Details:
South African director, playwright and installation artist Brett Bailey is bringing his play FaustX to the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg, with performances taking place on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 2025 at 19:30.
Brett Bailey's work has graced major theatre festivals worldwide but is being presented at the Grand Théâtre for the first time.
According to the venue, "FaustX reimagines Goethe's Faust II through the fractured lens of 21st-century geopolitics. As 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Goethe's arrival in Weimar, where he wrote his masterpiece exploring power, politics and human ambition, and the world feels as fragmented as ever, this new rendition could not be timelier."
"Bailey's free adaptation of Faust II begins where Faust I ends. Bound by a pact with Mephisto to forfeit his soul if he ever finds inner peace, Dr Faust meddles in the economies of the Global South and plays war games on the fringes of the EU. He implements grand schemes for technological expansion to master nature, society and - like a tech oligarch - even distant planets," the event description continued. "Feeling like a vagabond in a world where he has no home, Faust is forever on the move, driven by an insatiable hunger for intense experiences and, ultimately, power - often with tragic results…"
The Grand Théâtre concluded: "With an irreverent troupe of masked South African performers, Bailey crafts a visually striking, surreal and haunting tale of human striving, temptation and relentless drive - one that resonates as powerfully today as when it was first written."
The 1.5-hour play is being performed in English and German, with an introduction provided by Janine Goedert (in English) 30 minutes before each performance.
A Q&A session is set for the first performance date.
Tickets cost €20 for adults and €8 for youth; Kulturpass welcome. To book tickets, visit https://theatres.lu/fr/faustx or contact the venue via email: tickets@lestheatres.lu or tel.: 4796-3901.
Venue: Grand Théâtre (1 Rond-Point Schuman, L-2525 Luxembourg)
Organiser: Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Price: See above/website
Reservations: See above/website
URL: For details, see https://theatres.lu/fr/faustx
