Frankenstein

The story of Frankenstein’s monstrous creation has fascinated artists in many disciplines since Mary Shelley first enshrined the rage and loneliness of the Monster in the public consciousness during the early 19th century. Erik Ehn has pared down Shelley’s text in an interpretation that uses the intense, restrained and stylized acting style of Noh to capture the constricted emotional tone and horror of the play. Design concepts revolve around the contrast of darkness and light, as themes of isolation and obsession contrast those of hope and natural beauty. Frankenstein features a deep ambient score composed by Allen Whitman and fellow musician Suki O’Kane. The duo uses processed voice and other sound sources such as bowed stringed instruments, bells, samplers, drum and other hand percussion in creating a new hybrid vocbulary influenced by the traditions of Noh musical structures.