Blackeyed Theatre release first look production images for their 2024/25 touring production of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic thriller, Dracula, adapted by Nick Lane.
This major national tour opened at Harrogate Theatre on Thursday 12 September before transferring to Derby, where Hamilton Dean’s 1924 production of Dracula marked the first official appearance on stage of Stoker’s iconic title character. The production will then visit theatres across the UK until May 2025.
The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and media innovation. Poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown and the shock of the new world, an altogether darker fear is emerging. As a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, led by Professor Van Helsing, are plunged into an epic struggle for survival.
Stretching from London, through provincial England, to the mountainous wastes of Transylvania, Bram Stoker’s timeless gothic thriller embodies the struggle to break taboos, resist temptation and stop the unknown outside becoming the enemy within.
Adapted by Nick Lane, this brilliant, theatrical treatment of Bram Stoker’s adventure blends Victorian gothic with the contemporary, showcasing Blackeyed Theatre’s trademark ensemble performance style and featuring a haunting soundscape, powerful performances and innovative design for an exhilarating theatrical experience.
The cast of six includes Maya-Nika Bewley (Offie nomination Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit) playing the roles of Mina Harker / Dr Hennessey, David Chafer (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and The Importance of Being Earnest – Theatre Mill) playing the roles of Abraham van Helsing / Count Dracula, Richard Keightley (Ben and Imo – Royal Shakespeare Company, Watch on the Rhine – Donmar Warehouse, Twelfth Night – National Theatre) playing the roles of Dr John Seward / Count Dracula, Pelé Kelland-Beau (Painkiller and Run – Theatre Royal Stratford East) playing the roles of Jonathan Harker / Quincey Morris, Marie Osman (Aromatherapy – Talawa Theatre Company, Nowhere To Run – Hampstead Theatre, Babe, The Sheep Pig – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) playing the roles of Lucy Westenra / Renfield and Harry Rundle (Harry Potter & The Cursed Child – Palace Theatre, Florian Zeller’s The Son – Duke of York Theatre) playing the roles of Arthur Holmwood / Count Dracula.
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