In time for spooky season, Eckerd OLLI offers National Theatre's Frankenstein

Here's another entry in the amazing National Theatre series that is part of Eckerd's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute series, this one perfectly appropriate for the season. Frankenstein comes to life before our eyes.

This is an adaptation for the stage of Mary Shelly's 1818 novel, and it is an ambitious undertaking indeed. It was quite the sensation when it premiered in 2011 in London. This is a recording of the live performance. Watch the video above. It's an interview with Danny Boyle, who directed the production. It'll give you some idea of what to expect. Yes, it's the same Danny Boyle who directed the films Slumdog Millionaire and Steve Jobs.

Okay, so here's what happens. Theater lecturer Dedee Aleccia will lead a talk about the National Theatre's production of Frankenstein from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Wednesday, October 26 at the Eckerd College CEC Spoonbill Room. Then, the actual showing of the production will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 28 in the Dan and Mary Miller Auditorium. There are admission charges for both the theater talk and the film, $25 each for non-members.

If  you've never been to any of the Eckerd OLLI series, you owe it to yourself to go. What a community asset.