FAUST
by Goethe
Malmö Dramatiska Teater, 2000

So very long ago…
Don’t quite recall what the key thematics where, besides the obvious ones:
crossroads, selling our soul, celebration of hedonism paired with boredom of life in capitalist growth etc.

What I however do remember clearly is using seventeen different
tracks of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
And borrowing the dogs head from a Daft Punk video.

And an extensive use of a low cabaret-curtain.
And the slapstick moment when Faust and Mefisto
hid in a bathtub filled with foam as they nearly
got caught breaking in at Gretchen’s place.

And the loneliness of Mefisto at the end, when Faust choses death.