Mephisto (a Rhapsody): A Rhapsody

In the town of Balbek the far right are about to seize power. At the local theatre, Aymeric dreams of celebrity; Lucas longs for a liberal revolution; Michael is seduced by the extremists; Juliette Demba is in fear for her life.

As this political earthquake ripples through the town, Aymeric must make his choice: resist the forces of hatred or harness them for his own success.

Based on the real-life story of Gustaf Gründgens, whose dreams of fame led him to perform Faust for Hitler at the peak of his career, Mephisto [A Rhapsody] is a searing contemporary response to Klaus Mann’s banned, and fiercely political cult novel. Samuel Gallet’s urgent new play asks: what would you sacrifice to do the right thing?

Samuel Gallet is a French playwright and poet, working at the intersection of music and theatre, politics and poetry.