5+ Parental Guidance, recommended age 12+
Performance dates
30 March to 12th April 2015
Run time 2h45min. Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm and Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm
Includes interval
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International opera star Bryn Terfel and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson will reprise their roles as Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett in Stephen Sondheim’s gloriously gruesome musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Following critically-acclaimed performances at New York’s Lincoln Center earlier this year, this sell-out staging comes to ENO in spring 2015, with just 13 performances from 30 March – 12 April.
Set in Victorian London, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the story of the eponymous barber who seeks vengeance on what he sees as a merciless world by murdering his customers and, with the help of his landlady, the romantically inclined Mrs. Lovett, bakes their bodies into meat pies, which are fed to London’s avid and unknowing populace. Sondheim’s score pays homage to the music of Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann. Highlights include “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd,” “Not While I’m Around,” “A Little Priest,” and “Pretty Women.”
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John Owen Jones Joins Emma Thompson & Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd
After last performing in the West End in 2011, John Owen Jones will return to the London stage in March to play the role of 'Pirelli' in the English National Opera production of Sweeney Todd.
5 Feb, 2015 | By Jacob Porteous

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Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel. On Sale Today!
Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel at the London Coliseum. Tickets On Sale Today!
23 Sep, 2014 | By Tom Stratford

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36TH OLIVIER AWARDS TO STREAM GLOBALLY ONLINE
The upcoming 2012 Olivier Awards, widely acknowledged as the highest honours in British Theatreland, will be broadcast live online at both the Olivier Awards official website and that of BBC Radio 2. The ceremony is set to be a star-studded affair and will be presented by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton currently wowing the critics in Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi Theatre.
11 Apr, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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VIDEO: SWEENEY TODD - NEW TRAILER
WATCH THIS BRAND NEW TRAILER OF MICHAEL BALL AND IMELDA STAUNTON STARRING IN SWEENEY TODD, OPENING AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE ON THE 10TH MARCH 2012.
11 Apr, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

Reviews / Features
#TheatreReporters: SWEENEY TODD REVIEW
The main dichotomy at play in Sondheim's musical thriller Sweeney Todd is horror versus humour. On the one hand, Sondheim was influenced by cinema and intended Sweeney to be almost a staged horror film. The mere proposition of a serial killer whose victims end up in meat pies is terrifying enough. On the other hand, the book is filled with black comedy and a lighthearted view of murder, making the intensely dramatic moments all the more poignant. Any production of Sweeney must balance these juxtaposed elements, luring the audience in with macabre humour before scaring the hell out of us.
22 Mar, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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COMIC JASON MANFORD JOINS SWEENEY TODD
Temporarily joining the cast of Sweeney Todd this summer at the Adelphi Theatre is Jason Manford. He will be replacing Robert Burt from 2nd July to 27th July in the role of Pirelli, the Italian Barber.
7 Mar, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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GOSSIP: The BOOK OF MORMON TO TRANSFER TO WEST END?
The hit US Broadway musical The Book of Morman by South Park creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker is looking set to come to the West End and show us just why they won 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
10 Feb, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct

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MICHAEL BALL AND IMELDA STAUNTON STARRING IN SWEENEY TODD AT THE ADELPHI
With amazing reviews and and a glowing endorsement from show creator, Stephen Sondheim the Chichester Festival production of Sweeney Todd will make it's West End debut from 10th March at the Adelphi Theatre.
7 Nov, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct
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