Quite reasonably, vampire fans expect a theatre production to have some bite, with plenty of gore and violence. It is horror, after all.
But one leading theatre has put a trigger warning on a Dracula show – because it features blood.
Bosses at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, west London, fear audiences may be disturbed – apparently not realising that being disturbed is precisely what the customers are paying for.
Those dusting off their capes to see theatre’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula will be warned: ‘Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s Dracula – based on the novel by Bram Stoker – contains themes of gender-based violence, including visual allusions to sexual assault; death, including of children; blood; abduction; depictions of grief and distress following trauma; the use of weapons; and reference to hanging.’
The theatre adds that the production includes ‘language and scenes that may impact some audience members’.
