imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse to stage new radical adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic tale DRACULA

imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse have announced a radical new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel, Dracula: The Untold Story, premiering in Leeds from 25 September-9 October 2021.

This enduring tale will be told from the perspective of Mina Harker, the novel's heroine, and is written/directed by imitating the dog’s co-artistic directors Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks.

New Year’s Eve, 1965, London, England. Just before midnight, as revellers celebrate the beginning of another year, a young woman enters Marylebone Police Station and confesses to a brutal murder.

She claims to be Mina Harker, the last living survivor of the intrepid group that brought about Count Dracula’s destruction some 70 years before. But Mina Harker has not been seen since 1901. And if she were alive, she would be ninety years old.

Co-Director and Artistic Director of imitating the dog, Andrew Quick, said: “It’s extremely exciting to be working on this new adaptation of Dracula. We are doing something quite different with the story, coming at it afresh. We have great respect for Bram Stoker’s original storyline, and we do revisit it a lot in our production. But I think this version is relevant to our times and we cannot wait to be in front of audiences again. It’s been too long.” 

The production will be designed by Laura Hopkins, with projection and video design by Simon Wainwright, lighting by Andrew Crofts and original music composed by James Hamilton.

Casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

Following its premiere at Leeds Playhouse, Dracula: The Untold Story will then tour to Liverpool Playhouse, Dukes Lancaster, Watford Palace Theatre, Mercury Theatre Colchester and The Lowry, Salford Quays.  

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