After delivering backers big returns on London and New York productions of The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Michael Cassel will tap investors to take a second Sydney Theatre Company show global – with another star whose fame has rocketed since he contracted them.

Melbourne-based Cassel will produce Bram Stoker’s Dracula, featuring Wicked star Cynthia Erivo in all 23 roles, at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre from next February.