Prepare to clear your calendar because our favourite creepy-cool Hooker Blvd haunt is back with a scintillating new show. Promising opulence and kink, Menagerie is set to take the Dracula’s stage this August and it’s bound to excite in allll the right ways.

There are few names more synonymous with the GC than Dracula’s Cabaret. Our OG theatre experience and one of the few attractions that continues to go from strength to strength (unlike the Broady monorail loop #rip). For as long as we’ve been flocking to the Broadbeach institution, the Dracula’s crew has continued to be known for their ability to put on a bloody fangtastic night out.

For those up who grew up alongside that unmissable spooky facade taunting us on our weekly Pac Fair pilgrimages, it was a very fine day indeed when we were finally old enough to discover what intrigue awaited behind those mysterious castle doors. And really, have you even been to the Gold Coast if you haven’t been to Dracs? Those mems of queuing in a line down the block, making a fool of yourself on the ghost train, laughing ‘till you cried before finishing it all off with one of those devilishly good coffin desserts and some flashing horns for good measure #IYKYK.

The captivating cocktail of fast-paced live music, mind bending aerial acrobatics, comedy, and of course the signature Dracula’s black light puppetry, is back with a new twist (not to mention the actual cocktails, because they’re just more fun in a smoking Tiki mug). The new production, Menagerie, promises to peer through the fractured lens of nature – revealing a peculiar assortment of curiosities presented for your amusement – which, given the calibre of Dracula’s productions, has our curiosity well and ghouly piqued.

Teasing the chance to witness nature like you’ve never seen before – thrilling, peculiar, and utterly mind-blowing, we have no doubt it will leave you howling. And although the show might be all-new, thankfully we’re still treated to the full three-course dinner and show experience we know and love.

The new show will be a wild and wicked ride in more ways than one, with the return of the iconic Ghost Train, back and better than ever after extensive renovations.

Our anticipation levels might be high but the ole’ jump scare tolerance certainly is not – which is to say, even with the iconic Citrus mousse coffins on the dessert menu, we’ll definitely be supplying our own i-scream for this ride. (Sorry guys, if you want jokes that don’t suck you’re gonna have to get on down to Dracs).

From opening number to closing curtains, Dracula’s promises a spectacle with bite (and as mentioned we can guarantee their jokes are infinitely better than ours). Missing out on the magic the Dracs team cooks up is a big no fangs from us, so do yourself a favour and get amongst it. From $109 per person including a top notch three-course feed, or upgrade yourself to the full #VIP treatment from $139.

When: Premieres August 23, then Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm.
Where: 1 Hooker Blvd, Broadbeach

Words by Kellie Leader.

STORY SPONSORED BY DRACULA’S CABERET