FAUSTAFF Begins Performances This Week at London's The Cockpit Theatre
By: Tyler Peterson
FAUSTAFF, a play inspired by the Faustian myth, set in the modern world and seen through the eyes of a female character, written by the Mexican playwright Diego Sosa and directed by Mexican director Rodrigo Johnson, begins performances at London's The Cockpit Theatre on Wednesday 18th November, with Press Night on Thursday 19th November.
FAUSTAFF, produced in London by the Mexican Theatre Company La Compañia Perpetua in collaboration with UK's Artistic Producciones, will run at The Cockpit Theatre until Sunday 6th December 2015, .
The cast features Lesley Lightfoot (Gily Jacoby), Jonson Wilkinson (Olivier Simone / Ponton / Andrew), Eddie Chamberlin (Chorus / Apothecary), Bernard O'Sullivan (Detective Paterson), Charles Timson (Detective Virgil) and Alessia Gotti (María / Karla / Alice / Martha).
FAUSTAFF is a modern tragedy filled with black humour, in which the characters walk through a hallway that will lead them to the fulfilment of their own destiny.
FAUSTAFF explores the limits between fiction and reality, in a world where media has blurred those frontiers; a world where men and women are obsessed with power, money and social recognition; a world that has lost its sensibility towards tragedy, and violence has taken over.
FAUSTAFF is one of the events of the Dual Year Mexico - United Kingdom 2015. FAUSTAFF will be happening in Mexico and in the UK, simultaneously. The Mexican production opened at the Foro Shakespeare in Mexico DF on Monday 5th October 2015.
FAUSTAFF is the story of Gily Jacoby, a successful writer that has become world famous, thanks to a pact she's made with the devil. This has granted her the ability to see the ill future of couples so that she can write the successful novels that have turned her into a best seller author. The price, however, is far too high. Her heartbreaks, ambitions and dreams turn out to be somewhat different than what she had expected. The result: a tragic twirl that will lead her into madness and the fulfilment of her own prophecies.
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