STORYHOUSE ANNOUNCE FAUSTUS: THAT DAMNED WOMAN

Thursday, 10 November 2022 09:02

Storyhouse today announced FAUSTUS: That Damned Woman, a new play from award-winning playwright Chris Bush.

"FAUSTUS: That Damned Woman" will be staged at the award-winning Hunter Street venue from 3rd - 18th February 2023.

Drawing on Marlowe and Goethe’s versions of the Faustus myth, Bush’s reimagining asks what we must sacrifice in order to achieve greatness and the legacy that we leave behind.

It is a co-production with Fallen Angels Dance Theatre with movement by artistic director Paul Bayes Kitcher.

Helen Redcliffe, producer at Storyhouse said:

FAUSTUS: That Damned Woman will be a dramatic,powerful and fantastically exhilarating and we can’t wait for our audiences to experience it!”

Set to be a gripping drama FAUSTUS: That Damned Woman will explore what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness in an originalreimagining of the legend of Faust, who sells his soul to the devil in return for unlimited knowledge and pleasure, only to squander both. The play asks what would you do in his place?

The Storyhouse Original Production will be directed by Francesca Goodridge
with movement by Paul Bayes Kitcher, (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Storyhouse 2019), design by Good Teeth (The Book Thief, Bolton Octagon 2022) the Composer and Sound Designer is Russell Ditchfield (Lysistrata - Lyric Hammersmith 2022).

The cast will be announced early next year.

Tickets are on sale until Thurs 10th November.

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http://www.storyhouse.com

Storyhouse is one of the UK’s foremost cultural charities, its home in Chester incorporates a library, theatres and a cinema.

It is one of the country’s most successful arts buildings, with more than one million customer visits each year. The pioneering new library within Storyhouse, where members of the community work alongside city librarians, boasts the longest opening hours of any UK public library and is open every day until 11pm. It runs over 2,000 sessions a year for marginalised communities.

It is also an acclaimed theatre producer and runs the country’s most successful regional open-air theatre, in the city’s Grosvenor Park and Moonlight Flicks open air cinema and Drive-In. Storyhouse currently holds the official title as the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre and was the overall national winner in the 2018 Guardian Public Service Awards.

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