The Edinburgh Dungeon: Mary Shelley’s Monster

Welcome to Edinburgh… where storm clouds gather, and the dead don’t always stay in their graves. A city of gothic spires and echoing closes, of anatomy theatres and whispered experiments. A city that gave Mary Shelley the spark to create a nightmare that still haunts us today. 

Step inside the Anatomy Theatre, if you dare…..

The rain lashes at the windows, thunder rattles the air, and a young writer feverishly scratches her quill across parchment. Mary Shelley has a story to tell; a story born in Scotland’s wild landscapes and Edinburgh’s obsession with science, death, and discovery. 

But this is no ordinary lecture….

Meet Victor, a man consumed by ambition, desperate to bridge the gap between life and death. With stolen limbs, rotting flesh, and a reckless lust for glory, he assembles something unspeakable upon the slab. The stench is foul, the silence unbearable… until the lever slams down. Electricity screams. The body convulses. And then… it breathes.

Will you watch the moment Mary’s nightmare comes alive… or regret ever stepping foot in the theatre?

This isn’t just a ghost story; it’s a collision of history and horror. Mary Shelley’s time in Scotland inspired her dark imagination: the isolation of the islands, the shadows of the graveyards, the spectacle of Edinburgh’s dissecting rooms. Now, more than 200 years later, her Monster rises again in the very city that helped bring it to life.

Are you brave enough to face Mary Shelley’s Monster?

Tickets: Standard from £15 per adult, Anytime Ticket from £28

Date: 11 October - 2 November

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