'These creatures need blood, yeah? And anything somebody needs has a price.'
1893. A woman falls sick at her wedding and starts to have violent nightmares. A missing man is discovered in a convent in Bucharest. A sea captain's body is recovered from a shipwreck with a deep wound to his neck.
2026. Millie is in mourning for her sister, but suddenly Lorna is alive again – and she's feeling very thirsty.
Tatty Hennessy's bold and bloodthirsty adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula is a time-hopping exploration of fear, consumption and greed. It was first performed by the National Youth Theatre in 2026, directed by Atri Banerjee – and offers a feast of theatrical possibilities for other companies.
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'Hennessy deftly balances traditional horror elements with an almost defiantly tender look at the inner worlds of what we decide to call monsters'
" - Theatre Weekly
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'Bold, bloody… genuinely funny, without undercutting the horror'
" - A Youngish Perspective
