Venue
Theatre Works
St Kilda, VIC
Production company
Stagebugs Productions
Young Frankenstein New Image Website.jpg STAGEBUGS PRODUCTIONS AND THEATRE WORKS PRESENT THE MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN book by MEL BROOKS & THOMAS MEEHAN music and lyrics by MEL BROOKS Original Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman Licensed Exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia) 8 - 24 OCTOBER | THEATRE WORKS With TW 2024.jpg ABOUT With TW 2024.jpg DATES With TW 2024.jpg TICKETS With TW 2024.jpg CREDITS With TW 2024.jpg MEET THE ARTIST With TW 2024.jpg EXTRAS MEL BROOKs' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN BOOK TICKETS VENUE THEATRE WORKS 14 Acland Street, St Kilda DURATION From the outrageous mind of Mel Brooks comes Young Frankenstein, the gloriously silly, lightning-powered musical comedy that celebrates everything wonderfully ridiculous about classic horror and big Broadway spectacle. When the impeccably serious Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (…that’s “Fronk-en-steen,” if you please) inherits his family’s eerie Transylvanian estate, he is determined to distance himself from his grandfather’s notorious experiments. Science should be respectable. Clinical. Sane. Unfortunately for Frederick, destiny has other plans. Enter the ever-eager Igor (yes, “Eye-gor”), the effervescent and stunning Inga, and a castle full of secrets waiting to be accidentally uncovered. One lightning storm and a questionable scientific choice later, Frederick finds himself knee-deep in high-voltage experiments, musical chaos, and a tap-dancing monster with some surprisingly impressive rhythm. What follows is a riot of big laughs, bold characters, campy innuendo, and pure theatrical joy. Featuring showstopping numbers such as “The Transylvania Mania”, “He Vas My Boyfriend”, and the iconic “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, this West End smash hit turns mad science into pure musical magic. Silly, sparkling, and shamelessly over-the-top, Young Frankenstein is a love letter to old-school horror, vintage showbiz, and the art of a perfectly timed punchline. It’s alive… and it’s hilarious.
Performances
This season has finished.