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South African director, playwright, and installation artist Brett Bailey, whose work has graced major theatre festivals worldwide, is presented for the first time at the Grand Théâtre. He reimagines Goethe's "Faust II" through the lens of contemporary 21st-century geopolitics. As 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Goethe's arrival in Weimar, where he penned his masterpiece on power, politics, and human ambition, this new rendition is extraordinarily timely. Bailey's free adaptation of "Faust II" begins where "Faust I" ends: Dr Faust, bound by a pact with Mephisto to forfeit his soul if he finds inner peace, entangles himself in the economies of the Global South and stages military conflicts at the fringes of the EU. He devises grand technological schemes to master nature, society, and even—akin to a tech oligarch—distant planets. Feeling like a vagabond in a world where he has no home, Faust is continually on the move, driven by an insatiable hunger for intense experiences and power, often with tragic consequences. Through an irreverent troupe of masked South African performers, Bailey creates a visually stunning, surreal, and haunting narrative about human striving, temptation, and relentless drive that resonates powerfully today as it did when originally conceived.
Where does it take place?
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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