Mark Bruce’s Dracula at Bristol Old Vic – Madame Guillotine

Photo: Farrows Creative.

Being a bit of a goth, you can imagine how delighted I was to be asked along to the press night for Mark Bruce’s superlative and erotic reimagining of Dracula at the Bristol Old Vic. I usually write reviews within a day or so of the performance but my illness means that I’ve fallen a bit behind. Sorry! However, although this show has now moved on from Bristol – it’s currently on tour though (it’s in Manchester on Friday and Saturday this week before moving on to Birmingham next Wednesday) so you should be able to see it elsewhere.

Although I love a bit of gothic horror, I have to say that vampires have never really appealed to me all that much. Possibly my OCD and related fear of the unsanitary renders the whole blood sucking aspect just too horrible or maybe it’s the sleazy widow peaked suaveness of vampires that I find off-putting or possibly I’ve just spent far too much time fending off guys dressed up as Spike from Buffy in goth clubs. Whatever the reason, I think that I’ve always been more of a werewolf girl to be honest. Arrooooo. Ahem. Anyway.

However, my distaste for vampires aside, I thoroughly enjoyed my evening with Dracula, during which I was swept away by some…