Bridge Markland: Faust in the Box

Scientist Faust is looking for ultimate knowledge and fun in life. Someone appears who can fulfill all wishes: Mephisto! The catch? Faust must sell him his soul. And fulfilling wishes only works because Mephisto blatantly manipulates people, if necessary with drugs and magic.

In this fast-paced one-woman+puppet full playback show, Bridge Markland constantly switches between Mephisto, Faust and Gretchen. She plays additional figures with hand puppets. Goethe's lyrics are reinforced with pop music quotes. Roy Orbison sings “Pretty Woman” when Faust sees Gretchen for the first time. Elvis heats up the inexperienced with “Falling in Love.” Even the doctors' warnings don't help: “Men are pigs — don't trust them.”

This love story doesn't have a happy ending with Bridge Markland either, but it's a lot of fun. It not only conjures up a refreshing fist out of the box, it also provides a new look at the history of pop music.

In a brilliant soundtrack, the famous phrases of the most famous German play meet AC/DC, Die Ärzte, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Tim Fischer, Joy Division, Evelyn Künneke, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Madonna, Peter Maffay, Monty Python, Kylie Minogue, Roy Orbison, Pink, Placebo, Elvis Presley, Marika Rökk, The Rolling Stones, Seeed, Freddy Quinn, Grethe Weiser, Robbie Williams and many other music artists.

This “Faust” production inspires viewers aged 12-98!

The performance is supported by the Tempelhof-Schöneberg/Decentralized Cultural Work with funding from the KiA program of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Context