Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom
From: Tuesday, 15th November 2011
To: Saturday, 3 December 2011
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Synopsis
Bram Stoker's most famous tale gets an infusion of music, naughtiness and slapstick comedy as Jonathan Harker is tempted by the evil Count and a love of all things showbiz. But will he overcome temptation and stop Dracula's vile plans to marry Lucy, take over the world and star in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? The stakes are high, but if they win the day they shall rid the world of a villain and be immortalised in drama by actors in north London?
Our Review:
21 November 2011
The boys from Last Chance Saloon may not yet be rivalling Robert Pattinson for a portion of his army of screaming fans, but as their natty take on the father of all blood suckers attests, they soon may be.
These boys have charm, and oodles of it. Don’t believe the slightly hokey promotional material (which looks like an irony free B-Movie poster) Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom positively drips in knowing humour. This is a very cheerful carry on about Count Vlad and whilst the paper thin plot makes no pretensions to be anything other than that, the knockabout style is imaginative, at parts clever and most importantly, often very funny.
Sam Dunham, Jack Faires and Simon Naylor whirl us through the story of Jonathan Harker, Count Dracula and Van Helsing at a breakneck pace. Traditional comedy hooks are employed shamelessly (Naylor as a rather butch Mina is an expected but giggly revelation) but there is a lot of original subversion of this age old tale too. A stage...
Cast
Jack Faires (Dracula)
Sam Dunham (Jonathan Harker)
Simon Naylor (Van Helsing)
Creative
Last Chance Saloon (Company)
Mitch Mitchelson (Director)
Simon Egerton (Musical Director)
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