Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The Musical to transfer to Liverpool Playhouse this Christmas
Credit: Steph Pyne
Hope Mill Theatre has announced that their production of Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL will transfer to Liverpool Playhouse for a limited five-week run over the Christmas season from 3 December 2025 – 3 January 2026.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will have its regional premiere at Hope Mill Theatre from 10 October-30 November, prior to the Liverpool run where casting is to be announced.
CEO of Hope Mill Theatre, William Whelton, said: “We are thrilled to be taking YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN the Musical to Liverpool Playhouse this Christmas. This production marks the Regional Premiere of this hit musical and what better way to share it regionally than with audiences in Manchester and Liverpool. This transfer also marks another Hope Mill production running out of our home venue over Christmas and what we hope will be the beginnings of a wonderful collaboration with the team at the Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatre.”
Adapted by Mel Brooks from his legendary 1974 film starring Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN tells the story of the grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronk-en-steen") who inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore"), and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.
Every bit as relevant to audience members who will remember the original as it will be to newcomers, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN has all the panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair added. It will surely be the perfect opportunity for a production company to showcase an array of talents. With such memorable tunes as ‘The Transylvania Mania’, ‘He Vas My Boyfriend’ and ‘Puttin' on the Ritz’ by Irving Berlin, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is scientifically proven, monstrously good entertainment.
Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN has a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, orchestrations by Doug Besterman & Mark Cumberland and original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. This production will have direction and choreography by Nick Winston, musical direction and co-musical supervision by Francesca Warren, set design by Sophia Pardon, orchestrations and co-musical supervision by Charlie Ingles, sound by Ben Harrison, lighting by Aaron J Dootson, video and projection design by Matt Powell, costumes by Lorraine Parry, wigs and make-up design by Nicola Thorp, and casting by Jim Arnold CDG.