Doctor Faustus

‘What do you desire most in this world?’ was the question posed by Nottingham New Theatre’s production of Doctor Faustus, and if your answer was captivating performances, beautiful set design and incredibly fetching masks, then this was the play for you. Emma Hornsby reviews....

Taking a contemporary twist on an Early Modern classic, Daniel McVey’s adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is dangerous, dark and entrancing. “Faustus is frustrated by his thirst for knowledge and wisdom” First performed in 1597, Doctor Faustus tells the tale of a German intellectual who, seeking enlightenment, makes...