Mary’s Frankenstein
Wed 11 – Sat 14 Nov • 7.30pm • Full £15 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre
“You asked me for a ghost story. Here is one.”
1816. The year without a summer.
The sun has vanished, the rain will not stop, and five young writers are trapped inside Villa Diodati: Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori. To pass the storm-dark nights, Byron proposes a ghost story competition, and Mary begins to write the story that will become Frankenstein.
As the storm outside rages, Mary’s imagination brings Victor Frankenstein and his abandoned Creature to life, blurring the line between the Villa and Mary’s created world…
As WhimsiCo’s second foray into gothic literature, Mary’s Frankenstein is an imaginative new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, interweaving the legendary summer of 1816 with the full story of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature he cannot bear to love. An exciting and inciteful new take on the classic novel, about grief, ambition, artistic creation, and the terrible responsibility of bringing something to life.
Running time: 2 hours approx (+ interval)
Age recommendation: 13+
Content warnings: violence, pregnancy loss
Health warnings: strobe lighting
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