New poster released of Cynthia Erivo in Dracula at the Noel Coward Theatre in London

New artwork has been released featuring Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, promoting her return to the West End stage in Bram Stoker’s Dracula at the Noel Coward Theatre in London.

Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo will play Dracula and 22 other roles in this one-person West End play, adapted and directed by Kip Williams, following his multi-award-winning version of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook.

Dracula starring Cynthia Erivo is playing at the Noel Coward Theatre from 4 February to 31 May 2026.

New poster for Dracula

Poster for Dracula starring Cynthia Erivo in London

Erivo will play all 23 characters in Bram Stoker’s iconic tale, from the naïve solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray to confidante Lucy Westenra, her suitors, and the formidable vampire hunter Van Helsing, as well as the infamous Count Dracula.

Cynthia Erivo is also set to sing in the show, performing one song only near the end, composed by Clemence Williams. The soundtrack for Dracula features a mix of classical, contemporary and club music.

The play is set in a ruined castle, high in the wilderness, where a mysterious presence is lurking. Is it man or beast? Angel or demon? For centuries, Count Dracula has held his remote corner of the world in a vice grip of terror. But evil is on the move and the residents of London will soon fall under its bewitching, transformative spell.

Dracula marks Cynthia Erivo’s return to the West End stage following her Tony Award-winning performance as Celie in The Color Purple in New York and London.

It has been a busy few years for Oscar-nominated Cynthia Erivo, who stars in Jon M. Chu’s blockbuster screen adaptations of the Broadway and West End hit musical Wicked. Both Wicked, and current movie Wicked: For Good, have proved major box-office draws.

More about the creators of Dracula

Kip Williams is currently directing The Maids at the Donmar Warehouse in London, which is playing until 29 November.

He was previously artistic director of Sydney Theatre Company, and announced last April that he was leaving the company after 13 years to concentrate on more international work, following the success of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

His production of Dracula was first staged at Sydney Theatre Company in 2024 starring Zahra Newman, and is the final instalment in Kip’s Gothic cine-theatre trilogy that also included The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Williams reunites with Olivier Award-winning designer Marg Horwell and lighting designer Nick Schlieper for Dracula, which promises to be a riveting study of the monster within, and will combine live video, pre-recorded film and an extraordinary live performance from Cynthia Erivo for the piece.

The production’s creative team also includes sound designer Jessica Dunn, video designer Craig Wilkinson, composer Clemence Williams, and dramaturg Zahra Newman, with further creatives to be announced.