Frankenstein Cabaret: It’s Alive!

  • Sat 23 Aug 21:00 - 22:30
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Frankenstein Cabaret: It’s Alive!

Frankenstein is having its biggest year since 1818, with a reissue featuring a new introduction by Jenni Fagan, and two Hollywood films reawakening Shelley’s gothic classic and its deeply Scottish roots. Tonight, Fagan has stitched together a very-much-alive line-up of writers, musicians, and artists to celebrate, pull apart, and reanimate the ideas, invention, and sheer gothicness of the indelible tale that spawned a thousand other creations. Featuring fabulous host and MC Mystika Glamoor and readings from Jenni Fagan, Ever Dundas & David Bishop, Janette Ayachi, Harry Josephine Giles, and Kirstin Innes.

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Scottish

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