Following last year’s sell-out performance of Dracula: A Journey into Darkness, Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival returns to the Abbey Theatre so you can sink your fangs deeper into Bram Stoker’s gothic world. 

Lucy Westenra, a beautiful young woman besieged by suitors, suddenly begins to exhibit disturbing symptoms: sleepwalking, inexplicable weakness, and a troubling demeanour, all under the worried gaze of her friend, Mina Murray. Beguiled by the mysterious Count Dracula, Lucy’s transformation unfolds as Dracula himself sails ominously towards England aboard The Demeter.

Lucy’s descent into obsession and destruction is presented in this haunting rehearsed reading which is told through letters, diary entries, telegrams, and more. Vividly brought to life by Killian Coyle, Martha Dunlea, Clare Monnelly, Patrick Ryan and Ben Waddell, this theatrical experience, dripping in intrigue, is accompanied by Tom Lane’s atmospheric soundscape and Suzie Cummins’s dramatic lighting. 

Dracula: Lucy’s Passion will transport you into the heart of Lucy’s dark and passionate saga, highlighting her nocturnal wanderings, churchyard encounters and the spectral ever-presence of Dracula in various guises.

Don’t worry if you missed last year’s staged reading of chapters 1-4, you can pick the story right up as we turn the page on a new part of Stoker’s most famous work.

Please note: Some sections of the chapters covered have been abridged by the director to allow for running time