Faust at the Theatre ‚Divadlo pod Palmovkou‘: ‚We don‘t know how long the play will be, nor what exactly it will be about.‘
The rehearsals for the long-awaited play Faust are ongoing at the theatre Divadlo pod Palmovkou under the charismatic directing leadership of the Polish director Jan Klata. He was the director of the National theatre Stary Teatr in Krakow, and he successfully directed in Graz, Düsseldorg, Berlin, or Dresden.
A year ago in Lieben, he also directed the fantastic play Measure for Measure by Shakespeare and from the 2. March the performace of the aformentioned Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe will begin. And it seems like there will be no shortage of surprises!
Faust is one of the most provoking and fundamental works of European culture, and that is precisly, what motivates Klata.
‚The text of Faust is incredibly difficult. It is three times longer than Hamlet. I consider it to be one of the most important texts of our civilisation. It is the artist‘s undertaking to be able to deal with work of such scale‘ says Jan Klata about the play.
The play apparantly is richly accompanied by music and there is a very complicated choreography, which is the director’s main focus. It is important for him that actors are able to express themselves not only with words, but with gestures as well. We haven’t managed to find out more about the play itself. Everything is shrouded in silent mystery.
‘So far, we don’t know how long its going to be, or what exactly it’s going to be about’ said Jan Klata.
However, we can definitely look forward to a great play. The second half of Faust is in the words of Klata ‘a phantasmagoria’ and the director revealed, that the actors an actresses will quickly switch between characters they play. And that sounds very interesting, don’t you think?
The play Faust, at theatre Divadlo pod Palmovkou
Directing and adaptation for theatre: Jak Klata
Choreography: Maćko Prusak
Scenography: Miroslaw Kaczmarek
Dramaturgy: Iva Klestilová, jaroslav Stýblo
Cast: Jakub Albrecht, Tomáš Dianiška, Tereza Dočkalová, Jan Teplý, Vendula Fialová, Mratin Hruška, Jan Hušek, Milan Mikulčík, Obndřej Veselý, Kamila Trnková, Ivana Wojtylová, Adam Vacula, Jan Vlasák
Premiere date: 2. March 2019
