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 separate broadcasts.
17 March: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor)
3 April: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor)
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