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Reaching into the dark heart of the terror but with an added and unexpected twist, writers Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell have created a superb new production placing the classic story against the chilling background of a Geneva freak show in the early nineteenth century. Murder, horror, loss of innocence and an unstoppable voyage into the darkest recesses of the human soul overwhelm all those involved. Experience the final desperate journey of Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to hunt down his nemesis in the frozen wastes of the far north.

Dates: Wednesday 26th - Saturday 29th March
Evenings: 7.30 pm
Matinees: Thursday 2.00 pm; Saturday 3.00 pm

Tickets: Evenings £9 (concessions £4); matinees £5 (concessions £3)

Discounts: NASUWT members £2 off full price tickets; schools £3 all tickets and 1 in 10 FREE; other groups 1 in 10 FREE.

Special Events: Thursday matinee and evening after show discussion; Friday 5.30 pm teacher's panel discussion with director and composer.

Box Office:

020 7269 1606

or go the box office website (no booking fees)

FRANKENSTEIN is the most famous of all horror stories. For two hundred years this classic tale has fascinated and intrigued readers. 

Loosely adapted from the famous novel of the same name by Mary Shelley, this music theatre production, set in the early part of the 19th century, reflects the high passions, ideals and fevered imagination of that glorious romantic age. 

The musical tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young, brilliant and driven scientist, who is obsessed with the desire to create human life out of dead matter - to bring the perfect human being into a world that is corrupt and far from perfect. Frankenstein assembles a Creature from body parts and brings the Creature alive. But the Creature is more than a collection of body parts and demands that his creator shows him love. Unable to do so, Frankenstein rejects the Creature and so begins a terrible story of betrayal and revenge. 

One by one the creature murders all those who are closest to Frankenstein. When confronted he begs his creator to make him a mate, a female counterpart who will understand him and give him the love he so desperately seeks, promising that if he does this thing the Creature will leave him alone forever. When Frankenstein destroys the female he has made then the Creature seeks the ultimate retribution and murders Elizabeth, Victor's bride, on their wedding night. The last scene of the musical sees Frankenstein pursuing the Creature across the frozen icy wastes of the Arctic towards a final encounter and a shattering moment of truth.  

'Ladies and Gentlmen see such things,
That strangeness and mutation brings,
Ladies and Gentlemen, something new -
A living, breathing human zoo...' 

SPONSORS

The London production of Frankenstein has been sponsored by the teachers' union

NASUWT

Thanks also to donations from JK and DK.

Development work in Plymouth was funded by

Arts and Business, London
Youth Music
Sony BMG

THE COMPANY

Cast:

Katie Atkin, Alex Bernas, Katie Bookless, Matt Brinkler, Joshua Byfield, Katy Carter, Peter Coleman, Robert Crowter-Jones, Billy Cullum, Christopher Draper, Matthew Dudley, Alex Gibbs, Brittany Harris, Lauren Hember, Lizzie Karani, Harry Lockyear, Skyla Loureda, Natalie Mair, Tracey Mair, Miles Marshall, Richard May, Kayleigh McKnight, Sarah Joy Middleton, Orlagh Mulholland, Lawrence Murphy, Ed Nash, Rachel Savage, Hannah Scanlon, Jos Slovick, Edward Sheeran, Jodie Spencer, Emma Tansley, Jamie Turner, Michael Wells, Rachel Williams, Caitlin Wilson, Joanna Wilson,

Orchestra: 

 James Morrison, Arianna Palin, Marielle Way

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: Nick Stimson
Musical Director: Jon Laird
Choreographer: Claire Russ
Designer: Minna Gibbs-Nichols
Lighting Designer: Stuart Willcocks
Assistant Lighting Desginer: Chris Withers

Head of Pastoral Staff: Judith Lobendhan

Pastoral telephone number  07948544847