Martin Kusejs Faust at the Residenztheater is a pretty major reading of a play thats second only to Hamlet in its status, I think -- I cant readily think of other plays that come with as high stakes for directors and actors, that make similar demands that each staging measure up to what others have done with and to the play. Ill write a full post about this one. Austere, swerving from massively controlled treatments of space and time to some of the loudest (and hottest) explosions Ive heard in a theatre and scenes of near-burlesque, philosophically trying to bridge a totally universal reach and a near-claustrophobic focus on the private. Yet another fantastic performance by the amazing Bibi Beglau as Mephisto, a very strong Andrea Wenzl as Margarete, and a consistent if perhaps a bit diffuse performance by Werner Wölbern as a Faust that seems permanently adrift. Too many thoughts -- but I didnt nod off once, despite the jetlag!
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:37:17 +0000
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