Talk: Evening with Dacre Stoker
Stoker on Stoker: Unveiling the Mysteries Behind Dracula
Join Dacre Stoker for a captivating keynote that uncovers the fascinating truths behind Dracula. Blending Stoker family lore with Bram Stoker’s life in Dublin and London, this presentation reveals the facts behind the fiction.
- Pump Room
- 22nd May 2025
- 7.00pm
- 14.00
- Accessibility Friendly
Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international bestselling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), and Dracul (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (2012). Dacre is a native of Montreal, he has participated in the sport of Modern Pentathlon as an athlete and a coach at the international and Olympic levels for Canada for 12 years. Dacre has consulted and appeared in recent film documentaries about vampires in literature and popular culture. The Real Vampire Files (2010 History Channel), The Tillinghast Nightmare, (2014 Historical Haunts), Secrets of the Dead (2015 PBS), Mysteries at the Museum, (2017 Travel Channel) Legend Hunter (2019 Travel Channel) American Vampires (2022 Fox Nation).
Dacre Stoker’s compelling and informative Keynote presentation, Stoker on Stoker, the Mysteries Behind the Research and Writing of Dracula, weaves together the details of Dracula’s history with Stoker family lore, and Bram Stoker’s life in Dublin and London, then separates fact from popular fiction, revealing the truth about all things Stoker and Dracula.
Stoker on Stoker has fascinated audiences around the world, exploring the issues behind the mysteries that have baffled Dracula scholars and fans since the book’s publication in 1897. Illustrated with Dacre’s collection of never before published, and seldom-seen historic images.
Including these topics:
• Bram Stokers notes for the writing of Dracula
• Books Bram used for his research from the London Library
• The Dracula Typescript
• Real locations Bram chose to include in Dracula
• The location of Bram’s fictional Castle Dracula and other sites mentioned in
Transylvania
• Bram’s summer holiday in Whitby in 1890 how he incorporated real sites in
chapters 6, 7, 8 of Dracula.
• Bram in Cruden Bay Scotland, where he wrote parts of Dracula
• Dr William Thornley Stoker functioned as Bram’s medical advisor to insure
accuracy in his writing of Dracula
And much more….
Friends of BCHT enjoy discounts on selected event tickets.
Buxton Crescent is accessible by wheelchair and fitted with accessible lift and toilet facilities.
The Pump Room is one-level Assistance dogs are welcome in Buxton Crescent and the Pump Room.
We also have a hearing loop in The Pump Room.
Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust welcomes all to our attractions and events. Those that require the assistance of an essential carer to ensure a safe and enjoyable visit may ask for a complimentary essential carers ticket for their companion. These are available to anyone with an Access Card or anyone in receipt of the higher rate of Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Attendance Allowance (AA) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
Essential Carers tickets can be purchased alongside a standard ticket from the Pump Room, on the phone (01298 214577) or on the ticketing section of our website for events and the Buxton Crescent Experience.
The Pump Room is fitted with an accessible toilet.
Buxton Crescent has male, female and accessible toilets.
The Pavilion Gardens have public toilet facilities, just 5 minutes walk away.
Dogs are very welcome in the Pump Room and we always have complimentary dog treats at the Visitor Information desk.
Assistance dogs are allowed in the Buxton Crescent Experience and in the Assembly Rooms.
A variety of hot, cold and alcoholic drinks are usually available during events in the Pump Room.
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