"A night at the theatre you won’t forget, the type that leaves you with goosebumps and a head full of inspiration."
"Sensational. It’s West End stage worthy."
★★★★★
It’s Byron and Shelley, as you've never seen them before in this Friends meets Frankenstein comedy-drama musical, brought to you by the same company that launched SIX: 1816 is the ultimate origin story of the first modern vampire novel and Frankenstein, where a group of five Romantics get trapped for a summer they'd rather forget in their storm-swept villa by Lake Geneva...
Trapped indoors by torrential rain, legendary writers Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley and their friends, Polidori and Claire search for inspiration by the gloomy Lake Geneva.
Driven by a culmination of boredom and desire for escapism, they undertake the challenge of creating the best ghost story. Weeks of writer's block is overcome, as writing begins in a fervour.
But things fall apart the longer they are stuck together, with tensions slowly beginning to fester. Tormented by their drive and isolation, the group finally splinters, leaving each character to reflect on the heavy cost of their creative ambitions.
Polidori’s diary is brought to life in the 1816: The Year Without A Summer musical.
1816 was originally performed August 6th and 7th as the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society 2025 Camden Fringe musical. Further performances include 30th September - 4th October at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in Camden, and 15th - 18th October at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge.