NEWS TICKER
Gods And Monsters World Premiere At Southwark Playhouse
Published on
December 10, 2014
By
douglasmayo
Danielle Tarento has announced the world premiere of Gods and Monsters. The play based on the novel Father Of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram was the same source material used for the 1998 Oscar-winning movie, Gods and Monsters starring Ian McKellen.
Frankenstein director James Whale, long forgotten by the studios and in reclusive Hollywood retirement has fallen victim to a series of strokes. The only demons he fights now are in his head. Handsome new gardner, Clayton Boone, becomes an unlikely friend and unwitting player in Whale’s grand finale.
Gods and Monsters is not so much a Hollywood history as a glorious imagining, exploring the sometimes divine, sometimes monstrous landscape of obsession and desire.
Gods and Monsters is directed by Russell Labey, produced by Danielle Tarento in association with Jason Haig-Ellery, and will receive its world premiere in a five-week season at Southwark Playhouse from Thursday February 5 - Saturday 7 March. Casting to be announced.
Southwark Playhouse
The Large
77-85 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BD
Box Office: 020 7407 0234
Thursday 5 February - Saturday 7 March
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