FAUSTina
FAUSTina is a production by The Puppetry Company Kattas Figurteater Ensemble, produced in 2014, and springing out from a text by Anne Helgesen.
Irina Niculescu directed it.
The production has been performed in Tønsberg and on tour.
Information
(Objekt ID 41762)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 2, 2014 |
| Produced by | The Puppetry Company Kattas Figurteater Ensemble |
| Based on | Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 13) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Farce, Puppetry, Performance for youth |
| Running period | September 2, 2014 |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Website | UNION SCENE |
FAUSTina by The Puppetry Company Kattas Figurteater Ensemble is a modern version of the classical Faust myth, this time told from a female perspective. What happens when an intellectual, middle-aged and self-assured woman enters a pact with the devil to become young again? In the performance farce, tragedy, puppetry, acting, social media, video and commercial sales tricks are mixed.
Does pure evil exist? Is evil a driving force in the human, or does it come from the outside? The Puppetry Company Kattas Figurteater Ensemble has re-established our culture's devils to handle this issue.
The script for the production has been written by the ensemble's artistic director, Anne Helgesen. She also plays the role of the old Faustina. Direction is by the puppetry instructor Irina Niculescu, known from several productions in Norway and abroad, including USA. The Finnish puppeteer Tessa Lepistö has the role of the young Faustina. It is the third time she takes part in a production with Kattas.
The devils Mephisto and Buzzo are theatre figures, created by puppet maker Jon Mihle. The devils are ambiguous symbols of evil that is ruled by and at the same time rules the people. Stage design and video projections are by Tormod Lindgren. Earlier, he has made a number of productions with The Norwegian Touring Theatre and The Theatre of Cruelty. The music is composed by the musician Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg.
SOURCE:
E-mail from The Puppetry Company Kattas Figurteater Ensemble, 22.08.2014
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | – Author |
| Anne Helgesen | – Script |
| Irina Niculescu | – Direction |
| Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg | – Music |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Stage design |
| Jon Mihle | – Puppetry Design |
| Adam Bartley | – Video/Film |
| Tormod Lindgren | – Video/Film |
| Steinar Kaarstein | – Special effects |
| Marianne Thallaug Wedset | – Lighting design |
| Anne Helgesen | – Puppeteer (Gamle Faustina) |
| Madeleine Barosen Herholdt | – Puppeteer |
| Tessa Lepistö | – Puppeteer (Unge Faustina) |
| Francesco Cerutti Nava | – Puppeteer |
| Steinar Kaarstein | – Puppet maker |
| Jon Mihle | – Puppet maker |
| Elisabeth Eastwood | – Tailoring |
| Birgitt Gjerpe | – Tailoring |
| Iselin Skagen | – Producer |
| Ida Willgohs | – Producer |
| September 20, 2014 – Oslo Nye Trikkestallen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) | Show |
| September 19, 2014 – Oslo Nye Trikkestallen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) | Show |
| September 18, 2014 – Oslo Nye Trikkestallen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) | Show |
| September 17, 2014 – Oslo Nye Trikkestallen, Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre) | Show |
| September 14, 2014 – Bragesalen - Union Scene, Brageteatret | Show |
| September 13, 2014 – Bragesalen - Union Scene, Brageteatret | Show |
| September 4, 2014 – Støperiet, Tønsberg | Show |
| September 3, 2014 – Støperiet, Tønsberg | Show |
| September 2, 2014 – Støperiet, Tønsberg | Worldwide premiere |