A show inspired by Shelley's famous novel which, shunning all romantic charm offers a grotesque and frenzied vision of the dramatic story of the Doctor and his creature.

Poor Doctor Frankenstein, so talented, surrounded by ambitious scientists who whispering flattery in his ear as Mephistopheles did to Faust, sow in him the omnipotent and criminal seed of the desire for Power.

A zany, coarse and at the same time rigorous show in which, in the vortex of a politically incorrect hullabaloo, dance theatre, the Grand Guignol, the visions of Artaud, the plague of television and carnival are all fused together.

Poor Doctor Frankenstein, so ridiculous that the man in the street confuses him with his creature and says "Frankenstein" when he refers to the Monster to which he gave life. Thus, as in a paradoxical and symbolic conjuring trick, humanity confuses the Creator with the Created.

A show that generates chaos, that chaos which is today's history and which, desperately pursuing a correct, plausible dramatic line, can only finish in chaos.

Poor Doctor Frankenstein, who, like a dazed, bungling dangerous clown, lets everything slip from his hand and whose perfect creature reveals himself to be criminal, powerful, terrible, indomitable and one who, as he has learned from his master, wants more, always more, and who has a thirst for blood and revenge.

A show that is also a reflection on theatre, on the love for art; which acts as a play of mirrors between the desperate run-ups of political affairs and intellectuals that represent it and the premonitions of Camus and Artaud that impose a choice on us: the final choice between Plague, the fruit of our omnipotent and discriminatory monstrosity, and Diversity, as a patrimony of liberty and individual and collective creation.

Name of play: "Frankenstein"

Length:60 minutes (no interval)

Place of Performances:Square or street closed to traffic and with no parked cars or other vehicles; compact, hard ground with no obstacles and/or steps.The performance can take place also in great buildings (like hangars, sports halls or similar) previous preliminary examination or ducumentation of suitability.

Performance area dimensions: 35 m x 12 m

Set building time:5 hours (the morning of the performance)

Set removal time:3 hours (immediately after performance)

The play starts after sunset.

During the building of the set, the place of performance must be reserved exclusively for the Company.

Access to the area required for one lorry (height 3.40m, width 2.50 m, total weight 7.5 t) and one van. The Organiser must obtain the necessary permits.

Electricity connection:
380 V / 63 A - 35 KW (three-phase + neutral + earth) no further than 30 m from the center of the performance area.

Darkness:
The lighting is an important part of the play.
We therefore need darkness during the performance.
At the end of the play we will need enough light to take down the set.

Personnel:
2 Technicians for unloading / building / removal / loading and, if necessary, for surveillance during the performance.
1 Electrician for connecting up the lights (at the start of building the set) and for switching the audience lights on and off before and after the performance.
1 Manager with the power to take decisions.

Dressing rooms:
One room next to the performance area for use as a dressing room and for the preparation of the costumes, with electricity, shower and toilet facilities. The room will be used throughout the entire day of the performance.

Steps or chairs must be put up along the sides of the performance area for seating the audience.

Please inform us of any technical problems at least two weeks before the date of the performance.