Frankenstein - directed by Danny Boyle

NT London live – Danny Boyle´s Frankenstein 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.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller will alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature

10 July: Jonny Lee Miller (Victor), Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature)
21 July: Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor), Jonny Lee Miller (Creature)

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