FAUSTINE DIGITAL PROGRAMME
@ The Quarry Theatre, Bedford,
22nd & 23rd July 2023
@ The Cockpit, London,
2nd - 5th August
THE STORY
After her radical PhD thesis is rejected, student Faustine accidentally summons the demon Mephistophilis, who offers to end female pain in exchange for Faustine’s soul. But is this ambitious scientist willing to be deprived of everlasting bliss for the sake of all womankind?
Female suffering hinges on one question: Will Faustine sign?
Fill your mugs with red wine, pull up your Bridget Jones knickers and prepare to indulge in this dark comedy inspired by Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, but with a Feminist twist.
Spirits will rise, devils will dance and bras will burn in this joy ride of a cautionary tale, which debates modern feminism and whether the rise can be worth the fall.
“Sign. Do it for womankind.”
CAST
LUCY PADWICK
Faustine
Lucy is originally from Winchester and is an actor, puppeteer, writer and artist.
Training: Manchester School of Theatre
Acting credits include: work in TIE, children's theatre, site specific theatre and open-air Shakespeare.
Puppetry credits include: work in events and TV; most notably, The Last Bus for Netflix.
In 2018 she debuted her first play, This Way Up, which was non-verbal and used 16 puppets - all built by Lucy - to tell the story. FAUSTINE is her second play, but does not lack for words! It also includes some handmade demonic puppets and Lucy plays the titular role.
FIONA MUNRO
Mephistophilis
Fiona is an Actor, Director, Dramaturg and Company Manager.
Training: Manchester School of Theatre, National Youth Theatre.
Fiona has been accepted onto the MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck for 2023
Acting credits include: Titania - A Midsummer Nights Dream, A Day in: Bedford, Luciana - Comedy of Errors (SE Theatre Company). Detective Cahill - Malpractice, Kiera - Street's Apart, Will Shakespeare - Rally for the Rose, Maud - Trapped.
Directing credits include: Saving Jonah - by Brogan Thompson, Much Ado About Nothing & Measure for Measure - by Shakespeare and has assisted for companies including The Rose Playhouse, Daybreak Theatre Company and SE Theatre Company.
Fiona is very excited to be playing Mephi and causing some magical mischief.
Rachel Fletcher-Hudson
Puppeteer
Rachel is an actor and puppeteer.
Theatre Includes: Ten Times Table (Bill Kenwright #1 tour), Suddenly at Home, Ding Dong, Breaking the Code, and How the Other Half Loves (Sidmouth Rep), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Shakespeare Company), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Theatrical Niche), Romeo & Juliet (Young Shakespeare Company) and Tröll (Handbendi Brúduleikhús).
TV includes: The Crown (Netflix).
Rachel also runs workshops in puppetry and in public speaking - not yet at the same time!
COMFORT FABIAN
Sojourner Truth
Comfort Fabian is a London based actress, writer and theatremaker.
Screen credits include: Sent To Cov (Sky), Guide Me Home, There Is Rice At Home and Turning Tables.
Other credits include: Twelfth Night (Kew Gardens), Fifth Dimension (Tamasha), The Little Prince (Clapham Omnibus Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TerraNova, Northern Ireland), As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Squares) and The Minimum Requirement (Arcola Theatre).
She is in the process of developing a solo clown show, and when not clowning is if often baking.
CREATIVES
FIONA MUNRO
Director
LUCY PADWICK
Writer & Designer
OLIVIA BAKER
Producer
RACHEL DARWOOD
Technical Stage Manager & Lighting Designer
ELLIOTT WALLIS
Sound Designer
HEATHER STUCKEY
Production Photographer
REBECCA CUTHBERTSON
Dramaturg
SHIPWRECK PRODUCTIONS
Videographer
CHARLIE DANIELLS
Puppetry Advisor
NATHAN UNTHANK
VO Support & Equipment
SOPHIE ANDREWS
Sustainable Design Consultant
TRAILER
ABOUT US
Where Classical and Feminist Theatre Collide
Light at Midnight Theatre make exciting original plays which explore the female stories in classical theatre and retell them through a modern lens. We'll make you laugh, we'll make you cry, and if you're debating the injustices of the patriarchy over a glass of merlot in the theatre bar after, we'll consider our show a success!
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