FauWst • Collectif Bajour

In a near future where fertility has collapsed and fascism is on the rise, geneticists Johanna and Henri make a pact with tech genius Melon Smuk to create a child in vitro. Their daughter Gabriell is raised in secret, but when she is torn from her paradise, she sets out to find her parents and discovers a world ravaged by techno-fascism, ecological disaster, and broken utopias. Her journey becomes a quest for joy, beauty, and strength to imagine a different world.

This reinterpretation of the Faust myth, created through improvisation and collective writing, questions our modern pacts with the devil: technology, capitalism, and the destruction of life. The performance explores the light and shadow of our desire to create, understand, and repair the world. Around the show, the venue offers a reading workshop on Olivier Rey's "Leurre et malheur du transhumanisme," an improvisation workshop with the collective, a tactile tour of the set, a post-show discussion, a pre-show warm-up, and a closing party.