Neptune's Youth Performance Company presents 

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

December 3 - December 14 2025

Villa Diodati - Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Pre-Show Experience

 YPCO 

Join Lord Byron, Percey Shelley, and the rest of their Gothic Horror colleagues at Villa Diodati, an exciting preshow experience to YPCo’s Production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Arrive through Neptune Theatre’s Barrington Street entrance and be guided through the halls of Neptune by the characters that were there the night Mary Shelley began penning the novella, Frankenstein . As you arrive at the VIlla’s Grand Hall, you will join the writers at the bar on their rainy vacation where they entertained themselves by reading fantastical stories and devised their own haunting tales. 

To experience the pre-show fully, arrive between 6 - 6:40 PM.

Content Warning: Fog and Haze, Flashing lights, scary monster, moments of theatrical gore, violence, murder and death. Recommended for ages 12+.

Immersive Production Warning: The venue is a small, intimate theatrical space. This production is designed to feel immersive with the audience feet away from the actors and action. People sitting in the front rows may feel like they are in the room with the characters. 

An eighteen-year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come. 

A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body. Banished into an indifferent world, Frankenstein's creature desperately seeks out his true identity, but the agony of rejection and a broken promise push him into darkness. Dangerous and vengeful, the creature threatens to obliterate Frankenstein and everyone he loves, in a ferocious and bloodthirsty hunt for his maker.

By Mary Shelley Adapted by Rona Munro  

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books