Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Imaginative teenager Mary Shelley dreams up a terrifying story as a dare. A captivating tale of obsessive young scientist Victor Frankenstein, recklessly seeking to subvert the laws of nature by creating a man from the remains of the dead. When the creature comes to life Frankenstein is horrified by his work and cruelly rejects it. Banished to a dark and lonely world, the monster is vengeful, bitter and determined to destroy everything that Victor ever loved or cared for. Rona Munro's sparkling new adaptation of this Gothic masterpiece places Mary Shelley herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation. Darkly funny and thrillingly atmospheric, it takes the audience on a journey from Lake Geneva, through the dizzying heights of Mont Blanc and ultimately to the snowy desolation of the Arctic, where Frankenstein and his monster have their final explosive encounter.