The Loft turns gothic: QUT Acting takes on Dracula, in this version of the story that invented modern horror.
Awakened by the unimaginable horrors she's witnessed, Mina Harker demands your attention. You'd be wise to listen close.
The only survivor of the tragic events chronicled in the famous letters, Mina is here to recount her version of Dracula's journey from Transylvania to London. Alongside trusted allies, and in memory of her beloved friend Lucy, they scramble to piece together the truth of his monstrous desires. But is their performance merely a warning – or does it have the power to conjure the dead?
Bram Stoker's novel is built from letters, diaries and newspaper clippings — fragments left by people trying to describe something they can't quite believe. This adaptation keeps that unease and puts it on stage, and QUT's Acting students perform it in the close quarters of the Loft, where atmosphere has to be built from bodies, sound and light rather than spectacle.
It closes the Acting program's Showcase season on Halloween weekend. The Loft, Thursday 29 – Saturday 31 October 2026.
Warnings
Gender-Based Violence: Visual allusions and references to sexual assault and patriarchal oppression.
Trauma and Death: Depictions of death, including children, alongside grief and distress following trauma.
Gore and Stage Effects: Explicit use of blood and atmospheric jump scares.
Thematic Elements: Abduction, the use of stage weapons, and references to hanging.
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