Doug Childs

Doug's career completely transformed from his days working as a call advisor at First Assist in Bournemouth to wowing thousands of people on stage as part of the cult collective The Circus of Horrors. The dream started when Doug, aged 36, saw an advert looking for a someone to play Nosferatu – The Camp Dracula in the new spectacular for its West End debut. The actor went to Pokesdown School and then Porchester School and first saw stardom when he played the Mad Hatter in Adventure Wonderland. After leaving Adventure Wonderland Doug worked as a performer at children’s parties for four years and at the First Assist call centre. He added: “I have always been a fan of horror and Nosferatu was my hero. “I studied his every move so when I went for the audition I had it pretty well nailed. Nevertheless, I was still shocked to be given the job.” Doug is currently bringing his Camp Dracula character to life at Tulley's Shocktober Fest in Crawley, Surrey at the Carnevil Cabaret show.