 Event |
Ur/faust
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| Venue |
The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA |
| Umbrella Event |
The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 |
| First Date |
6 March 2000 |
| Opening Date |
6 March 2000 |
| Last Date |
9 March 2000 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The first version of Goethe's Faust was written between 1773 and 1776 when Goethe was between 24-26 years of age. Not discovered until 1886, Ur/faust is the work of a young writer - brief, rough, intense and fragmented. Ur/faust is a dirty, lo-fi deconstruction, in a place that is both heaven and hell, carnival and wasteland. A group of young Australian performers hallucinate a fractured story about desire, hunger and freedom. This is a threadbare re-reading of Ur/faust. It takes place in a haunted, ruined place, inhabited by rock 'n' roll suicides, fallen angels and starry eyed lovers. |
| Description Source |
Brochure |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Freedom
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| Related Events |
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Germany
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Brochure |
The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 guide |
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| Event Identifier |
100366 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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