Comedy retelling of Dracula comes to London’s Park Theatre

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Dracapella – a comedy retelling of Dracula featuring a capella renditions of popular rock hits, comes to Park Theatre

Ako Mitchell, Keala Settle, Stephen Ashfield, Lorna Want and world champion beatboxer Alex Hackett, aka ABH are set to star in Dracapella at the Park Theatre 3 December – 17 January 2026.

Written by Dan Patterson (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Mock the Week) and Park Theatre Artistic Director Jez Bond (Whodunnit [Unrehearsed]), Dracapella is a fast, funny and fang-filled farce with more bloody terrible puns than you can shake a stake at.

When Harker sets off to Transylvania to sell a crumbling castle to a mysterious client, he doesn’t expect to wind up in a love triangle – or is that a square? – involving his wife, her best friend, and one very melodramatic vampire.

Things spiral quickly; capes are flung, necks are bitten (accidentally), and a human beatboxer accompanies it all. Featuring a capella covers of hits including Somebody to Love and Eye of the Tiger, Dracapella is an alternative festive treat with comedy, harmony and a whole lot of bite.

The show stars Ako Mitchell as Dracula (Sister Act, The Lion King, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) alongside Oliver Award-winning actors Stephen Ashfield (The Book of Mormon), as Harker, and Lorna Want (Beautiful, The Carole King Musical) as Mina.

Taking the role of Lucy is Keala Settle, the Outer Critics’ Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and the Tony Award nominated actor best known for her role as Lettie Litz in The Greatest Showman.

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Ciarán Dowd, TV actor and composer Philip Pope, and world champion beatboxer Alex Hackett, aka ABH (Frankenstein: How to Make A Monster), join them in multiple roles, and the final cast member has now been announced as Monique Ashe-Palmer (SIX, Standing at the Sky’s Edge).

Director and co-writer Jez Bond said, “We wanted to do something completely different for Christmas at Park Theatre. Dracapella takes the idea of a musical and turns it on its head – or maybe its fangs! The cast and our incredible live beatboxer build the entire sound world on stage, from soaring harmonies to thunderclaps and horse hooves. It’s funny, inventive and all powered by the human voice; the perfect alternative Christmas treat.”