Faust is the name of the show produced by the East West Theatre Company and directed by Haris Pasovic.[1] The action is set in the foreseeable future and the script is based on texts by Emil Cioran, Bertrand Russell, Christopher Marlowe, Bill Joy, Werener Heisenberg and Haris Pasovic.[2]

Faust
Poster for East West Theatre Company's production of play Faust.
CompanyEast West Theatre Company
GenreA play
Date of premiereAugust 12, 2006
LocationBKC (Bosnian Culture Centre), Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creative team
DirectorHaris Pasovic
ConceptHaris Pasovic
Set designerLada Maglajlic
Amir Vuk Zec
Omar Selo
Graphic DesignBojan Hadzihalilovic
Goran Lizdek
Costume designKao Pao Shu (Oshyosh)
Light designHaris Pasovic
Semir Ramić
Script fragmentsChristopher Marlowe
Emil Cioran
Bill Joy
Bertrand Russell
Werner Heisenberg
Haris Pasovic
TranslationSenada Kreso
Irena Zlof
Haris Pasovic
ChoreographerDenes Debrei
ActorsDamir Markovina
Amar Selimovic
Miroslav Fabri
Lidija Stevanovic
Irma Alimanovic
Akira Hasegawa
Jasenko Pasic
Maja Izetbegovic
Aldin Omerovic
MusiciansDino Šukalo
Amar Češljar
Other information
ProductionEast West Theatre Company
CooproducersBosnian Cultural Centre, Tuzla
MESS Festival
Executive ProducerIsmar Hadziabdic
Financial ManagerSanela Brcic
Project CoordinatorSanita Ljajic
Official website

An international cast of actors and musicians have participated in the production which synthesizes drama, contemporary dance, acrobatics and music. Themes of the show include intelligence, politics and greed for knowledge, power and money. East West Theatre Company's Faust poses some of the fundamental questions about intellectual capacities, human measure and ethics.[3]

The plot includes faustian bargain and the democratisation of evil Robots, who in this production, are more conscious than humans. Dr. Faust, the character who agrees to give his soul to the devil in exchange for superhuman powers while he is alive, creates bio-robots which develop the ability to decide for themselves and procreate. The robots, who resemble Ridley Scott's humanoid clones from his classic film "Blade Runner", show more emotion than Faust and abandon him altogether.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Haris Pasovic, theater director ahead of its time". Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "East West Theatre Company Official Website". Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "International Theatre Festival MESS: Catalogue 2006". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "Reuters: Bosnian director sets "Faust" in bleak future by Daria Sito-Sucic". Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.