Blackeyed Theatre have announced that their acclaimed production of Frankenstein, which is currently touring nationally, will be available to stream via Digital Theatre’s website from 2-5 March to coincide with their performances at Greenwich Theatre.

Frankenstein, adapted by Nick Lane from John Ginman’s original 2016 adaptation, will be one of the first productions streamed on Digital Theatre’s EVOD (Event Video On Demand) platform. It will be available on a pay-per-view basis and streamed as live at 7.30pm on 2-5 March, with a US stream on 5 March at 7.30pm EST. The EVOD package gives audiences exclusive wrap-around content, including virtual backstage access and interviews, before and in the interval of each performance, providing a unique, interactive and shared online theatre experience. The production will then be available on demand via Digital Theatre’s TVOD platform for three weeks from 8 March.

Artistic Director of Blackeyed Theatre Adrian McDougall said: “We’re incredibly proud to be partnering with Digital Theatre on what is an exciting step in the evolving relationship between online and in-person theatre. The EVOD model will, I believe, offer online audiences a more immediate, shared and inclusive experience while being more sustainable for producers and theatres. While the online space can never fully replace going to the theatre, it has an increasingly important role to play in ensuring the theatre industry thrives post-pandemic.”

The role of Victor Frankenstein is played by Robert Bradley (Hedda Gabler, National Theatre). Max Gallagher (War Horse, National Theatre) returns to reprise the role of Henry Clerval, while the role of Robert Walton is played by Benedict Hastings (Wolf Hall, RSC). Billy Irving (War Horse Tenth Anniversary Tour, National Theatre) is Chief Puppeteer and the voice of The Creature, while recent Rose Bruford graduate Alice E Mayer makes her professional stage debut as Elizabeth Lavenza.

Frankenstein is adapted by Nick Lane, with original music composed by Ron McAllister. The production is directed by Eliot Giuralarocca and musically directed by Ellie Verkerk, with puppetry creation and direction by Yvonne Stone. Completing the artistic team are Victoria Spearing (set design), Anne Thomson (costume design) and Alan Valentine (lighting design).

In Geneva of 1816, Victor Frankenstein obsesses in the pursuit of nature’s secret, the elixir of life itself. But nothing can prepare him for what he creates, and so begins a gripping life or death adventure taking him to the ends of the earth and beyond.

As well as featuring live music and storytelling, Blackeyed Theatre’s highly theatrical telling of Shelley’s gothic masterpiece is unique for its use of Bunraku-style puppetry to portray The Creature. Designed and built by Yvonne Stone, the 6’4” puppet, operated by up to three actors at any one time, adds an exciting new dimension to the retelling of the classic story.

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