ABOUT THE COMPANY

Hello! We are WhimsiCo, a female-led theatre company based in Bath who conjure stories, magic, and whimsy with collaborative and ensemble-focused theatre shows!

The heart of WhimsiCo has always rested in the wonder that storytelling can bring. We explored grief, love, identity, and growing up in trying times through poetry, music and prose with our debut show ‘Escape to Wonderland’. Our sophomore show, ‘Grimm’, delved deep into the forest and folklore in collaboration with folk duo Humm. Gothic dreams were born in our third professional theatre show, ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, which saw a battle between loyalty and morality, and the blurring of the line between evil and good. Our love of haunting fairytales and the power of 'Once upon a time' returned us to 'Grimm' once more this past summer.

Now, we are thrilled to present 'Mary's Frankenstein', delving into the darkness of the birth of science fiction, coming to the Rondo Theatre in Bath this November!

ABOUT THE SHOW

“You asked me for a ghost story. Here is one.”

The year without a summer.

The sun has vanished, the rain will not stop, and five young writers are trapped inside Villa Diodati: Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori. To pass the storm-dark nights, Byron proposes a ghost story competition, and Mary begins to write the story that will become Frankenstein.

As the storm outside rages, Mary’s imagination brings Victor Frankenstein and his abandoned Creature to life, blurring the line between the Villa and Mary’s created world…

As WhimsiCo’s second foray into gothic literature, Mary’s Frankenstein is an imaginative new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, interweaving the legendary summer of 1816 with the full story of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature he cannot bear to love. An exciting and inciteful new take on the classic novel, about grief, ambition, artistic creation, and the terrible responsibility of bringing something to life.