What I liked
The new take on a classic tale and the fight scenes
What I didn't like
Because this is an immersive environment and you move from room to room as scenes play out, there are times when the sight lines are problematic for some people due to the size of the audience. This only happened to me personally twice and I was able to maneuver my way through to see, but some people missed entire scenes due to that issue. I’m not saying this makes this a bad show, it doesn’t at all. It’s really well done and overall you will not have an issue, but audience flow could definitely be improved for certain scenes.
My overall impression
Dracula is a tale told many times over and in the 120 years since Bram Stoker had written it, there have been many variations on it. “The Rise and Fall of Dracula” is one of these variations. In the version, there is no Count Dracula, but a Madame Dracula. It’s a lesson to people that need to understand how gender means nothing when it comes to such an iconic name and legend.
The show has it all…love, violence, blood, betrayal, etc. The stand out for me is the violence because of the fighting. The fight scenes, taking place in such a small area, with no audience member getting accidentally touched, were so impressive. There were beautiful moments with a tinge of darkness as well within this show.
