Beach Comet presents:
VAMPIRE HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM
9 November – 21 November 2015, 10pm (Mon-Sat)
Cult comedy B-musical Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, having thrilled audiences and critics alike, is now transferring from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival down to London for a limited run at the new space above the Arts Theatre this November. Armed with a live score and nine original songs (including “Love is Like a Car Crash”), this low-budget horror movie musical has needed to add to dates to Edinburgh runs due to high audience demand!
***** “reminiscent of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, with its surrealist and unreservedly whimsical storyline (…) a highly commendable performance” Three Weeks
The show follows handsome billionaire Arty Baldwin through a twisted single-act plot which finds him wheelchair-bound and comatose following a horrific car accident. Luckily for Arty, he is soon wheeled into Dr Bloom’s waiting room. Unluckily for Arty, the good doctor is convinced his new patient is the Vampire Lord on his long-prophesised return to power. To be fair, he thinks that every Wednesday. But could he finally be right?
***** “wonderful and weird (…) laced with original and wonderfully catchy songs (…) every few seconds you are doubled over with laughter or grinning in adoration at the beautiful vocals of the talented cast (…) drenched in humour” Broadway Baby
Beach Comet was formed two years ago and is a company dedicated to creating new comedy musicals. Vampire Hospital Waiting Room was the first show and, following phenomenally successful workshops which sold out in both Edinburgh and London, the show premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013. With ticket allocations selling out over an hour in advance and queues out the door, they scored crowds so large they had to open standing areas and add three late night extra shows.
“A feast of daft, dark comedy and brilliant songs” Jo Brand
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Title: Vampire Hospital Waiting Room
Music, book and lyrics: Theo McCabe and Craig Methven
Director: Theo McCabe
Producer: Julien Matthews for Beach Comet
Performance Dates: November 9th 2015 – November 21st 2015, Monday – Saturday, 10pm
Running Time: 1 hr
Venue: Above the Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB
Ticket Price: £14 (£12 under 25 or NHS employees)
Travel: Leicester Square station (1 min walk), Covent Garden station (3 min walk), Charing Cross station (6 min walk)
Box Office: Arts Theatre (artstheatrewestend.co.uk), 020 7836 8463
Links: Website (vampirehospitalwaitingroom.com), Twitter (twitter.com/BeachComet), Facebook (facebook.com/BeachComet), Youtube (youtube.com), Bandcamp (beachcomet.bandcamp.com)