With 
Gérard Bayle, Stefania Horodeyska, Lorenzo Coletta

Prior to his encounter with Mephistopheles, Faust had already come face-to-face with outright evil, in the form of emptiness, the collapse of meaning, and the crisis of language. Romeo Castellucci brings us a re-write of this character from literature which has permeated western culture, by returning him to the enigma from where he came. Here, there is no longer any meaning, nor has there ever been. As the philosopher says: "we must experience the full weight of the darkness of our time", as Faust dared to do.

Cast

concept, direction
Romeo Castellucci

original music
Scott Gibbons

Dramaturg
Piersandra Di Matteo

stage direction assistant
Silvano Voltolina

technical direction
Eugenio Resta

stage technician
Andrei Benchea, Stefano Valandro

light technician
Andrea Sanson

sound technician
Claudio Tortorici

costume design
Chiara Venturini

stage sculptures, automations
Plastikart Studio Amoroso & Zimmermann

3D modelling and printing
Filippo Zimmermann

production director
Benedetta Briglia

production, tour
Giulia Colla

organization
Caterina Soranzo

Production assistant intern
Alessia Grillo

Rehearsal collaboration
Michel Mathieu

technical headquarter team
Carmen Castellucci, Francesca Di Serio, Gionni Gardini, Assunta La Corte, Dario Neri

administration
Michela Medri, Elisa Bruno, Simona Barducci

economic consultant
Massimiliano Coli

production
Societas

co-production
Cité européenne du théâtre Domaine d’O – Montpellier - Romaeuropa Festival - Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe – Paris - Festival d’Automne à Paris - Temporada Alta – Gérone/Salt - Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale - ERT Emilia Romagna Teatro/Teatro Nazionale - Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne - DE SINGEL International Arts Centre - FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts Festival - LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura - Onassis Stegi - Teatro Calderón de Valladolid - Berliner Festspiele - Holland Festival – Amsterdam - Teatro Nacional São João – Porto - Teatro della Toscana - National Taichung Theater – Taiwan - Adelaide Festival

show co-presented with the Festival d’Automne
as part of the Festival d'Automne

Five dates

04/08/1960 I was born.

05/11/1972 I saw something beautiful.

09/12/1983 I sat down.

11/12/1989 I ate.

20/01/2015 I cried.