National Theatre Live: "Frankenstein"

Event Description

W&L's Lenfest Center's University Outreach & Engagement Series announces their newest winter season addition-the 'National Theatre Live' series-screenings of top British theater productions.

National Theatre Live Season: "Frankenstein"
W&L's Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons
Monday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m.

The best of British theater shown on the Stackhouse Theater cinema screen!

TICKETS
Tickets are required.
– $20 GENERAL ADMISSION; $8 W&L STUDENT/STUDENT
– On-line ticket sales are available HERE. Taxes and processing fees are included in ticket pricing.
– Tickets can be bought night of the performance at the Stackhouse Theater.
– The Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Patrons can contact the Box Office by calling 540-458-8000 or emailing boxoffice@wlu.edu. 

Whether you're in Birmingham, Berlin or Lexington, this is your ticket to sold-out, award-winning, unmissable theater live from Britain's most exciting stages.
The screenings include:
April 7: "Frankenstein" – Run time 140mins, Rated R.
May 7: "Fleabag" – Run time 67mins, Rated R.

Lenfest Director Jordan Peimer states, "We are thrilled to be bringing National Theatre Live to the University and the Lexington community."

"Frankenstein" by Nick Dear is based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, this features Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein.

Boyle is an Oscar winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire". Miller shows us the rapid progress of the Creature, both mentally and physically, gradually becoming more active and fluid in movement. Cumberbatch was able to bring out Frankenstein's descent into pride-driven insanity as he struggles to come to terms with the result of his experiments. Cumberbatch, one of the world's most acclaimed and popular actors, has hit the mainstream this year enjoying a huge hit playing Sherlock Holmes in the BBC's modern take on Conan Doyle's books "Sherlock.

The National Theatre Live is sponsored in part by Class of '64 Performing Arts Fund.