MEET THE COMPANY
Menier Chocolate Factory 2025
JAMES DALY
Dracula
James Daly plays Dracula after originating the role Off-Broadway (New World Stages). His theatre credits include Damn Yankees, Grand Hotel, Oh! What A Lovely War (The Shaw Festival), Mythic (The Segal Centre), Cabaret (The Grand Theatre), Master Harold... and the Boys (The Shaw Festival/Obsidian Theatre)(Toronto Theatre Critics Award). His television credits include Letterkenny, Workin’ Moms, and Frankie Drake.
SAFEENA LADHA
Lucy Westfeldt and Others
Safeena Ladha plays Lucy Westfeldt and others. Her theatre credits include The 39 Steps (UK Tour & Trafalgar), SHE (UK Tour & Omnibus), The Great Gatsby (London, Immersive Everywhere), and Stick Man Live (Leicester Square).
DIANNE PILKINGTON
Dr. Westfeldt and Others
BroadwayWorld Award winner Dianne Pilkington plays Dr. Westfeldt and others. Her theatre credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), Only Fools and Horses (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Young Frankenstein (Garrick), Mamma Mia! (Novello), The 39 Steps (Criterion; BroadwayWorld Award winner) and Wicked (Apollo Victoria). Her film credits include Les Miserables and the upcoming Wicked: For Good.
CHARLIE STEMP
Jonathan Harker and Others
Three-time Olivier Award-nominee Charlie Stemp plays Jonathan Harker and others. His theatre credits include Kiss Me, Kate (Barbican), Crazy For You (Chichester & Gillian Lynne; Olivier Award nomination), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward; Olivier Award nomination), and Half a Sixpence (Chichester & Noel Coward; Olivier Award nomination & WhatsOnStage Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical). He made his Broadway debut in Hello, Dolly! (Shubert) opposite Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters, and was awarded the 2018 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.
SEBASTIEN TORKIA
Mina, Van Helsing, and Others
Sebastien’s theatre credits include The Red Shoes (RSC), Oklahoma (Drury Lane), The Mousetrap (West End), Rock Follies ( Minerva, Chichester), Berlusconi in Berlusconi: A New Musical (Southwark Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic Theatre), Mr Wormwood in RSC’s Matilda the musical (west end), Alberto Beddini in Top Hat (National Tour), Al Wheeler in The Stripper (west end Offie Nomination, The Other Palace), Peter And The Starcatcher (Royal Theatre, Northampton) The Wild Party (The Other Palace), Travels With My Aunt (Minerva, Chichester), Pirelli in Sweeney Todd (Leeds Playhouse/Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Lion King (West End), A Streetcar Named Desire (Bolton Octogan), Women Beware Women (National Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles (West End/Menier Chocolate Factory), Guys And Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre), Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (West End, Germany, Italy), Benoit in Martin Guerre (West End), Grease (West End), Eddie Ryan in Funny Girl (Minerva,Chichester), A Chorus Line (Sheffield Crucible), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Leeds Playhouse), Singin’ In The Rain (National Tour). Television credits include, Mammals (Amazon Prime), The Boleyns (BBC), Victoria Wood’s That Day We Sang, Coronation Street, Babes In The Wood. Film credits include, Aladdin (Disney), Paddington 2, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, Mamma Mia, The Clan, The Phantom Of The Opera, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Radio work includes Leaving Normal (BBC 4)