A Campy and Hilarious Reimagining of Dracula Reviewed by Sandi Laird DRACULA: A Comedy of Terrors is a modern and fresh take on Bram Stoker’s gothic classic. Playwrights Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen reimagined the dark horror as mad cap comedy led by a seductive, handsome, narcissistic Dracula. It’s a whirlwind of characters with cast members playing multiple roles. It is confusing, enticing, titillating and flat out hilarious. Director Krista Jackson has teased out campy performances from the talented cast. Jesse Gervais is Count Dracula in a cheeky, charming, and dramatic performance. When he is on stage, all eyes are upon him. He elicits laughs and cheers from the audience. It is not just a performance on stage, he draws us in and we are as much in thrall with the seductive Count, as the characters of the play. Gervais was Ambrose Small himself in the 2022-23 production of Grand Ghosts. And the butler in the 2023-24 season’s Clue – you may recall he took forever to die in that role. It seems Gervais was born to die on the Grand stage in theatrical, scene-stealing style! Nora McLellan is memorable as Dr. Westfeldt, Renfield and others. Her transition from the calm, serious doctor to the completely wacko Renfield will make your head spin. You may know McLellan from CBC’s Son of a Critch. Constant Bernard, making his debut at the Grand, as Mina Westfield and Dr. Van Helsing is over-the-top and incredibly entertaining. Honourable mention to Reena Jolly as the beautiful Lucy and kleptomaniac Kitty, and Nathan Howe as Lucy’s spineless fiancé Jonathan, a real estate agent, who brings Dracula to Westfeldt manor. The telling of this chaotic tale brings Monty Python and Mel Brooks to mind. Director Jackson references this style as an inspiration. “This play is a whirlwind ...