When you take a story like Dracula and combine it with cabaret’s provocative nature, you’re in for a real treat. We call it Cabaret is serving up a big bloodthirsty bite of this dramatic duo in Portland. Watch the “undead” come to life as a dazzling and risqué form of entertainment plays with folklore. The grip Count Dracula holds on generations of readers, moviegoers, and more is set to be strengthened by this disarming take on the supernatural.
Taking place on selected dates, this ode to Gothic fiction is coming to the Alberta Rose Theatre. Places are limited, so don’t miss your chance to see performers dance in a moonlit world where vampire legends are real and boxes of earth are required for international travel.
What is “We call it Cabaret”?
Bram Stoker’s Dracula may unravel in letters, diary entries, and telegrams, but at We call it Cabaret, the story is told by sultry dance moves, elaborate costumes, Middle Eastern music, and a mysterious host. Anything Dracula-related tends to be theatrical and grand; it yearns for the fantastical and threatening. Fortunately, cabaret naturally brings these attributes along with its whimsy. And new cabaret audiences can expect to be given an introductory taste of the performance’s tendency to tease.
Cabaret, its story and the show
The Moulin Rouge, Le Lido on the Champs-Élysées, corsets, fishnet tights, drag, dinner and a show, and stripteases are on the long list of pleasure-seeking places and things people think of when they consider cabaret. From the earliest appearances of cabaret in Paris during the late 15th century to the first avant-garde shows at Le Chat Noir and the Broadway musical and hit film Cabaret, it’s a form of entertainment that has lived many lives.
Appreciate it for its extravagant and daring wonder at a performance that embraces horror. Unsettling music transports you to a Transylvanian castle, voice-over narration immerses you in the thrilling plot, and spectacular choreography with a come-hither attitude offers a not-so-subtle nod to the eroticism of Dracula. As the show begins, the lights dim, the moon rises, and a 60-minute cabaret act inspired by a book that once entertained a Victorian audience commences.
From the creators of We call it Flamenco and We call it Tango, this outstanding event promises to reintroduce you to Bram Stoker’s band of justice seekers, his three wicked seductresses, and the iconic Count Dracula. Choose from dates over the coming months, and prepare to face Dracula’s pale pallor and cabaret’s irresistible extravagance.