steven Junil Park (6x4)
Costume construction by Steven Junil Park (6x4)
Set construction by Alexis Blackie, Matthew Lang, El D'Arrisso, Jonty Coulson, Stella Cheersmith, Josiah Morgan & Dominic Grose
Audio design by Bea Gladding (mrmeatyboy)
Song composition by Matthew Gardner
A/V design by Josh Devereux
Technical support by Isadora Lao
Costume construction by Steven Park (6x4)
Trailer
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