Sweeney Todd

Fri 12 Apr to Sat 11 May 2019

EVERYMAN

£10 - £40

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.

Photograph by Gary Calton

Cast

Kacey Ainsworth  - Mrs Lovett

Kacey Ainsworth

Mrs Lovett

Emma Dears - Beggar Woman

Emma Dears

Beggar Woman

Paul Duckworth  - Judge Turpin

Paul Duckworth

Judge Turpin

Keziah Joseph  - Johanna Barker

Keziah Joseph

Johanna Barker

Dean Nolan - Pirelli

Dean Nolan

Pirelli

Bryan Parry  - Anthony Hope

Bryan Parry

Anthony Hope

Shiv Rabheru  - Tobias Ragg

Shiv Rabheru

Tobias Ragg

Mark Rice-Oxley - Beadle Bamford

Mark Rice-Oxley

Beadle Bamford

Liam Tobin - Sweeney Todd

Liam Tobin

Sweeney Todd

Daisy Evans - Musician

Daisy Evans

Musician

Samantha Norman - Musician

Samantha Norman

Musician

Alex Smith - Musician

Alex Smith

Musician

Company

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by Hugh Wheeler

From an adaptation by Christopher Bond

Originally directed by Harold Prince

Original orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Director Nick Bagnall

Set & Costume Designer Michael Vale

Musical Director Tarek Merchant

Lighting Designer Mark Jonathan

Sound Designer Ian Davies

Movement Director Charlotte Broom

Fight Director Kev McCurdy

Assistant Set & Costume Designer Kirsty Barlow

Casting Director Sophie Parrott CDG

Originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in association with Dean and Judy Manos

Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited

Reviews

Sweeney Todd

★★★★
“Raging underdog adds politics to the pies”
“Nick Bagnall’s ingenious revival”
“An outstanding performance by Kacey Ainsworth”

Sweeney Todd

★★★★
“There’s plenty to chew on in a production full of grit and gristle”
“It’s gutsy, immediate and at times unruly”

Sweeney Todd

★★★★
“Raw, sensitive and yet often soaring production stripped to the bone but brilliantly fleshed out”

Sweeney Todd // reviews

★★★★
“Raging underdog adds politics to the pies”
The Guardian

★★★★
“It’s gutsy, immediate and at times unruly”
The Times

★★★★
“Really special”
Liverpool ECHO

★★★★
“Raw, sensitive and yet often soaring production"
Wirral Globe

★★★★
“A deliciously dark slice of drama”
Arts City Liverpool

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PRODUCTIONS

Rehearsals

The Making of Sweeney Todd #3
PRODUCTIONS

Music

The Making of Sweeney Todd #2
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