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Female
Narrator
The Narrator makes the audience feel welcome, and intervenes now and then to tell a bit of story. This role needs someone with a lot of sparkle - capable of connecting with the grownups and kids. A good singing voice is helpful, but not absolutely critical for this role. Brio more important!
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Songs:
Normal Workaday People
Initial Diagnosis
Don't Be Scared
The Key Song
Finale
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Female (young)
Sapphi Van Helsing, the vampire slayer.
Sapphi is the heroine. Fighting evil and vampires wherever she
finds them, she wins the affection of the audience with ease. Strong singing and
confidence are both a must.
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Songs:
Rich
My First Love (reprise)
Don't Be Scared
The Train Song
The Key Song
Finale
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Male
Doctor John Menzies Renfield
Doctor Renfield, somewhere between youth and middle age,
appears to be a plain local GP for Stratford,
but he has a dark secret. You're looking for someone who can manage both light
character humour to get laughs, but also show the audience a tortured soul
without getting laughs!
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Songs:
Initial Diagnosis
A Second Opinion
The Key Song
Finale
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Male (in drag)
Coco Van Helsing
The pantomime dame and Sapphi's mother. Very poor but at the same
time very avaricious. You'd need a big, camp personality for this part.
Someone who can really play up to the audience. Lots of songs
but it wouldn't need the world's strongest singing voice for this part. Character is more
important.
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Songs:
[Rich]
Turn My Plan Around
Don't Be Scared
[The Train Song]
Fancy Meeting You Here
The Key Song
Finale
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Male (young)
Jonathan Harker
The hero. Jonathan starts out weak and cowardly but eventually finds
his courage. A young man with a lot of stage presence, and a sense
of comedy. Good singing voice is an advantage as Jonathan has a couple of the more dramatic songs.
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Songs:
My First Love
One of the Few
The Key Song
Finale
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Male
Lord Emo Globin
The principal villain in Act I. He storms, threatens, shouts and
struts. A good part for a larger-than-life performer, but someone with a sense of
comedy (you only want to scare the kids so much!). Almost any age suitable.
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Songs:
Turn My Plan Around
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Female
Lucy Lastic
Lucy is Sapphi's best friend. A jolly-hockeysticks schoolgirl type
who gets mad crushes on people like Doctor Renfield. A talent for physical comedy
and a strong singing voice are what this part needs.
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Songs:
Initial Diagnosis
Don't Be Scared
[The Train Song]
A Second Opinion
The Key Song
Finale
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Male
Count Dracula
An evil Transylvanian vampire, guileful, silky and mean. We need
someone who can give us a reasonable cod-Transylvanian accent as well as a versatile
and ideally powerful voice.
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Songs:
The Vamp
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Female (in drag)
Sheerluck Jones
An incompetent detective. Bumbling, bumptious and foolish. Someone
with an "'ello, 'ello, 'ello" accent (we don't mean French), and fast comic delivery.
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Songs:
I Never Get It Wrong
Finale
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Male (young)
PC World
Sheerluck's long-suffering sidekick. He never says anything at all, but
the actor (possibly someone between 11-14) should have a good hangdog expression.
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Songs:
Finale
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Male
Van Helsing
Coco's long lost husband and Sapphi's father. An older man. German (accent optional).
Would suit a character player.
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Songs:
Fancy Meeting You Here
Finale
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