Photo Flash: First Look at BEAUTIFUL MONSTER, Opening Tonight in NYC After UK Run

Skint Productions UK's BEAUTIFUL MONSTER opens this evening at the Gene Frankel Theatre, located on 24 Bond Street. Direct from a sell-out national tour of the UK, the Manchester theatre company arrives New York for a limited engagement 19th to 24th September 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

BEAUTIFUL MONSTER is a daring new play written by Karlton Parris depicting the final hours of the life of iconic Frankensteinauthor, Mary Shelley. On the evening of her expected death, gripped by madness, Mary is visited by the dead, husband and Romantic poet Percy Shelley, their shared lover Lord Byron and arch literary rival John William Polidori, author of the first known vampire fiction, penned the same night as Frankenstein on that now infamous night of ghost stories at Villa Diodati upon the banks of Lake Geneva. As the clock ticks towards Mary's mortality, she recalls epic confrontations, tender friendships, and visions of her younger self, where she is ultimately confronted by the very monster she created.

BEAUTIFUL MONSTER captures the freedom of written and sexual expression the Romantics movement of Byron, Shelley, Keates and Polidori. The UK actors featured, including Liam Selkirk, Edward Darling and Ben Iveson, embody that spirit tackling the erotic nature and homoerotic content with unflinching, brave performances. Working from the premise that all of the sexual content is fuelled through the fantasy and memory of Mary Shelley, it is the male cast that brilliantly portray such content.

Following their NYC run, BEAUTIFUL MONSTER will go into production as an independent UK film, produced by Steve Southern GAS is Music, Media City, UK (previous credits include BBC, ITV, PIXAR), shooting both in England and Wales, Bulgaria and Switzerland, featuring the stage company. The cast also includes Wendy Laurence James, Stevie Skinner, Corin Silva, Amy Forrest, Jack McGarry, and Mollie Jones.

BEAUTIFUL MONSTER opens tonight at The Gene Frankel Theatre, located at 24 Bond St, New York, NY 10012. Performances run from September 19th through the 24th, at 8:00PM. Two 2:00PM matinees will be offered, on September 23rd and 24th. Tickets are available at www.genefrankeltheatre.com or by calling (212) 777-1767.