Dracula is coming to Darlington

Published: 11 July 2018
Reporter: Peter Lathan

Dracula

A new version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is heading for Darlington Hippodrome in November as part of a national tour by the Touring Consortium Theatre Company. Jenny King writes this new adaptation which will, we are told, be “opulent” and “sexy, dark and thrilling”.

In Transylvania stands the castle of Count Dracula and his three brides, where he feeds on the elixir of young blood to look youthful. From there the play will take the audience on a evil ride as he pursues his victims and encounters Jonathan Harker, Professor Van Helsing and Dr. Seward along the way.

Dracula is produced by Matthew Gale who returns to The Touring Consortium and renews his professional relationship with Jenny King, a relationship which includes collaborations on The Railway Children (Waterloo Station and Toronto) which won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, Slava’s Snow Show (Southbank Centre and touring) and with Mark Goucher A Chorus Line (Palladium) and the UK tour of Hairspray.

Eduard Lewis directs with design by Sean Cavanagh and lighting by Ben Cracknell. Cleo Pettitt is costume designer and music and sound design is by Paul Ewin with Sara Green as movement director.

Illusions are provided by Ben Hart, magician and illusion designer. The Magic Circle’s Young Magician of the Year (2007) designs extensively special effects for theatre, film and television. Recent theatrical credits include Fanny and Alexander (Old Vic), A Christmas Carol (RSC) and The Exorcist (West End).

Casting will be announced later.

The tour opens at the Everyman in Cheltenham (28 September to 6 October 2018) and comes to Darlington Hippodrome from 6 to 10 November.

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