set and costume design

Faust is Dead
by Mark Ravenhill
For the Actors’ Touring Company; Lyric Hammersmith, London and touring
spring 1999

team

director: Nick Philppou
set and costume designer: Pippa Nissen
lighting designer: Zerlina Hughes
music designer: Neil Starr
video designer: Alan Pelletier

description

The development of the design of ‘Faust is Dead’ happened concurrently with the writing of the script, the making of a video for the performance and the initial rehearsal period. Scenes were made by suggesting an edge to an implied space or by using video to represent a place naturalistically. The elements of the set became the other members of the cast and the real journey of the narrative is mirrored by the dance that the set plays around the characters; in the moving screens, the sliding panel, the television set, and the iron bed.

press

www.atc-online.com

‘A world famous philosopher arrives in LA and is hailed as a start. He announces the Death of Man, the End of History and the Beginning of Chaos. Faust and Mephisto meet again. There's nothing left to learn but everything to experience.

The legend of Faust is one that has captivated and disturbed audiences for centuries. atc's provocative new version catapults this medieval legend into the 1990's and an underworld of politics, drugs and sexual exploration.

Conceived and directed by atc's Artistic Director Nick Philippou in collaboration with writer Mark Ravenhill (Shopping & F***ing) and video artist/performer Alain Pelletier from Montreal, Faust is a thrilling alternative evening of classic theatre.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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