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Dracula

by Bram Stoker

in a new version and directed by
Rosie Fiore-Burt

11-14 December 2019

at The Bridewell Theatre

14 Bridewell Lane
London
EC4Y 8EQ

Bram Stoker's Dracula has been adapted countless times: there are more than 200 film versions, and hundreds of adaptations for stage, opera, ballet and television, not to mention a remarkable 18 musicals!  The Count himself is the second most represented character in popular culture, after Sherlock Holmes.

So why a new adaptation? Quite simply because I have never yet seen one which does justice to this remarkable book. Stoker's 1897 novel, told in letters and journal entries, is fast-paced, thrilling and filmic in style.

It deals with issues of religion and sexuality, of power and trust. When I read the book for the first time, I was astonished by its power and modernity.

This brand-new adaptation is as true to Stoker's original novel as I can make it, and we will tell the story using the magical alchemy of theatre and live performance. The play features original music, physical theatre and puppetry. We will take audiences on a breakneck journey from Transylvania to Whitby, from London to Bulgaria and everywhere in between. With a powerful ensemble cast and a menagerie of bats, birds, wolves, dogs, rats and spiders, we hope to bring a little of Stoker's dark magic to Blackfriars in December.

"Listen to the children of the night. What music they make!"

Cast

Dracula                     Pete Franklyn
Van Helsing              Guy Muneesamy
Quincy Morris           Adam Baxter
Sergio Cittadino        Arthur Holmwood
Mina Murray/Harker  Naomi Dunn
Lucy Westenra          Becca Thompson
John Seward            Joseph Scatley
Renfield                    Doug Hopping
Jonathan Harker      Michael Reffold
and
Kate Salinger, Linda Gaskell, Lynn Fidler, Ivan Kirby, Saria Babiker,
Nina Meinzer, Shirley Both, John Irvine, Marien Bazai, Graham Chestney

Tickets available in September.

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2020 Season

Cranford

by Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell

Freely adapted for the stage 
and directed by Robert Alderman

July 2020

London venue to be confirmed

7-11 September 2020
The Minack Theatre, On the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall

Robert Alderman is writing and directing an original adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, which will be performed in London in July 2020 and at the stunning Minack Theatre, on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Penzance in Cornwall.

In Cranford the idiosyncratic but endearing ladies hope to preserve their gentility, lifestyle and social customs from change. They combat the changing world around them. Chief among the setters of norms and customs are the Jenkyns sisters, Miss Deborah and Miss Matty, who are challenged when Captain Brown comes to town with his more worldly approach to life. At the same time Dr Frank Harrison arrives to assist Dr Hoggins but ends up opposing the older doctor who is set in his ways. The unmarried ladies of the town vie for his affections but his heart is set on Sophy Hutton, the vicar's daughter.

The tranquillity of the town is disturbed by tragedy, blooming romance and comic mishaps.

Cast

Deborah Jenkyns/ Lady Glenmire        Liz Kogan
Mathilda Jenkyns                                  Margaret Johnson
Mary Smith                                            Mary Crabtree
Dr Frank Harrison                                  Matthew Pert
Dr Hoggins                                            Colin Joseph
Miss Pole                                               Lynn Fidler
Mrs Forrester                                         Carol Wakefield
Mrs Jamison                                          Kate Salinger
Miss Tomkinson                                     Linda Gaskell
Caroline Tomkinson                               Clare Janew
Sophy Hutton                                         Naomi Smallwood
Revd. Hutton/Johnson                           Geoff Prutton
Captain Brown                                       Adam Baxter
Jessie Brown                                         Caroline Knell
Mrs Rose                                                Samantha Charles
Martha                                                    Emily Carmichael
Jem Hearn                                              Edwin Coutts
Peggy/Mrs Brunoni                                 Mary Groom
Holbrook/Muliner/Roberts                      John Savage
Dr Jack Marshland/
Sedan Chair Carrier 1/Workman 1        Max Donen
Major Gordon/Peter Jenkyns
Sedan Chair Carrier 2/Workman 2         Pete Franklyn

London Tickets available in May 2020
Minack Theatre Tickets available in January

Last updated::  29 July 2019