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Watch Jonny Lee Miller as The Creature in NT’s FRANKENSTEIN!

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Filmed live in 2011 from the stage of the National Theatre in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by more than 800,000 people in cinemas around the world.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), this production of Frankenstein sees Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) as the creature and Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, Hamlet, Sherlock) as Victor Frankenstein.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal

This filmed performance is recommended for ages 12 and up. This recording has been adjusted for YouTube.

The lead pair also performed the roles in inverse, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein.

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Gabi Bergman

Gabi Bergman is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and is the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a Double Arts degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies and a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). Gabi has always been an avid lover of theatre, specifically musicals, and spends way too much money than she’d like to admit on tickets. Her most prized possession is her crate of theatre programs.

Gabi Bergman

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