THE Performing Arts students at Arts University Bournemouth have two more productions between now and the end of term – Frankenstein at the Palace Court Theatre on 13th and 14th November, and Twelfth Night at their theatre on the Wallisdown Campus from 3rd to 5th December.

Frankenstein is directed by Helen Watts, who adapted the story some years ago for her Dorset Corset company. It provides a captivating insight into how the gothic horror classic came to be written by Mary Shelley. Set in 1816, the play features the real people who surrounded the conception of Frankenstein: Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley, who were staying together near Lake Geneva. The main characters from the novel appear as the drama unfolds.

The monster and the legend live on, casting a dim light on the growing tensions between humanity and monstrosity. It is performed in the historic Palace Court Theatre, just yards from Mary Shelley’s grave in St Peter’s Churchyard, on Friday 13th at 7.30pm and Saturday 14th at 2.30 and 7.30pm.

Alex Byrne directs Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night on the AUB Campus on the first weekend in December 2026.

When twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck the stage is set for a whirlwind of mistaken identities, tangled affections and romantic misadventures. Disguised as a young man, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino, who is pining for the love of Olivia. When Viola, AKA Cesario, falls for the lovelorn Duke, and then Olivia falls for Cesario, it leads to a sparking a comic chain reaction of unrequited love, unexpected desire and unruly chaos in the land of Illyria.

See it at the studio theatre at the Arts University Bournemouth campus at 7.30 from Thursday to Saturday, with a 2.30 Saturday matinee.