Dracula, l'amour plus fort que la mort (Dracula: Love much stronger than death) is a French musical comedy in 2 acts by French choreographer Kamel Ouali, his debut own production that was launched on 30 September 2011 at Palais des Sports de Paris and continued until 1 January 2012. The Kamel Ouali work was inspired by Bram Stocker's Dracula and by the film version by Francis Ford Coppola. A filmed version of the work was also shown on wide screens throughout France between 20 and 22 July 2012.
Synopsis: In the XV th century, Count Vlad III, mad with grief after the death of his wife Elizabeth, denies the Church, and becomes a vampire named Dracula with dark powers. Over the centuries, he vampire-izes his three allies: Satine, seductive female vampire, Sorci, androgynous young vampire and Poison, girl vampire. Four centuries later, he meets Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor's clerk, whose fiancée Mina could be the reincarnation of Elizabeth. The fate of the characters, torn between passion and reason. Will they be permanently affected? The young Lucy, she could resist the charm of Dracula? The Angel will reach there to help everyone? Van Helsing, a man of science, would he succeed in his quest?
Cast: Golan Yosef - Count Dracula Nathalie Fauquette - Mina Murray Gregory Deck - Sorcerer Lola Ces - Poison Ginie Line - Satine Julien Loko - Jonathan Harker Anaïs Delva - Lucy Westenra Aymeric Ribot - Dr Abraham Van Helsing Florent Torres - Angel Laurent Levy - Dr Seward Sébastien Sfedj - dancer, story teller and role of Joker of the palace
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