Sweeney Todd

5 – 10 MAY 2014

Music & lyrics STEPHEN SONDHEIM book HUGH WHEELER
An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

About the show

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19th century London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up, and the carnage has only just begun!

Cast

Sweeney Todd – BENJAMIN HARDY
Mrs. Lovett – LIZ BERRISFORD
Anthony Hope – ADAM DANIELS
Johanna – HOLLY EASTER
Tobias Ragg – GEORGE STACKHOUSE
Judge Turpin – CARL UNWIN
The Beadle – KEITH REYNOLDS
Beggar Woman – JULIE EASTER
Adolfo Pirelli – CRAIG BUTTERWORTH
Jonas Fogg –  ANDY BULMER

Company
CARL BATESON
LAURA BARKER
LUCY BANKS
ANITA BENSON
GUY BENSON
DAVID BURTON
AIMEE CHILTON
SALLY DAVEY
HANNAH DONELLEY
CATHERINE FREER
JACK HARDY
SEAN HICKLING
JAMES HIGHTON
PAUL HOPKIN
OWEN LINGARD
VICKY MEE
AMY MCMURRAY
AARON MURRAY 
NICOLE RAY
JULIE ROBINSON
JAYNE SANDERSON
LIZZIE SHERIDAN
MEL SWIFT
LAURIE TROTT
VERONICA TUPPEN
CHARLOTTE WILLSON

Production

Director – JOHN LEWIN
Musical Director – VICKI HING
Musical Staging – MICHAEL GAMBLE

Stage Manger – ADRIAN WRAY
Lighting Design – ROBERT BRIDGES
Sound Engineers – TOTAL THEATRE LTD
Set Hire – SCENIC PROJECTS
Costume Hire – THE LOFT COSTUMES
Wig Hire – RB WIG CREATIONS
Razors/Specialist Props – THE STAGE BLADE HIRE COMPANY

Assistant Stage Manager – NICK MADEN
Follow Spots – MARTIN FREER, HANNAH OSGOOD
Fly Operator – JAKE PETERS
Stage Crew – DUNCAN GADSBY
                        LYNNE LEEMING
                        CAMERON MADEN
                        SUE RAY
                        STEPHEN WOMERSLEY
                        ANJA ZEMAN

Orchestra
Reeds – JUDITH CASTERTON
              PAUL GRAY
              BOB GREENLEES
              ROSIE CURTIS
              SARAH BROOKMAN
Horn – LILLA DI MICELI
Trumpets – PHIL RECKLESS
                   IAN TAYLOR
Trombones – PAUL MURPHY
                        BECKY MOSS
                        CHRIS GILL
Keys – HAYLEY GIBBS
Drums – BRIAN RODWELL
Percussion – HELEN SHELTON
Violins – JOHN BRITTEN
                MIKE SHAW
                ANNA BRUCE
                KAREN BURTON
Viola – ANN MARIE SHAW
Cello – CHRIS DUNN
Bass – GRAHAM JOHNSON


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