Only very seldom does a novel have such impact that it transcends fiction and becomes myth. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of that select company. The novel is a gripping thriller, a horror story, a tragedy and above all an exploration of the split personality that we surely all feel lies within us, and with this the choice between good and evil.

The tale is dramatised with the unique theatrical style, combining dynamic physical theatre with a film like score and draw on the style of Victorian melodrama, detective thrillers and silent film to create an exciting and accessible piece of theatre that will reveal the dark heart of this extraordinary novel.

"He put the glass to his lips, and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth;—he seemed to swell-his face became suddenly black and the features began to melt and alter-"O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again; for there before my eyes— pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored from death-there stood Henry Jekyll !"