★★★★★ ‘A hell of a production.’ (The Times)
★★★★ ‘A Monster Hit.’ (Time Out)
★★★★ ‘The most viscerally exciting and stunning show in town.’ (Daily Telegraph)
National Theatre Live’s much-loved broadcast returns to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel.
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 determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil.
