Monster! It’s Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein

“Choose life. Choose a stage. Choose the National Theatre. Choose Danny Boyle. Choose a fucking big monster, choose a classic Mary Shelley novel, an adaptation written by Nick Dear, Sir Nicholas Hytner as the artistic director and a central idea by Boyle. Choose a long-standing ambition to direct Frankenstein on the stage, the desire to take creative risks after bagging eight Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire, and a gap in his schedule after directing 127 Hours. Choose a run at the Olivier Theatre, to be precise. Choose an opening date sometime next winter. Choose your cast at some point in the near future. Choose someone who can capture Victor Frankenstein’s mixture of melancholy and madness. Choose a guy who looks good in a monster suit as the Creature. Choose a setting in the 19th century. Choose a play on a 'huge scale', according to Nicholas Hytner, 'a theatrically and visually ambitious event.' Choose going onto Ticketmaster to get tickets for opening night. Choose your future. Choose life...”