⭐ FRANKENSTEIN: HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER – BEATBOX MUSICAL FILM ADAPTATION ANNOUNCED ⭐
Battersea Arts Centre & BAC Beatbox Academy’s original musical film, Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster, will receive its world premiere on BBC Four, it has been announced.
Originally devised for the stage, the live show Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster was a huge hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is re-imagined for the screen this Halloween.
In BAC Beatbox Academy’s hit show, six talented performers interpret Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein from their own perspective as young people growing up in 21st-century Britain.
Two hundred years after the 18-year-old Mary Shelley wrote the text, these young artists explore how modern monsters are created in today’s society. This musical film is part performance, part documentary, with the cast’s voices as the only instruments.
Bringing their own interpretation of the Frankenstein story to life with a dazzling array of vocal talents including rap, beatboxing and song, the cast create a breathtaking musical soundscape filled with memorable original tracks.
The film is co-created by the cast, emerging artists ABH (Alexander Belgarion Hackett), Aminita (Aminita Francis), Glitch (Nadine Rose Johnson), Grove (Beth Griffin), Native The Cr8ive (Nathaniel Forder-Staple) and Wiz-RD (Tyler Worthington), the production’s co-directors Conrad Murray (High Rise eState of Mind) and David Cumming (SpitLip’s Operation Mincemeat), and the award-winning film-maker Geej Ower (Alone Together).
Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 25th October at 11pm and available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.
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Source – https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/beatboxers-create-a-monster-movie/
