Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (Music and Lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler (Book)
Captioned performance date: Friday 3 June, 7pm
Postshow Q&A: Monday 30 May
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
and the vermin of the world inhabit it
and its morals aren't worth what a pig could spit
and it goes by the name of London.
In Stephen Sondheim's fantastical and grizzly musical, Sweeney Todd works at his gruesome trade in the barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop.
After swearing vengeance against the corrupt judge who tore his family apart, Todd and Lovett plot a unique plan that leads them down a dangerous, thrilling path with deadly consequences.
From an adaptation by Christopher Bond.
Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Pince.
Orchestration by Jonathon Tunick
Originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in association with Dean and Judy Manos.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI
Content warnings
This production includes:
Knives/razor use, sexual assault, mention of suicide, death/murder, blood, gun and loud bang
Cast in alphabetical order
Chloe Claudel Beggar Women
Keaton Guimarães-Tolley Beadle Bamford
Max Jackson Adolpho Pirelli
Kerill Kelly Anthony Hope
Esmé Kingdom Johanna
Sam Mitchell Judge Turpin
Katarina Novkovic Ensemble
Hughie O’Donnell Sweeney Todd
Anna Tolstoy Tobias Wragg
Ayla Wheatley Mrs Lovett
Perry Williams Ensemble
Graduate performers
Mali O'Donnell Ensemble
Caolan McCarthy Ensemble
Creative team
Director Nona Shepphard
Musical Director Matt Herbert
Musical Supervisor Caroline Humphris
Choreographer Nancy Kettle
Designer Judith Croft
Sound Designer Ella Bloomfield
Associate Sound Designer Hyder 'H' Khalil
Musicians
Clarinet Joseph Compton
Trumpet John Vernon
Percussion Massimo Martone
Cello Dong Jae Oh
Double bass Charis Hadjisphocleous
Freesheet and full production team
Information to follow.
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