Registered Charity
No 1136513
Oct 6 - 9
presents
Frankenstein
by Mary Swan
“It was already one in the morning, the rain pattered dismally against the panes
and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half extinguished
light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…..”
1816, the year without a summer, a volcanic ash cloud fills the European skies and during a lost weekend on the dark shores of Lake Geneva stories of fear and horror are told by candlelight.
One of the stories born that dark weekend was ‘Frankenstein’.
Following Proteus’ re-imagining of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ for the stage, comes their version of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale of the ultimate act of creation spiralling out of control. This version blends the novel with the story of the book’s creation during the infamous weekend shared by Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. Created in Proteus’ unique style, fusing physical performance, circus, film and music, this is a Frankenstein that holds the mirror up to our modern anxieties concerning human genetics, cloning and the revenge of nature.
Created by the team that produced the critically acclaimed national tours of ‘Dracula’, ‘Houdini’ and ‘The Elephant Man’ which transferred to The Brits Off Broadway Festival in New York.
Show Times:
Thursday – Saturdays 7:30pm.
Sunday at 4pm
(Running time 1h 50 including a 15 minute interval)
Tickets: £14/£12
(Concessions: Students, Seniors 60+, Equity, Unemployed, Disabled.)
6 October - Pay What You Can*
