Tickets to Faust. When will the tickets go on sale for one of the most coveted plays in Romania
After more than 18 years and 300 performances, the Faust show, staged by the Radu Stanca Theater in Sibiu, directed by Silviu Purcărete, continues to be one of the most “hunted” cultural events. A series of 12 new shows are coming up, and ticket-seekers don't have long to wait.
Tickets for Faustul Sibian will go on sale on Friday, March 27, at 12:00 p.m. They can be purchased from the Theater website, but also from the theater agency in Sibiu.
The Radu Stanca Theater announced 12 performances on the following dates: May 1 and 2, May 22 and 23, June 11 and 12, July 10 and 11, July 17 and 18, July 24 and 25.
Ofelia Popii (Mephisto) or Miklos Bacs (Faust) are part of the cast of the play, which takes place at the Culture Factory – Sala Faust, in Sibiu, Strada Triajului 1-3.
For this role, Ofelia Popii received in 2008 the Uniter Award for the best actress in the main role of Ofelia Popii, and in 2010 she received the “Harold Angel” award at the Edinburgh International Festival for the role of Mephisto.
A modern adaptation after Goethe
According to the description on the theater's website, the play, which lasts less than two hours, “is distinguished by the complexity of the directorial vision: it is an extrasensory experience on the border between Earth and Hell, a landscape amplified by projections, live rock music, dozens of actors and dancers and an original soundtrack signed by Vasile Şirli. The basis of this modern “Faust” is improvisation, the text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe constituting the starting point for an exceptional theatrical composition. The script of the show in Sibiu captures the essential moments from Goethe's text: Faust's pact with the Devil, Faust's passion for Margaret, Walpurgis night and Faust's ascension to Heaven. The production stands out for its set and light design with an impressive evocative force, provocatively suggestive, elegant or burlesque costumes, exciting or overwhelming music with sound effects suitable for the tightrope walker atmosphere, video projections ingeniously articulated in the architecture of the entire scenic approach, created monumentally by the play of over 120 actors in a disused industrial hall.”
