Drac and Jill (Stage, 2022)

Celebrate 125 years of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with this fast, smart and devilishly funny comedy, from The Wardrobe Theatre

Under the milky glow of the full moon and through the twisted limbs of the Transylvanian woods, strange blood-chilling noises can be heard coming from inside Count Drac’s castle. Far away, within the crumbling walls of a remote hilltop monastery, Sister Frances has dedicated her life to chastity and fetching pails of water. But when a young virgin is bitten, two worlds come tumbling down and it falls to an unlikely hero to uncover the truth and save the necks victim!

Drac & Jill is a fast, smart and devilishly funny comedy from The Wardrobe Theatre, makers of MDH: Puppets Do A Movie, Little Women In Black, Oedipuss In Boots, Reservoir Mogs, Rocky Shock Horror, Goldilock, Stock & Three Smoking Bears and more. Directed by Tom Brennan (The Wardrobe Ensemble), don’t miss this adult comedy mash-up with big belly laughs, original music, unforgettable drama and high stakes action!

“Supercharged.”

★★★★ The Observer

“A rich pop-culture tapestry, stitched together with a fluent cinematic vernacular, comic virtuosity and technical finesse.”

★★★★ The Stage

“There have been many special nights in this most intimate of acting spaces, but director Tom Brennan’s Drac & Jill must rate as one of the best of them – a tour-de-force delivered at a pace beyond the dials – the laughs just keep coming as the bodily fluids keep pumping!”

★★★★★ StageTalk Magazine

“The funniest, crudest, most heart-warming theatre… Do not miss this!”

★★★★★ The Fix

An original production by The Wardrobe Theatre, written and devised by the company

Director – Tom Brennan

Cast – Corrina Buchan, Caitlin Campbell, Tom Fletcher, Alice Lamb

Composer & Sound Designer – Jack Drewry

Designer – Ruby Spencer Pugh

Dramaturg & Producer – Matthew Whittle

Assistant Director – Julia Head

Lighting Design – Chris Collier

2022 Costume Supervisor – Hettie Kitson

Costume Supervisor – Catherine Pilsworth

Movement Director – Lucy Bishop

2022 Co-Producer – Cherie Demmery

Co-Producer – Bebhinn Cronin

Technical Consultants – Wim Penhaul & Gwen Hales

2022 Stage Manager – Niamh Percy

2022 Co-Stage Manager – Tom Pitchers

Stage Manager – Harvey Williams

Set Illustrator – Dimi Shoe

Costume Assistant – Patti Amat

Costumes Hired From – Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Drac & Jill was made with the kind support of Arts Council England