Sweeney Todd
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler, from the adaption by Christopher Bond
Directed by Barry Hooper
14 – 19 June 1999
Christine Angell and Keith Jarman as Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd.
‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.
Cast
Sweeney Todd – Keith Jarman
Anthony Hope – Matt Hawes
Beggar Woman – Nikki Horner
Mrs. Lovett – Christine Angell
Judge Turpin – Eric Mackenzie
Beadle Bamford – Geoffrey Hawes
Johanna – Jill Gardner
Tobias Ragg – Daley Chaston
Pirelli – David Maun
Jonas Fogg/Bird Seller – Eric Crichton
Townspeople, Lords, Ladies, Policemen, Lunatics – Frank Andrews, Carol Butler, Pauline Ellard, Jon Hudson, Sue Low, Polly Owen, Shirley Tallowin, Marian Andrews, Alison Clinch, Jean Franks, Jennie King, Sue Mosely, Gillian Spooner
Crew
Choreographer – Stella Jarman
Musical Director – Sarah Freestone
Stage Manager / Set Design – Colin Burring
Assistant Stage Manager – Betty Miller
Lighting Design – Ian Humphreys
Lighting – Nicky Jones
Sound – Simon Dinsmore
Props – Pamela Horner, Molly Angell
Costumes – Marjorie Sawyer, Carole Bramall
Stage Crew/Set Construction – Charles Armitage, Peter Smith, Jon Hudson, David Birmingham, Roger Butler, Eric White, Neil Langley, Laurie King
Musicians – Andrew Parmley, Malcolm Ball, Dave Hunt, Vicki Boadem, Paul Saunders, Eve Saunders, Simon Holland, Tony Rickard, Shaun Kissane