A silent screening of the iconic 1931 film Frankenstein, accompanied by artist Ocean Stefan performing the entire soundtrack using just their voice. Dialogue, music, sound effects - everything.
A reverse lip-synch, an audio re-dub, a reanimated monstrosity!
This is a cross-genre experiment in being many things at once. It's a hilarious and oddly satisfying way to encounter a movie. It's an endurance feat. It's a trans manifesting.
And it is alive.
The Monster Speaks is a series of pop-up performances in which Ocean vocally over-dubs famous monster films, masked by nothing but a mic.
Start your Hallowe'en celebrations by joining us for TMS: FRANKENSTEIN, which marks the launch of the The Monster Speaks project.
“Life is mutation and multiplicity.”
Paul B. Preciado - Can The Monster Speak? (2021)
The Monster Speaks project is borne from Ocean Stefan's 2023 theatre piece, Monster Show, which is part 1 of The Extinction Trilogy.
Praise for Ocean Stefan's work:
"What’s most captivating…is the way in which it breaks all the rules whilst adhering to every single one” La Fomo
"Challenges, disrupts and excites" LondonTheatre1
“Arresting and brilliant" CityAM