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Touring play adding new bite to Dracula
AN acclaimed touring theatre company, Point Blank, is to come to Whitby with a fun, fast paced, family show promising to shed new light on the Dracula legend.
"Many people come to Whitby imagining they might find Dracula's final resting place so we made this our starting point," artistic director Steve Jackson told the Whitby Gazette.
Here Lies Dracula follows a stuffy archaeologist digging around Whitby for the truth behind the real historical figure of Dracula.
She is on a Da Vinci Code-style mission to connect Dracula to the Vikings who settled in Whitby.
Mayhem starts when the archaeologist falls foul of a celebrity psychic. He puts her under a trance and starts to tell the story of Dracula using her, the audience and an odd assortment of props.
Performer Stewart Lodge said: "One of the highlights is when we get the audience to pump blood back into one of Dracula's victims.
"It's got something for everyone; new perspectives on Whitby history and legend; cheeky humour and eerie moments of mystery."
The company has long been inspired by Whitby and is grateful for the local support which has been offered to get the show up and running.
They thank everyone from the port manager to staff at the Coliseum, the Pavilion and the Mission to Seafarers Centre in Haggersgate for their support.
As well as being drawn to Whitby for its outstanding beauty, the team say the more they visit the town, the more they feel a sense of mystery and intrigue.
An array of local legends have crept into the show and offer surprising clues for what might be a true grave of the child of the dragon, or Dracula, as he is better known.
Performances are:
* Friday and Saturday, The Bandstand in Pier Road, 11am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm.
* Sunday, Whitby Pavilion, 3pm.
* Monday, Coliseum, 2pm; The Mission to Seafarers Centre, 6pm.
All tickets are available in advance from Whitby Tourist Information Centre in Langborne Road.
They are priced 5 adults, 3 children and a family ticket costs 13. The Bandstand performance will in an enclosed area and the ticket charge will still apply.
All proceeds will go to support Point Blank's charitable work in schools across the region.
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