Vampires Rock

Published Friday 28 September 2007 at 12:10 by Mark Ritchie

In a nutshell, an innocent singer called Pandora Rosie Honeybox, played by the lissom Emily Clark, turns up for an audition for the job of singer in the band at the Club Live and Let Die in New York in the year 2030.

The naive Pandora, who arrived to audition complete with her lunchbox, is soon deflowered by the owner of the club Baron Von Rockula, (Steve Steinman) who rather inconveniently turns out to be a vampire.

After some initial blood-letting, other similarly toothed members of his band descend frantically on the unfortunate Pandora in order to continue the feeding frenzy.

There are humorous asides from a servile and frankly pervy manager of the club, scene-stealingly played by Mike Taylor, as well as renditions of various rock anthems from Steinman and a red hot live rock band.

Two vampish rock chicks, played by Sherren Webb and Zela St Wilde, complete the ghoulish picture, in a production show which is reportedly doing brisk business on its autumn tour.

So, is the future of production shows such as this based around specific musical genres?

Well possibly, as long as the plot is preposterous enough and the cast are as well prepared as this one.

After a huge contribution from the band, and in particular from ex-Twisted Sister guitarist Eddie O’Jeda, all the standing, clapping, singing and cheering audience in Halifax really needed was a rendition of Bat Out of Hell and a happy ending.

They got both and, when Pandora and the Baron were wed, instead of “You may kiss the bride”, the Baron was informed, “You may bite the bitch”. Great fun!

Production information

Management:: Stuart Littlewood and Rockman Music Ltd in association with Handshake Ltd
Cast:: Steve Steinman, Emily Clark, Mike Taylor
Website:: www.vampiresrock.com

Production information can change over the run of the show.

Run sheet

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham: May 20 2004
Princess Torquay: July 16 2004
White Rock Hastings: July 17 2004
Pavilion Rhyl: September 4 2004
New Hull: September 30-October 2 2004
Palace Newark: October 3 2004
Palace Redditch: October 9 2004
Derngate, Royal & Derngate Northampton: October 22 2004
Playhouse Epsom: November 15-16 2004
Grand Lancaster: November 19-20 2004
Derngate, Royal & Derngate Northampton: January 14 2005
Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea: January 20 2005
White Rock Hastings: January 30 2005
City Hall Salisbury: February 11 2005
Roses Tewkesbury: February 19 2005
Swan High Wycombe: March 10 2005
Anvil Basingstoke: March 16 2005
Camberley Theatre Camberley: June 9 2005
Hippodrome Bristol: June 13 2005
Forum Billingham: September 3 2005
New Hull: September 15-17 2005
Palace Newark: September 30 2005
Hallam FM Arena Sheffield: October 26 2005
Arena Nottingham: October 28 2005
Evening News Arena Manchester: October 30 2005
Grand Wolverhampton: November 5 2005
Pavilion Rhyl: November 27 2005
Wyvern Swindon: February 1 2006
Hall for Cornwall Truro: February 2 2006
Playhouse Epsom: February 16 2006
Memorial Frome: March 11 2006
Princes Hall Aldershot: April 20 2006
Playhouse Weston Super Mare: June 10 2006
Palace Newark: October 7 2006
Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea: October 12 2006
City Hall Hull: October 26 2006
Princess Torquay: November 2 2006
City Hall Salisbury: November 11 2006
Hippodrome Bristol: November 12 2006
Swan High Wycombe: September 8 2007
Pavilion Bournemouth: September 10 2007
Belgrade Coventry: September 15 2007
Assembly Hall Tunbridge Wells: September 20 2007
Hippodrome Bristol: September 21 2007
Embassy Skegness: September 22 2007
Civic Doncaster: September 25 2007
Victoria Halifax: September 27 2007
Grand Lancaster: September 28 2007
Stables Milton Keynes: September 29 2007
Palace Manchester: October 4 2007
Forum Twenty Eight Barrow-In-Furness: October 5- 6 2007
Music Hall Aberdeen: October 7 2007
Royal Concert Hall Glasgow: October 8 2007
Palace Mansfield: October 10 2007
New Hull: October 12-13 2007
Civic Hall Bedworth: October 17 2007
Grand Opera House York: October 18 2007
Theatre Royal St Helens: October 20 2007
St David's Hall Cardiff: October 24 2007
Broadway Peterborough: October 26 2007
Corn Exchange King's Lynn: October 27 2007
Civic Hall Wolverhampton: October 30 2007
Playhouse Edinburgh: October 31 2007
Empire Sunderland: November 2 2007
Winter Gardens Blackpool: November 3 2007
Royal Concert Hall Nottingham: November 8 2007
Derngate, Royal & Derngate Northampton: November 9 2007
Winter Gardens Margate: November 11 2007
Auditorium Grimsby: November 15 2007
Alexandra Birmingham: November 16 2007
Palace Newark: November 17 2007
Royal Spa Centre Leamington Spa: November 18 2007
White Rock Hastings: November 22 2007
Futurist Scarborough: November 24 2007
Guild Hall Preston: November 25 2007
Sands Centre Carlisle: November 30 2007
Majestic Retford: December 1, September 12
Stables Milton Keynes: September 13
Civic Doncaster: September 17
Opera House Buxton: September 29, 29
Anvil Basingstoke: October 1
Corn Exchange Bedford: October 2
Embassy Skegness: October 3
Corn Exchange King's Lynn: October 4
Hippodrome Bristol: October 6
Mechanics Burnley: October 8
Pavilion Bournemouth: October 11
Theatre Royal Norwich: October 12
Palace Manchester: October 15
Palace Mansfield: October 16-17
Civic Hall Bedworth: October 23
Alexandra Birmingham: October 24
International Centre Harrogate: October 25
Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton: October 26
Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea: October 29
Royal Concert Hall Nottingham: October 30
Regent Ipswich: October 31
Broadway Peterborough: November 1
Derngate, Royal & Derngate Northampton: November 2
Playhouse Weston Super Mare: November 6
Pavilion Exmouth: November 7
Princess Torquay: November 8
City Hall Salisbury: November 9
Eden Court Inverness: November 12
Rothes Halls Glenrothes: November 13
Music Hall Aberdeen: November 14
Winter Gardens Blackpool: November 15
Empire Sunderland: November 16
Royal Spa Centre Leamington Spa: November 19
Victoria Halifax: November 20
Palace Newark: November 22
Central Chatham: November 23
Grand Opera House York: November 27
Forum Billingham: November 28
Grove Dunstable: January 31 2009

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