Dracula: The Untold Story review – a wild gothic thrill ride
by Nick Ahad from on (#5Q5SN)
Leeds Playhouse
For a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog's inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life
Having tackled zombies in its most recent production, Night of the Living Dead - Remix, the Leeds company Imitating the Dog now takes on Dracula. The smart money would be on Frankenstein next to complete a diabolical trilogy.
For a show about the undead, this is bursting with life: theatre as intensely popular culture, with influences from movies such as Sin City, graphic novels including Watchmen and Constantine, and a sensibility heavily redolent of the Cumberbatch Sherlock.
At Leeds Playhouse until 9 October. Then touring.
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