The Frankenstein Twist

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Event The Frankenstein Twist
Venue Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW
Umbrella Event Griffin Theatre Festival of New Works
First Date 6 September 1995
Last Date 6 September 1995
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Theatre of Desire's starting point for The Frankenstein Twist was our personal and societal need to have monsters. The monster can be defined as the physical manifestation of nameless dread. By identifying a monster, we give our fear a name and we can contain and destroy it. The Frankenstein Twist deals with the monstrous by trying to evoke nameless dread in the audience: moments when their spines turn to ice and their flesh crawls. But being Theatre of Desire the performance uses elements of popular culture, specifically, horror films. Therefore an audience can expect a Hitchcockian train mu
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Subjects Crime
Films
Horror
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Graham Kelleher Actor also co-devisor
Briony Williams Actor also co-devisor
Peter Williams Actor also co-devisor
Glen McGillivray Director also co-devisor
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Event Identifier 77698
Dataset AusStage