Stagger over to Obsessed With Film, where I've reviewed BBC3's FRANKENSTEIN'S WEDDING, the horror musical broadcast LIVE from Leeds' Kirkstall Abbey last night, starring David Harewood, Andrew Gower & Lacey Turner.
There’s a sudden appetite for Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to become a transmedia spectacle. Filmmaker Danny Boyle is currently directing an adaptation of the classic Victorian novel for the National Theatre (with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Frankenstein and his Creature), which was also broadcast to selected cinemas around the world. And last night, BBC3 delivered the horror-musical Frankenstein's Wedding (an modern spin on Shelley’s masterpiece), which went out live to the nation from Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey, where 12,000 people had gathered to be part of the performance. Continue reading...
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