Faust
Made, Not Said
About this event
Romeo Castellucci takes on Faust, one of the great myths of Western thought. A central figure on the international contemporary art scene, Castellucci confronts a character who has questioned the limits of the human for centuries. With FAUST, he does not create a simple adaptation of Goethe, but brings the character back to the enigma from which he originates: a man who, before meeting Mephistopheles, has already encountered emptiness, the loss of meaning and the crisis of language. He has already encountered evil.
The myth becomes visual and sonic matter. Faust is conceived as an artist who holds his gaze in the darkness of his own time. Condemnation and redemption are one and the same. In a space of shadows, apparitions and enigmatic presences, Castellucci opens a “second world” within the first, where fact overcomes the crisis of language and the image carries with it what language can no longer contain.
Artistic Data
dramaturgy Piersandra Di Matteo
assistant director Silvano Voltolina
technical direction Eugenio Resta
stage technician Andrei Benchea
lighting technician Andrea Sanson
sound technician Claudio Tortorici
costume designer Chiara Venturini
stage sculptures and automations Plastikart Studio Amoroso & Zimmermann
production manager Benedetta Briglia
production and touring Giulia Colla
organisation Caterina Soranzo
in-house technical team Carmen Castellucci, Francesca Di Serio, Gionni Gardini, Dario Neri
administration Michela Medri, Elisa Bruno, Simona Barducci
financial consultancy Massimiliano Coli
production Societas
in co-production with Cité européenne du théâtre Domaine d’O, Montpellier; Romaeuropa Festival; Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe – Paris; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Temporada Alta – Girona; Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale; Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; DESINGEL International Arts Centre; FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts Festival; LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura; Onassis Stegi; Holland Festival Amsterdam; Teatro della Toscana; National Taichung Theater; and other co-producers to be confirmed
photo by Francesco Raffaelli
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