He never forgets and never forgives
England is choking. Its landscape is blackened. This is the rotten core of the decaying nineteenth century.
As the rich sit back, the workers are left to forage for society’s scraps. But in the big city – the unconcealed pinnacle of this desperate misery – one man is plotting. From his fearsome barber’s chair, he’s planning the bloodiest, juiciest, most succulent act of revenge ever seen.
The story of Sweeney Todd’s cut-throat vengeance – and Mrs Lovett’s curiously toothsome pies – has left a curdling, crimson trail for over 150 years. Now this malevolent tale comes lurching back to life in the masterly musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.
Stuffed to the gizzard with mesmerising music and crow-black comedy, this is anarchic theatre at its thrilling best. And of course, we’re baking it to an Everyman recipe – so sit down, tuck in and enjoy the revolutionary taste of a tale with a blood red heart.
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited
Raging underdog adds politics to the pies
The Guardian
It’s gutsy, immediate and at times unruly
The Times
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CAST

Kacey Ainsworth
Mrs Lovett

Emma Dears
Beggar Woman

Paul Duckworth
Judge Turpin

Keziah Joseph
Johanna Barker

Dean Nolan
Pirelli

Bryan Parry
Anthony Hope

Shiv Rabheru
Tobias Ragg

Mark Rice-Oxley
Beadle Bamford

Liam Tobin
Sweeney Todd

Daisy Evans
Musician

Samantha Norman
Musician

Alex Smith
Musician
COMPANY
Stephen Sondheim
Music and lyrics
Hugh Wheeler
book
Christopher Bond
Adaptation
Harold Prince
Original director
Jonathan Tunick
Original orchestrations
Nick Bagnall
Director
Michael Vale
Set & Costume Designer
Tarek Merchant
Musical Director
Mark Jonathan
Lighting Designer
Ian Davies
Sound Designer
Charlotte Broom
Movement Director
Kev McCurdy
Fight Director
Kirsty Barlow
Assistant Set & Costume Designer
Sophie Parrott CDG
Casting Director
Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in association with Dean and Judy Manos
Originally produced on Broadway