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30 Phonebox Magazine | March 2025Local Theatre Roundup Drama fans are in for a treat %u2013 keep an eye out for three new productions coming locally this year...Dracula: The Bloody TruthA hilarious and silly comedy retelling of the iconic gothic novel Dracula comes to the award-winning Sharnbrook Mill Theatre from 11th to 15th March. The year is 1900 and Professor Van Helsing is not happy. Bram Stoker%u2019s novel may be entertaining but it%u2019s not the truth, the bloody truth... and the truth must come out! He has gathered a troupe of highly trained actors to tell the story of the vampire who came to Whitby leaving a trail of blood and destruction in his wake. The play features just four actors playing 40 characters with countless costume changes, a dead parrot and a 6-foot tall crucifi x!This fast-paced and faithful adaption of the Victorian classic will leave every audience member in stitches and is in the same vein as our 2024 award-winning production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Director Keith Hargreaves said: %u201cThere is a real sense of surrealism and danger for every member of the audience. %u201cFew actors are playing many characters, in a fast and silly way, possibly to a contentious conclusion.%u201dGrab your garlic and your stakes! This comedy is guaranteed to have your blood running cold!Tickets from %u00a318 from www.sharnbrookmilltheatre.co.ukCruel Intentions: The 90%u2019s MusicalFollowing sell-out seasons in London and New York, the brand-new smash hit musical Cruel Intentions: The %u201990s Musical, is coming to Northampton%u2019s Royal & Derngate from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 March 2025 on a UK and Ireland tour. Created by Jordan Ross, Lindsey Rosin and Roger Kumble, the musical is based on the original hit fi lm by Roger Kumble and originally produced by Eva Price. The iconic fi lm was inspired by Les Liaisons Dangereuses and is packed with %u201890s pop classics including the songs of Britney Spears, Boyz II Men, Christina Aguilera, TLC, R.E.M., Ace of Base, Natalie Imbruglia, The Verve, *NSYNC and many more!Step siblings Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil engage in a cruel bet: Kathryn goads Sebastian into attempting to seduce Annette Hargrove, the headmaster%u2019s virtuous daughter.Weaving a web of secrets and temptation, their crusade wreaks havoc on the students at their exclusive Manhattan high school. It%u2019s not long before the duo become entangled in their own web of deception and unexpected romance, with explosive results%u2026Abbie Budden (Southwark Playhouse and Phoenix Arts Club) will return to the role of Annette Hargrove, with Will Callan (Marius in Les Mis%u00e9rables, West End & UK and Ireland tour) as Sebastian Valmont and Nic Myers (Alternate Sally Bowles in Cabaret, West End) as Kathryn Merteuil. The cast also includes Lucy Carter, Luke Conner Hall, Joe Simmons, Gabriella Williams, Kevin Yates, Olivia Brookes, Ben Fenwick, Sophie Hutchinson and Onuri Smith. Cruel Intentions: The %u201990s Musical is directed by Jonathan O%u2019Boyle (Hair, Rain Man, Pippin, Aspects of Love) and choreographed by Gary Lloyd (Heathers, Thriller Live, Carrie the Musical) who is also Associate Director. Tickets are priced from %u00a317. For performance times and to book, visit www.royalandderngate.co.uk or call Box Offi ce on 01604 624811. Agatha Christies Death On The NileAgatha Christie%u2019s Death On The Nile will be coming to Milton Keynes Theatre this October as part of a UK & Ireland Tour. The production reunites celebrated director Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution), writer Ken Ludwig and producers Fiery Angel for the European premiere of a new adaptation of the globally celebrated Agatha Christie story.On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple%u2019s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time fi nally resurface, can the worldfamous detective, Hercule Poirot, untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?James Prichard of Agatha Christie Limited said, %u201cWith a hugely successful tour of Murder on the Orient Express still delighting UK audiences, we are thrilled to be partnering once again with Lucy Bailey, Ken Ludwig and the team at Fiery Angel to bring another of my great grandmother%u2019s most celebrated stories to UK stages.%u201dTickets are priced from %u00a315. For dates and further information visit: atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes