FAUST. Teufel komm raus ("FAUST. Out with the devil")
A tragicomical open-air theatre spectacle beyond good & evil.
Fistbump with the devil
Doktor Hans Faust is tired of his world-saving experiments' lack of success, and turns to diabolical powers on a whimsical impulse. They're not real, anyway ... until they are, and Mephisto himself is standing in his parlour. The demon offers Faust everything he yearns for: appreciation; influence; power. The price he demands: that Faust helps him with the execution of truly devilish plans …
Open air theatre on the campus
Like Täter Unknown (summer 2023 and spring 2024), FAUST. Teufel komm raus is a cooperation with the Bibliothek im Zentrum. The play is staged open air on the FH City Campus in Schlögelgasse 22-26, 2700 Wiener Neustadt.
Just like Goethe, but completely different
FAUST. Teufel komm raus revises the famous material revolving around Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles in a novel, unusual adaptation, and the format is equally novel and unusual: for the first time ever, the open air-spectacle unfolds the dramatic potential of the picturesque campus "backyard" at the foot of the FH-"knowledge tower". The available infrastructure is developed into several stages on which the well-known battle for Faust's soul flares into a showdown Goethe wouldn't have dared dream of.
A hellishly great cast & a heavenly crew
The eponymous roles of Doktor Hans Faust and the devil Mephisto are performed by Bettina Schwarz and Florian Stohr. András Sosko plays Grete Frag, food scientist and Faust's companion. Elena Schwarz appears as Big Mama in the Sky (aka Gott), and Bernhard Wimmer als angel Gabriele.
Thomas Kodnar wrote the text. Elena Schwarz directs the play. Clara Scheicher organises the production. Stage and costume designer Sophie Tautorus provides the costumes and props.
Teaser
Teaser by Markus Raffeis | mrks media & Elena Schwarz
Original context: "Theater am Campus" ("Theatre On Campus") by glashaus
Past dates:
- August 14, 2024 (Premiere) | August 16, 2024 | August 20-22, 2024
FH City Campus, Schlögelgasse 22-26, 2700 Wiener Neustadt
Photos:
CAST
Photos by Dominik Perchtold | klubkunst
Bettina Schwarz
Hans Faust
Elena Schwarz
Big Mama in the Sky
András Sosko
Grete Frag
Florian Stohr
Mephisto
Bernhard H. Wimmer
Engel Gabriele / Pudel
CREW
Director: Elena Schwarz
Organisation: Clara Scheicher
Stage & costume design: Sophie Tautorus
Project coordination Bibliothek im Zentrum: Verena Kubicek & Robert Mech
Graphics: Clara Scheicher & Stephanie Schwarz | Frau Schwarz Grafik-Design
Script, PR & Website: Thomas Kodnar
PRESS
- Die Niederösterreicherin: Interview in the July/August 2024-double issue
- WNTV: Interview July 2024
To the Interview.
(Correction 00:23: Kodnar means "eine Wette mit Gott" ("a bet with god"), not "eine Wette mit dem Teufel" ("a bet with the devil").)
- ichhabdawas.tv: Visiting our Rehearsals
To the video.
- Falter.at: Announcement
- ichhabdawas.tv: Premiere Review
To the report.
in cooperation with
Bibliothek im
Zentrum
sponsored by
MeinDrucker.net | Alte Kronen Apotheke | Wiener
Neustädter Sparkasse
funded by
Kultur Niederösterreich | BMKÖS | Stadt Wiener Neustadt