FAUSTAFF Cast Announced at Cockpit Theatre

Full casting is announced today for 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, which will run at London's The Cockpit Theatre from Wednesday 18th November to Sunday 6th December 2015.

The cast features Lesley Lightfoot (Gily Jacoby), Jonson Wilkinson (Olivier Simone / Ponton / Andrew), Eddie Chamberlin (Chorus), Bernard O'Sullivan (Detective Paterson), Charles Timson (Detective Virgil / Apotecary) and Alessia Gotti (María / Karla / Alice / Martha).

FAUSTAFF is an international project that brings together Mexican and British artists. The play is being simultaneously produced in both Mexico city and London. British director Frank Kaye helms a Mexican cast in Mexico and Mexican director Rodrigo Johnson directs a British cast in the United Kingdom.

FAUSTAFF is inspired by the Faustian myth, set in the modern world and seen through the eyes of a female character. The title of the play, however, comes from a mixture between Marlowe's and Goethe's Dr. Faustus and Shakespeare's Falstaff, the mischievous character from Henry IV saga and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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.

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.

Virginia Wolf once said that the world of her times was not ready for a female Faustus. Now, the modern world is, according to the author, ready for a character like this. An ambitious woman driven by greed and willing to do anything for success, even at the price of her soul.

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. The governments of Mexico and the United Kingdom decided to celebrate the "Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom" and the "Year of the United Kingdom in Mexico" in 2015 to promote better understanding between both societies.

FAUSTAFF is an international production that 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 produced in London by the Mexican Theatre Company La Compañia Perpetua in collaboration with UK's Artistic Producciones

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