Ghosts Presents
by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited
Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet Street
8th - 11th October 2008
at
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
(some of the information on this website is taken from wikipedia.wiki.main page)
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stephen Sondheim’s thriller is undoubtedly the major musical event of the year. Set in darkest Victorian London it tells the infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber, who forms an enterprising business relationship with Mrs. Lovett, the proprietress of the downstairs pie shop. This razor sharp production delivers a hugely entertaining experience, an original blend of deliciously black humour and thrills. This Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim is brought to you by Ghosts. The musical is based on the 19th-century legend of Sweeney Todd, and specifically upon the 1973 play by Christopher Bond.
The Show, The Company, The Best!
October 2008 sees one of the most ambitious amateur productions ever performed in Guildford - Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.
It will be staged by the award-winning Ghosts on 8th - 11th October.
The story centres on the character of Sweeney Todd, formerly known as Benjamin Barker, who returns from the penal colonies in Australia, where he ahs spent fifteen years on false charges. When he learns from Mrs. Lovett, whose meat pies are the worst in London, that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by Judge Turpin, and his daughter is the ward of the Judge, who imprisoned him, he vows revenge. The two become consiprators in a dark plot that results in mass murder, booming business for Lovett's shop, and ultimately tragedy.
For more information and Box Office details please see the website for the Electric Theatre, Guildford
