Frankenstein's Wedding facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Frankenstein's Wedding
Genre	Drama Horror Musical
Written by	Chloe Moss
Directed by	Colin Teague Executive producers = Pat Connor & Meredith Chambers
Starring	Lacey Turner Andrew Gower David Harewood
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Executive producer(s)	Meredith Chambers Richard Fell Eleanor Moran
Producer(s)	Tony Followell
Running time	85 mins
Release
Original network	BBC Three
Original release	19 March (2011-03-19) – 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21)

Frankenstein's Wedding (also known as Frankenstein's Wedding… Live in Leeds) is a live musical drama based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The show was broadcast live on BBC Three on 19 March 2011 from Kirkstall Abbey.

Summary

The show followed the same story line as Shelley's novel, however it was based mostly around the night of Victor Frankenstein's wedding. An audience of 12,000 watch from Kirkstall Abbey as Victor and Elizabeth Lavenza get married. Throughout the event scenes which had been filmed prior were shown, mainly focusing on Frankenstein's monster. There were moments in which the cast sang well known songs, including Andrew Gower performing the song "Wires" by Athlete.

Cast

• Lacey Turner as Elizabeth 'Liz' Lavenza
• Andrew Gower as Victor Frankenstein
• David Harewood as The Creature
• Mark Williams as Alphonse Frankenstein
• Jemima Rooper as Justine Mortiz
• Andrew Knott as Henry
• Pearce Quigley as Uncle Alfred "Fred" Frankenstein
• Gary Carr as Giles
• Michael Higgs as a Detective
• Anthony Lewis as a Policeman