Danny Boyle Takes FRANKENSTEIN to The UK Stage
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 hours) is taking his vision of Frankenstein to the UK stage. his plans are unique as he'll have his actors rotate roles between Victor Von Frankenstein and the monster. the stage play will star Jonny Lee Miller ( Dexter) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock). The play begins tonight and on March 17th it will be broadcast live by satellite and in hi-def to 370 cinemas across mother Earth, including 85 cities in the U.S. the play will then be broadcast across the UK and Europe beginning March 24th with an estimates 100,000 people watching. The response is so over-whelming they have already extended dates through May.
The National theatre will host Danny Boyle's Frankenstein with 2 camera rehearsals and up to 8 cameras recording the play on the night of the show. He'll sit through a camera run-through and will make suggestions before the show goes live. Here's what David Sabel, NT head of digital media had to say;
“Our biggest problem is always, how can we make this exciting to watch rather than just have one static camera at the back? We’re not making a movie, it’s very much the live experience. This doesn’t feel like a piece of theatre that’s being re-staged for the cinema – you feel incredibly connected to the live performance. Our U.S. audience is growing quite dramatically.”