Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors combines what would appear to be two of Menier Chocolate Factory boss David Babani’s two main, already overlapping predilictions: full-throttle farce and sexy New York cabaret. Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen it is – as you would imagine – a spoof of Bram Stoker’s immortal Victorian vampire novel that has gone down a treat off-Broadway (original production pictured). Here Dracula is a preening pansexual vampire caught in an eternal life crisis, only to be jolted out of it by the arrival Jonathan Harker, an English soliciter with a hot fiancee. Naughty and pun-filled, it’s probably not all that scary, but does look like an irrevent good time. US star James Daly will reprise his role as the vampiric Count alongside a British cast that includes Charlie Stemp as Harker.