Doctor Faustus

Adaptor Colin Teevan reimagines Marlowe's classic tragedy within a present-day context, allowing the play's universal truths to resonate powerfully.

A darkly disturbing new adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's mythic tale of mankind's greed for power. It gets a modern-day twist as three of the original acts are played out with two specially commissioned new ones.Faustus’s restless quest for knowledge and his insatiable desire for notoriety drive him to make a pact with the devil in return for the power to perform the black arts. The life-changing decision propels him into a heady, celebrity-obsessed world, as magician and illusionist to the rich and famous. Quenching sexual desires as his power grows, he must question whether the price was worth paying. This new adaptation combines Marlowe’s original acts with a re-imagining by Colin Teevan. Firmly placing this classic story within a present context, the universal truths held in the 400-year-old cautionary tale resonate powerfully with the greed of today’s consumer-led society.