WADEBRIDGE: Town Hall

Saturday 9th November, 2024

6:30pm

Event information

David Mynne
Veteran Cornish actor, storyteller and a founder member of Kneehigh.

DRACULA: the Vampyr
I am the last of my kind. Let them pursue me to the ends of the earth; I
shall be waiting…
Following the success of David’s first show, Great Expectations, Dracula was born.
Now, ten years later, it’s time for the Count to rise once more…
Beware. He is unearthed, and he is coming. Keep your windows locked and
garlanded with garlic!
Written and performed in our inimitable and irreverent style, this revised adaptation of Stoker’s famous gothic horror brings you a better and battier one-man performance of Dracula: the Vampyr!
There are bats. And more bats. Garlic and gore galore. Vicious vampirellas and a psychiatrist who smokes a pipe!
Be warned: this monstrous, unnatural and utterly batty tale of the undead will thrill and beguile you!
It’s Dark! It’s Disturbing! It’s Daft!

The team that brought you 'The Odyssey', 'Canterbury Tales' and 'A Christmas Carol' have got their teeth into Bram Stoker’s classic tale of the vampire. Devised and written in their inimitable, irreverent style to bring you a better and bloodier one-man performance of Dracula: the Vampyr!

Reviews from the first tour:

It's a terrific show, charming, funny, beautifully told, and suitably scary. Stoker's
gothic novel has been perfectly pared down by writer Andrew McPherson, sharply directed by Simon Harvey, and Mynne's performance is exquisite: a masterclass in the telling of tales, it needs to be seen.
Ciaran Clarke: Arts End of Nowhere

AS BRILLIANT as it is batty, this production is a triumph for all concerned. Who else would even dream of bringing us a piece of theatre centred around blood in which not a drop of it is seen to be spilled, other than David Mynne and Simon Harvey who gave us the award-winning Great Expectations?
...Not to be missed, you'll be sorry if you do.
Frank Ruhrmund: Western Morning News

...But, radio fans, it is the remarkable sound effects that steal this show... all made by Mr Mynne with his very own mouth. The bats are easy: “flap, flap, squeak, flap, flap”. But he also creates an entire shaving routine and a complicated blood transfusion using just his bare hands and an array of fearsome vocal effects that might interest the makers of Dr Who.
And having buffed up our imaginations, he then conducts a whole scene usingjust the shadow of his finger tips before an illuminated globe...
This is a sensationally simple show. Forget CGI. It’s a faithful telling of the whole,gory story with unbounded ingenuity, magical mimicry and wicked wit; an absolute treat which had the whole audience on its feet, baying for more.
Christopher Lee: (No. Not that one!) Shropshire Events

Original story by Bram Stoker
Script by Simon Harvey and David Mynne
Directed by Simon Harvey
Performed by David Mynne

Suitable for adults and older children (12yrs+)

The show lasts 70 mins plus an interval.
Bar/tea/coffee available.
Please bring cash for a raffle to support 'Concern Wadebridge'

Tickets (without the extra 8% to WeGotTickets!) can also be bought at face value from local shops in Wadebridge (Krazy Kards and The Wadebridge Bookshop) and on the door (if there are any left....)

Venue information

WADEBRIDGE: Town Hall

0	The Platt Wadebridge PL27 7AQ
>	www.wadebridge-tc.gov.uk
!	01208812643
`	Accessible venue. Bar available at all relevant North Coast Arts events. No parking on site. Just over the road the Jubilee Road car park is a pay & display car park. Charges apply 8am-6pm Mon-Sat (Sundays & Bank Holidays chargable between Good Friday-31 Oct).