DANNY BOYLE Returns To Theater

By Melissa Howland | March 30, 2011

Oscar winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire) returns to the theatre to direct this visionary new production, Frankenstein by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Audiences in cinemas will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart.

April 2 at 11am: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor)
April 9 at 11am: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor)

YOU CAN CATCH BOTH OF THESE AT THE TIVOLI THEATER IN ST. LOUIS.

SYNOPSIS:

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Suitable only for 15yrs+

Cast credits:

Rab

Mark Armstrong

Servant 2

Martin Chamberlain

Victor Frankenstein/The Creature

Benedict Cumberbatch

Ensemble

Josie Daxter

William Frankenstein

Haydon Downing

Klaus

Steven Elliott

M. Frankenstein

George Harris

Elizabeth Lavenza

Naomie Harris

Servant 1

Daniel Ings

De Lacey

Karl Johnson

Gustav/Constable

John Killoran

Felix

Daniel Millar

Victor Frankenstein/The Creature

Jonny Lee Miller

William Frankenstein

William Nye

Female Creature

Andreea Padurariu

William Frankenstein

Jared Richard

Gretel/Clarice

Ella Smith

Ewan

John Stahl

Agatha

Lizzie Winkler

Production credits:

Director

Danny Boyle

Designer

Mark Tildesley

Costume Designer

Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Lighting Designer

Bruno Poet

Director of Movement

Toby Sedgwick

Fight Director

Kate Waters

Music and Soundscore

Underworld

Music Associate

Alex Baranowski

Sound Design

Underworld and Ed Clarke