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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Aaron Lee Lambert
Obsession. Murder. Cannibalism. Sondheim.
Attend a tale of justice in an unjust world as Sweeney Todd arrives back in Victorian London, after fifteen years of false imprisonment, to seek vengeance against the judge who destroyed his life. Todd joins forces with Mrs. Lovett, the unhinged proprietress of a failing pie shop, and together they develop a spinetingling plot to exact revenge…but who gets eaten and who gets to eat?
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s multi-award-winning masterpiece returns to the New Athenaeum stage featuring our final-year BA Musical Theatre cohort in a new production directed by Aaron Lee Lambert.
Set & Costume Design by Claire Halleran
Lighting Design by Kai Fischer
Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond
Originally directed on Broadway by Hal Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI www.MTIShows.co.uk
Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes
Age recommendation: 14+
BSL interpreted: Friday 5th – 7pm
Content warning: Violence and Gore; Cannibalism; Sexual Content; Dark Themes; Disturbing Humour; Intimations of Sexual Violence, Self-Harm, and Animal Death.
Performance may include strobe lighting effects and sudden loud sounds, including gun shots.
Cast
Demon Cast
Sweeney Todd Cassidy Bridge
Mrs Lovett Letago Makola
Anthony Hope Gilli Jones
Johanna Cerys Devine
Tobias Ragg Melody Nehme
Beggar Woman Anna Frances Hamilton
Judge Turpin Nathaniel Attard
The Beadle Joshua Scott
Adolfo Pirelli Grace Bennett
EnsembleWill Collier, Bailey Easton, Joseph Mathieson Gill, Avril McLoughlin, Avina Shah, Mizuki Shuzenji, Aida Valentine, Elsie Watson, Hayley Yorston
Barber Cast
Sweeney Todd Joseph Mathieson Gill
Mrs Lovett Avril McLoughlin
Anthony Hope Bailey Easton
Johanna Elsie Watson
Tobias Ragg Will Collier
Beggar Woman Hayley Yorston
Judge Turpin Nathaniel Attard
The Beadle Joshua Scott
Adolfo Pirelli Grace Bennett
EnsembleCassidy Bridge, Cerys Devine, Anna Hamilton, Gilli Jones, Letago Makola, Melody Nehme, Avina Shah, Mizuki Shuzenji, Aida Valentine
Creative and Production Team
Director Aaron Lee Lambert
Choreographer Vicki Manderson
Musical Director Miguel Esteban
Associate Musical Director(s) Freya Hartley, Riccardo Atanasio
Assistant Choreographer Liv Carlin
Set & Costume Designer Claire Halleran
Lighting Designer Kai Fischer
Sound Designer Sonny Wardrope
Musical Supervisor David Higham
Vocal Support Gordon Adams
Spoken Voice Support Bill Wright
Dialect Coach Rachel Nicholson
Fight Director Robin Hellier
Intimacy Coordinator Sharon Mackay
BSL Interpreters Melissa Toner, Yvonne Strain
Assistant Director Aida Valentine
Dance Captain Melody Nehme
Music Captain Grace Bennett
Voice Captain Cerys Devine
Fight Captain(s) Joseph Gill, Mizuki Shuzenji
Production Manager Chris McDougall
Stage Manager Aimee Fleming
Deputy Stage Manager Rachael Brown
Assistant Stage Manager(s) Hamish Bell, Emily Lumley, Grace Manion, Kate Gibson
Additional Production support provided by first year BA Production Arts & Design and BA Production Technology & Management
Production Electrician Jon Ross
Deputy Production Electrician Sal Quinlan
Lighting Programmer Paige MacGillivray
Lighting Technician(s) Alex Foote, Logan Cortes, Devin Jamieson
Production Sound Engineer Cameron Peden
Sound No. 1 Haydon Brewis
Sound No. 2 Julia Coulthard
Sound Technicians Ethem Kim Bookham, Ava Barclay, Dale Muir
Stage Supervisor Pipe
Deputy Stage Supervisor Roy Mohan Shearer, Skye Bell-Burn
Head of Flies Trudy Nelson
Stage Technicians Louisa Gormley, Kiera Lawniczak, Nicole Shepherd
Costume Supervisor Lynne McGinley
Costume Maker(s) Iona Allan, Eilidh McGroarty, Cerys Coffield, Hero Turner, Eryn Hill, Ashley Duffy, Tracy Taylor
Costume Assistant Eve Wyllie
Senior Prop Maker Zoe Roy
Prop Maker(s) Karina Aitken, Paul Atkinson, Fin Climie Isobella Strange, Alathea Osborn, Melissa Skye, Henfrey Masters, Andrew Scott Macfarlane, Jake Keenan, Dominic McFadden, Maya Hawthrorn, Jordan Macneil, Frankie O’Connor, Lachlann Donald
Head Scenic Artist Matthew Whittle
Scenic Artist(s) Tiffany Campbell, Eve Carey, Kate Rafferty
Assistant Scenic Artist(s) Aine Hunter, Anna Lennon, Lisa-Jane Masters
Scenery Construction Ruben San Roman, Jamie Fleming
Carpenter(s) George Robert Grahamslaw, Cameron Donaldson, Charles William Haggarty, Matthew Macmillan, Galen Bryden, Jacob Dunsmore, Maria Ruby Scott, Mark Walters, Hope Gibson
Orchestra
Conductor Miguel Esteban
Organ Riccardo Atanasio
Synthesiser/Harp Freya Hartley
Keys 3 Abby Fabel
Flute (pic) Phoebe Jones
Oboe (cor) Marianna Koneva
Clarinet Scott Hutchinson, Markos Hayes
Horn Ellie Wilson
Trumpet(s) Frederick Faragher, Anthony Boyko
Trombone Reuben McFarlane
Percussion Denholm Owens, Robbie Bremner
Accordion Yuan Wong
Violin Luisa Sousa, Bethany Pugh, Meredith Kiemer
Viola Merryn Stephenson
Cello Walker Harris, Chun Wang Chu
Bass Illia Hutsul
