Playing at the Bluma Appel Theatre located at 27 Front St. East. Click here for directions
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Adapted from Mary Shelley's novel
Written, Composed and Directed by Jonathan Christenson
Designed by Bretta Gerecke
Choreography by Laura Krewski
Sound Design by Wade Staples
Starring the original cast from the world premiere production: Nick Green, Andrew Kushnir, Tim Machin, Sarah Machin Gale, Nancy McAlear; Dov Mickelson, Tracy Penner, George Szilagyi
Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes with a 20 minute intermission
"Born" into a world that has no place for him, Dr. Frankenstein's lonely creature becomes increasingly hostile towards the man who created and abandoned him, and the society that repels him.
This home-grown "monster hit" out of Edmonton, has taken Western Canada by storm. A highly stylized, musical adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, Frankenstein is about the consequences of interfering with nature and the universal search for love and acceptance. A startling storybook come to life, this original, multi-award-winning spectacle integrates poetic text, witty song, stylized movement and "phantasmagoric" costumes and sets made entirely of paper. It is a quirky, beautiful and often ghoulishly humorous take on a timeless tale.
AWARDS
Won 8 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards for Outstanding New Play, Production, Score, Set, Costume and Lighting Design
REVIEWS
"A monsterpiece" - The Edmonton Sun
"Every once in a while there comes along something musical whose look, style, feel, and concept falls into the If-this-show-doesn't-knock-your-socks-off-check-your-vital-signs category" - Calgary Herald
"(a) horror-remake-masterpiece" - Edmonton Journal
"a darkly comic phantasmagoria, whose storytelling elements remind you of everything from Alice in Wonderland and Cabaret, to Into The Woods and Phantom - and then some. A gothic tour de force." - Calgary Herald
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