Sound & Fury: Doc Faustus

666: In Bed with the Devil

February 2002 •German

Frank Faust is a born loser. At some point it even becomes too much for his great love, Jennifer, who leaves him and flees to Munich. Frank's desperation is the best reason for Mephisto to show up and offer a suitable pact: reconciliation with Jennifer in exchange for Frank's soul. Shaken by his predicament, Frank finds it easy to agree to the hellish proposal. In order to win back his renegade lover, Mephisto transforms himself into a wide variety of prominent contemporaries who appear at Frank's side and publicly praise his qualities - especially for Jennifer to hear. The plan seems to be working perfectly, unless Mephisto suddenly reveals a completely new side to his personality...

Freak Dance

July 2010 •English

A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.

The Improvisers: Something from Nothing

April 2018 •English

'The Improvisers' feat. Kanan Gill, Abish Mathew, Kenny Sebastian and Kaneez Surka perform their first Improv Special; Something from Nothing. It is a completely improvised show where everything you see will be made up on the spot. Nothing rehearsed, nothing scripted. The show will incorporate music, theatre and comedy as they will create something from nothing. It's interactive, it's fun, it's out of the ordinary - Have Suggestion? Will Improv.

Brakes

November 2017 •English

Brakes is a dark, improv-based ensemble comedy set in London. Divided into two parts, it tells the story of each couple's relationship in reverse, starting with the break-ups.

Austentatious: Live at Leicester Square Theatre

January 2015 •English

Austentatious is an award-winning improvised comedy show in the style of the wondrous and witty Jane Austen. Every performance is made up on the spot based simply on a title suggested by the audience, so be it “Mansfield Shark”, “Darcy and Hutch” or “I Know What You Did Last Season”, no two shows are the same. Performed in period costume with live cello accompaniment, Austentatious is an immersive and hilarious treat for fans of Austen and improvised comedy alike.

Lighten Up and Laugh

February 2004 •English

The second installment of Ken Davis and Friends comedy concerts with performances by Jeff Allen, CPR, Daren Streblow and Nazareth.

Opening Night

February 1933 •English

Cubby the Bear sneaks into the Roxy Opera House on it's opening night and ends up condicting an epic, animal-enacted version of Faust.

Salinger's Two Dark Muses

Invalid date •English

Vincent Salinger, an edgy uninspired poet, fumes at being spurned by his publisher. Suspecting his work and life mean nothing, Vincent seeks new inspiration. An unexpected visit from quasi-demonic friend of poetry introduces Vincent to a clever East-European escort girl who thinks up a literary hoax for success but at the risk of Vincent losing his integrity and identity. Things become more complicated when a rival muse falls in love with Vincent and Vincent's hoax suddenly materializes to haunt him.

LoveStuck: The Improvised Feature Project

August 2017 •English

An improvised film; a man discovers he's emotionally stuck between his ex-girlfriend, his new girlfriend and his best friend; and in the course of a day he must follow his passion and become unstuck.

The Noise Next Door: Boys On Tour

January 2013 •English

‘The Noise Next Door – Boys On Tour’ is the second DVD from the UK’s most exhilarating comedy act. Filmed in Canterbury’s prestigious Gulbenkian Theatre as part of the 2013 ‘Boys On Tour’ national tour. A totally fresh show with brand new games, incredible new songs and some very special extras.

Faust

October 1926 •German

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Faust

September 1994 •Czech

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.

Faust

Invalid date •German

Faust, an old, bright but desperate man, struggles with the sense of his life. After trying all kinds of sciences he enters into a contract with the devil, Mephistopheles, to feel life, joy and desire again. Mephistopheles promises him to get full satisfaction by enjoying and celebrating all the worldly pleasures: outstanding parties, being young again, the love of a woman. To fulfill the pact, Faust offers him his soul after his death. Their journey begins and leaves many people in total despair...

Alias Nick Beal

March 1949 •English

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I

February 2001 •German

Faust's House

January 1977 •Czech

A film story based on the old Prague legends. It tells about a poor student lured by wealth, which he prefers to knowledge. In the end, he sells his soul to the evil powers. The Devil takes him to hell and since then there is a blackened hole on the ceiling of a Prague house.

Faust's Other: An Idyll

January 1988 •English

“Faust Part 2” reveals the modern Faust in a romantic interlude, an idyll (from the Greek idein, "to see"); also, a journey of the id. A sense of story is inferred through the complex interweaving of human gesture, expression, and bodily movement within vibrantly shifting colours and rhythmic development, creating multiple levels of metaphorical meaning. A collaborative work with paintings by Emily Ripley and soundtrack by Joel Haertling.

Faust

September 2011 •German

A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchange for his soul.

Faustbook

April 2006 •English

A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.

Faust (The Royal Opera House)

September 2011 •Italian