Name: Frankenstein
Start: 2024-11-16T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-16T22:00:00+00:00
Location: West Suffolk College

Frankenstein - based on the classic novel by Mary Shelley and adapted for stage by Nick Dear.
About this Event

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - adapted for the stage by Nick Dear

Dates: Wednesday 13th – Saturday 16th November at 7:30pm

Location: The Conservatoire EAST Theatre, West Suffolk College, IP33 3RL

'Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.'

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.

Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.

This show contains triggering subjects such as sexual assult, violence, death and gore. Recommended age rating 16+.

All tickets: £15

For accessible seating please email [email protected] to book, as we have specific seats held from sale.

No photography or recording of the performance is permitted. Please note this production will contain flashing lights, haze and sound effects.

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Food & drink:

Licensed Bar available.

The licensed bar will be open from 6:30pm, where we ask all audience members to please wait until the house is opened. One of our Team will announce the opening of the house at approximately 7:15pm, at which point audience members will be invited to make their way down to the Theatre to find their seats. You do not need to have your QR code, just the name the tickets were booked under.

Parking & Accessibility:

Parking is free, please use IP33 3RL in your sat nav with access to the College via Out Risbygate. Please park in the Car Park on your right as you drive in, where the barrier will already be raised. Access to both Edmunds and the Theatre for our show nights is via Suffolk House, where you will see illuminated signs for ‘Conservatoire EAST’. Dinner guests will be escorted to Edmunds Restaurant upon arrival.

There are disabled parking spaces available in the car park at the front of Suffolk House, with a ramp for wheelchair users to access the building. The route through to Edmunds Restaurant for dinner guests is also accessible for wheelchair users.

Conservatoire EAST is the Performing and Production Arts Department, within West Suffolk College Sixth Form. Students are aged 16 - 19 and are studying either a 1 year Level 2 Diploma in Performing & Production Arts, or a 2 year Level 3 Extended Diploma, specialising in Acting for Stage & Screen, Dance, Musical Theatre or Backstage Theatre Arts.