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Faust Goes to Fidi
The creators of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.
Writer Jon Ronson ( The Psychopath Test,Okja) took inspiration from the Faust legend for Life and Trust; look closer at that title and the source text is hidden in plain sight. It made sense to adapt a tale of a man making a deal with the Devil in a space around the corner from Wall Street in “what was once the heart of global capitalism.” After I spoke with Hochwald, a woman dressed as a bank clerk approached to beckon me down a hallway behind the café, telling me “our esteemed founder, J. G. Conwell, will be hosting a toast for prospective clients in his office.” The details of the story are being kept under wraps, but suffice it to say there are lavish set pieces in a ballroom, an entire carnival, and gardens where the ground feels soft and earthy as you walk through them, as well as intimate moments in apartments, offices, and hidden sanctums.
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