A MONSTER of a dance and theatre show is coming to Caernarfon as part of a tour across Wales this Autumn.

Cascade Dance Theatre hits the road in November with Frankenstein, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece.

The show, on at the Galeri, on Saturday, November 24, coincides with the 200th anniversary of the classic story's first publication.

A little over two hundred years ago, newly-weds Percy and Mary Shelley took a holiday on the banks of Lake Geneva with their friends and fellow writers Lord Byron and John Polidori.

Due to bad weather, the group was consigned to the house for three days and Byron set his friends the challenge of writing the scariest ghost story. Two years later, in 1818, Mary Shelley's story was published to great acclaim as Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus. .

Frankenstein is the cautionary the tale of the monster made of and by man. The new Frankenstein includes a company of five performers and two musicians. Artistic director and choreographer Phil Williams said: “It’s a well-known tale, that has been told countless times over its 200-year lifetime, spanning myriad genres. Everyone is familiar with the green skinned monster with the bolts through his neck. but the story is rarely seen from his perspective."

Tickets for Frankenstein are now available from venue box offices and online. Visit www.cascadedancetheatre.co.uk for full tour details.