Staines Prep’s Dracula Show Rocks Shepperton

8th July 2009

Staines Prep School’s Year 6 this week transformed the John Crook Theatre at Halliford School, Shepperton, for a musical horror-crime drama, the Dracula Rock Show by Malcolm Sircom.
In two performances on 7th and 8th July, Dracula was summoned from his one hundred year sleep by his night creatures, the zombies and vampires, rumbling with discontent. Up on the surface, Inspector Shirley Holmes and her police squad foiled a devious scam planned by master criminal and Holmes’ arch enemy, the evil Professor Moriarty.
The cast comprised all 55 members of Year 6, with 18 lead characters and roles for the remainder as zombies, vampires, criminals and police. Months of work went into the production following auditions held in February for the main parts of Dracula, Moriarty, Shirley Holmes, Quasimodo and Mrs Peterson, housekeeper.
Staines Prep School music teacher Karen Tudor-Owen co-directed the performance with Deputy Head Malcolm Amiss. School Registrar Natasha Tait’s husband Graham, a sound engineer, provided realistic sound effects – from doorbells to footsteps, thunder and lightning along with parent Steve Durrell who provided professional sound and lights on both nights.
Mr Amiss said, “The cast and crew have been working extremely hard to ensure a polished performance and we were delighted with the support from everyone who came.”

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