Frankenstein

Production still for "Frankenstein". L-R: Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Emily Milledge. Photographer: Guy Little

Frankenstein

By Emma Valente & Kate Davis

21 March 2014 – 05 April 2014 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, The Rabble,

New Adaptation Theatre Physical Theatre World Premiere Collaboration

Frankenstein is Mary Shelley’s gothic novel adapted for a world that was once unimaginable – one in which life can be conceived in a laboratory instead of a womb. Doctor Frankenstein is a childless woman, a scientist obsessed with becoming a mother. One night she succeeds in her experiments and sparks life into a monstrous creature – a miraculous conception. Has Frankenstein taken things too far, to a place where the violent need to procreate has upset the balance of nature itself?

The RABBLE's production of Frankenstein is part traditional gothic horror and part homage to the aesthetics of alchemy. The RABBLE is Malthouse Theatre's 2014 Company in Residence.

 

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Production still for "Frankenstein". L-R: Dana Miltins, Mary Helen Sassman, Emily Milledge. Photographer: Guy Little
Production still for "Frankenstein". Mary Helen Sassman. Photographer: Guy Little
Production still for "Frankenstein". Dana Miltins. Photographer: Guy Little
Production still for "Frankenstein". David Paterson (top), Emily Milledge. Photographer: Guy Little
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Production still for "Frankenstein". L-R: Dana Miltins, Mary Helen Sassman, Emily Milledge. Photographer: Guy Little

Production still for "Frankenstein". Mary Helen Sassman. Photographer: Guy Little

Production still for "Frankenstein". Dana Miltins. Photographer: Guy Little

Production still for "Frankenstein". David Paterson (top), Emily Milledge. Photographer: Guy Little

Cast

Creatives

Emma Valente

Emma Valente

Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Director, Costume Designer, Creator

Kate Davis

Kate Davis

Costume Designer, Creator, Set Designer

Acknowledgements

Malthouse Theatre's Company in Residence Program is proudly supported by The Danielle and Daniel Besen Foundation.

Production Program