Now this is a little harder to review, as its a recording of something your suppose to be seeing on a stage. That might not sound like a reason for this to be 'hard', but they're really too different experiences. Cinema's and Theater's do have a different atmosphere about that, and while a film production is able to duck and weave around the action to constantly give you a good view, a stage production has to make more of a impact based on your static angle, and also, no one in they're right mid would pull out a god damn mobile phone in a theater.
So I'll keep this short, NTL's Frankenstein is directed by Danny Boyle, adapted for the stage by Nick Deer, and Stars Benedict
Cumberbatch (Sherlock in BBC's modern Day Sherlock) and Johnny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes in Americans attempt to transplant the detective to modern day America). The fun part of this is,
Cumberbatch and Miller alternate roles between Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Last year i saw Miller as the Creature and Cumberbatch as Frankenstein, and today i saw the other take. Love'd it.
The set and Costume designs are brilliant, although, i could see the ends of Cumberbatch's bald cap at a couple of points. Both actors do brilliantly in they're roles, and i'm honestly interested in seeing it again. Here's hoping they pop it out on DVD. (The National Theatre Live website states that for the time being, they're wont be any, as the performers contracts didn't stipulate it)
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