Kip Williams’ new stage version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula has cancelled its first three West End preview performances.
Starring Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, Dracula was originally scheduled to start at the Noel Coward Theatre on 4 February 2026, playing until 31 May 2026.
However, producers have now cancelled the first three performances on Wednesday 4 February, Thursday 5 February and Friday 6 February, with the show now starting previews on Saturday 7 February 2026.
To make up for the three cancelled performances, new dates will be added on Saturday 28 February, Saturday 14 March, and Tuesday 17 March. Ticket holders with cancelled dates will be contacted by the theatre’s box office.
As with Kip Williams’ multi-award-winning version of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook, the show combines live video, pre-recorded film and a live performance from Cynthia Erivo for the piece.
The complicated technical nature of the production has led to the initial preview cancellations, with communications to existing customers saying: “As Dracula moves through the final stages of preparation, the technical scale of the production has demanded additional time to ensure audiences experience this story exactly as it is intended.”
Dracula – in rehearsals with Cynthia Erivo. Photo by Danny Kaan
Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo plays Dracula and 22 other roles in this one-person West End play, from the naïve solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray to confidante Lucy Westenra, her suitors, and the formidable vampire hunter Van Helsing, as well as the infamous Count Dracula.
Promising to be a riveting study of the monster within, the play is set in a ruined castle, high in the wilderness, where a mysterious presence is lurking. Is it man or beast? Angel or demon? For centuries, Count Dracula has held his remote corner of the world in a vice-grip of terror. But evil is on the move and the residents of London will soon fall under its bewitching, transformative spell.
The soundtrack for Dracula will feature a mix of classical, contemporary and club music, and Cynthia Erivo is set to sing in the show, performing one song composed by Clemence Williams.
Kip Williams’ production of Dracula was first staged at Sydney Theatre Company in 2024 starring Zahra Newman, and is the final instalment in Kip’s Gothic cine-theatre trilogy that also included The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Williams reunites with Olivier Award-winning designer Marg Horwell and lighting designer Nick Schlieper for the play, in a team that also includes sound designer Jessica Dunn, video designer Craig Wilkinson, composer Clemence Williams, and dramaturg Zahra Newman.
Dracula marks Cynthia Erivo’s return to the West End stage following her Tony Award-winning performance as Celie in The Color Purple in London and New York.
Dracula in London
Dracula is playing at the Noel Coward Theatre from 4 February to 31 May 2026.
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📷 Main photo: Dracula starring Cynthia Erivo. Photo in rehearsals by Danny Kaan
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