Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
An exciting new production of Sweeney Todd comes to the Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn, starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton.
Laced with characteristically brilliant wit and dark humour, it tells of the
return to a nineteenth century London of Sweeney Todd, after years of false
imprisonment, and his savage quest for justice and retribution. Aided and
abetted by the pie-shop owner, Mrs Lovett, he sets out to avenge the wrongs done
to him and his family many years before.
Combining horror with the English music hall, Sweeney Todd is a fascinating
portrait of a man driven to madness by injustice and grief.
Music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim’s compelling musical of corruption and revenge is commonly
acknowledged as his masterpiece, and won critical acclaim in the 2007 film
version created by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham
Carter.
Stephen Sondheim’s other musicals include Follies, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the
Park with George and Passion.
st:
Michael
Ball (Sweeney Todd) -
Having a massive
West End career including Hairspray,
Les Misérables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Phantom of the Opera, and
Co-producer of Festival 2010’s Love Story in the West End.
Imelda
Staunton (Mrs Lovett)
Vera Drake, Harry Potter, Shakespeare in Love, Cranford, Psychoville, A Delicate Balance, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods.