What's On | Frankenstein
Frankenstein artwork - On the right of the image: a close up of a serious looking woman staring forwards while holding a needle and thread in her right hand. To her left text reads: 'Tilted Wig presents Frankenstein; By Séan Aydon; Based on the novel by Mary Shelley'
Frankenstein artwork - On the right of the image: a close up of a serious looking woman staring forwards while holding a needle and thread in her right hand. To her left text reads: 'Tilted Wig presents Frankenstein; By Séan Aydon; Based on the novel by Mary Shelley'
Frankenstein production photo. Theatre stage. Inside a clinical hospital room with light blue brick walls and shelves stacked with jars of human body parts. A young woman wearing a white surgical gown screams while pulling a lever to bring alive Frankenstein's monster, resting on a makeshift hospital bed behind her. as Sparks are flying everywhere.
Photo by Robling Photography
Frankenstein production photo. Theatre stage. Inside a clinical hospital room with light blue brick walls. A young woman wearing a surgeons cap and gown holds the hand of Frankenstein's monster, who is lying on a makeshift hospital bed.
Photo by Robling Photography
Frankenstein production photo. Theatre stage. Inside a dark, wood panel cabin, lit by an oil lamp on the floor. A woman (young, middle aged, wearing a large scarf and Victorian clothing) raises both her hands into the air mid-speech while talking to another woman (middle aged, white, also wearing Victorian clothing), who is listening intently.
Photo by Robling Photography
Frankenstein production photo: Dale Mathurin (playing Henry) wears a brown 1940s blazer, burgundy bow-tie, blue trousers, and argyle vest. He stands beside a table, on which his hand is placed which he speaks to someone off-camera to the right. The background is a laboratory, with large glass specimen jars on shelves.
Photo by Robling Photography
Frankenstein production photo: Dale Mathurin (playing Henry) wears a brown 1940s blazer, burgundy bow-tie, blue trousers, and argyle vest. He stands beside a table, on which his hand is placed which he speaks to someone off-camera to the right. The background is a laboratory, with large glass specimen jars on shelves.
Photo by Robling Photography
Frankenstein production photo: Annette Hannah and Eleanor McLaughlin (playing Victoria Frankenstein) are both dressed in white surgical scrubs, with small blood splatters. Hannah (left) is crossing her arms and looking up at McLaughlin, who smiles and grasps her shoulder.
Photo by Robling Photography

Tilted Wig presents

Frankenstein

A new story inspired by the classic novel by Mary Shelley. Written and directed by Séan Aydon.

  • Show Information

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.”

This new thriller inspired by the classic gothic novel and complete with a stunning original score explores the very fabric of what makes us human and the ultimate cost of chasing “perfection”.

Frankenstein is an electrifying reimagining of the world’s favourite horror story that will set minds and spines tingling.

BSL performance: Wed 27 September, 2.30pm – interpretation by Daryl McMullan, provided by Complete Communication

Audio described performance: Sat 30 September, 2.30pm – audio description by Jonathan Nash

A touch tour of the Frankenstein set will take place before the audio described performance with the audio describer at 1:30pm, an hour before the show starts.

If you would like to join our touch tour of the Frankenstein set, please contact our Box Office team on 01392 72 63 63 or via [email protected]

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Running time: 120 minutes, no interval
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Members Discount, U26 Ticket Offer
Age guide 12+
This performance contains smoke/haze, pyrotechnics, strobe lighting, loud noises, strong language and depictions of violence that may be upsetting to some, including blood.

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What's On | Frankenstein
A young man's slightly blurred face against a backdrop of old anatomical drawings of the human body
A young man's slightly blurred face against a backdrop of old anatomical drawings of the human body

Exeter University Theatre Company presents

Frankenstein

  • Show Information

Due to adverse weather, today’s (Wednesday 18th January) performances of Frankenstein are cancelled. If you have booked for the show today, you don’t need to do anything. Our Box Office team will be in touch with you.

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Nick Dear’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein retells the well-known story from the point of view of the Creature, created by Victor Frankenstein, a troubled scientist. His dark ambitions drive him to play with life itself and he succeeds in bringing the Creature to life. Childlike in their innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s creature is thrust into a hostile universe by their horror-struck maker. Met with cruelty wherever they go, the increasingly desperate Creature is determined to track down their creator and strike a terrifying deal…

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