The first part of a tragedy by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
The classic of all classics returns to the stage. A man caught between fear and freedom is in search of "what holds the world together at its core": Goethe saw the scientist Faust as the quintessential modern man and spent his entire life working on this key figure. In his main work, he discusses the profound social and political upheavals from absolutism to bourgeoisie, from subject to free citizen, researcher and entrepreneur. Faust no longer sees himself as part of God's plan, but tries to follow his own path. And yet there is a rift running through this character: the urge for unlimited knowledge is contrasted with the longing for harmony with nature. The young, inexperienced Gretchen becomes the object of his desire. With the help of Mephisto, Faust succeeds in seducing the young woman and binding her to him. But despite her fear of God and social bondage, she becomes the involuntary double murderer of her mother and her own child. Then the church and society cast her out - and her lover abandons her.
Michael Talke is working in Karlsruhe for the first time. As a freelance opera and drama director, he has staged productions at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Schauspiel Köln and the Schauspiel Düsseldorf.
DIRECTOR Michael Talke STAGE Barbara Steiner COSTUME Inge Medert LIGHTING Christoph Pöschko MUSIC Johannes Mittl DRAMATURGY Roland Marzinowski, Nele Lindemann THEATRE EDUCATION Benedict Kömpf
Please note that intense flashes of light from strobes will be used over a longer period of time during the performance.
