In this thriller with a comic seam, an amateur drama company is rehearsing in the theatre at the end of the pier. Storms rage overhead, the sea seethes below and they find the doors locked- they are trapped! Then a mysterious presence passes across the stage, the Assistant Stage Manager falls to certain death through a trapdoor, and the remaining actors – seeing their number cut one by one – are thrown into disarray. Their panic reaches fever pitch as the survivors fear the murderer is coming for them.
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 increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature is determined to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling, gory, deeply disturbing classic tale.
Warning – this play contains scenes of a graphic sexual and violent nature.
