Win Two Tickets to Frankenstein at the New Theatre Royal

You can win two tickets to see Frankenstein at the New Theatre Royal!

Inspired by the classic novel by Mary Shelley, starring Emily-Jane McNeill as 'Victoria Frankenstein', written and directed by Sean Aydon at the New Theatre Royal Portsmouth from 3rd - 5th October.

Seán Aydon’s acclaimed adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein will begin a second major UK theatre tour this autumn, playing at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth from 3 – 5 October 2024. 

Complete with an atmospheric original score, this new thriller inspired by the classic gothic novel explores the very fabric of what makes us human and the ultimate cost of chasing “perfection”.  

Emily-Jane McNeill (The Mousetrap and Brexshit, both West End) will play ‘Victoria Frankenstein’ with Tawana Dingembira (recent RADA graduate) as ‘Henry’ and Brianne Surgeoner (Pal: Your AI Companion and Adrift, Citizen’s Theatre) as ‘Francine’. They are joined by original cast members Basienka Blake (Rufus Norris’s Cabaret and The Da Vinci Code) as ‘Captain/Dr Richter’ and Lula Marsh (recent graduate of Manchester School of Theatre, shortlisted for the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award) as ‘Elizabeth’. Further casting will be announced shortly.

1943. Whilst Europe tears itself apart, two women hide from their past at what feels like the very end of the world. And one of them has a terrifying story to tell… 

“I created life. You don’t believe me but it’s true. I didn’t start from scratch of course but out of portions and odd ends I made something –alive. But what I created... it wasn’t a superhuman. It was a monster.”

Parental guidance for the under-12s is advised.

“Tilted Wig’s thought-provoking reimagining of Frankenstein is a veritable rage against humanity” (The Yorkshire Post).

Frankenstein is adapted and directed by Seán Aydon who was assistant director on the world premiere of Tom Fletcher’s The Christmasaurus at the Hammersmith Apollo and recently adapted and directed the national tour of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

The production has design by Nicky Bunch (Potted Panto costumes, Apollo Theatre & Garrick Theatre), lighting by Matt Haskins (Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Broadway, West End, Canada, The Empress – RSC) and a score by Eamonn O’Dwyer (Brief Encounterat Watermill Theatre, Lady Chatterley’s Lover UK Tour; Twelfth Night & Henry V at Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York). 

Frankenstein is produced by Tilted Wig Productions, formed by Katherine Senior and Matthew Parish in 2017. Recent productions include UK tours of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, York Theatre Royal’s Around the World in 80 Days and The School For Scandal with Malvern Theatres and Theatre By The Lake.

For more information and tickets

New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, 20-24 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2DD

Thursday 3rd October – Saturday 5th October

Newtheatreroyal.com

02392 649 000

Tickets from £23.50 - £34. Schools price available 

You can win two tickets to see Frankenstein at the New Theatre Royal by answering this question. You must live in a PO Post Code and be over 18 to enter, competition ends Wednesday 25th September 9:59am.

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