Birmingham Rep have today announced the full cast for their upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director Joe Murphy and designed by award-winning designer Elin Steele, the production plays on The House stage between Saturday 4 July – Sunday 9 August 2026.
As previously announced West End, Broadway and international musical theatre star Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of The Opera, Les Misérables, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Addams Family) will play the title role of Sweeney Todd; award-winning radical entertainer, Meow Meow (Emma Rice’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Guys and Dolls) will play the iconic part of Mrs. Lovett; and three-time Olivier Award-winning actor David Bedella (& Juliet, In The Heights, Jerry Springer: The Opera) plays Judge Turpin.
They are joined by Shem Omari James (Jesus Christ Superstar, Dreamgirls, UK tour) as Anthony Hope, Jo Stephenson (Les Misérables, world tour, The Pirate Queen, London Coliseum) as Johanna, Julius D’Silva (Educating Rita, Reading Rep, What’s New Pussy Cat?, Birmingham Rep, Bridgerton and The Crown, Netflix) as Beadle, Jack Gibson (Reverberation, Bristol Old Vic, Four Play, King’s Head Theatre) as Tobias Ragg, Florence Andrews (School of Rock, Gillian Lynne Theatre, Wicked, Victoria Apollo) as Beggar Woman, Silas Wyatt-Barke (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre, Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter Theatre) as Adolfo Pirelli, Emily Ivana Hawkins (Alice: Return to Wonderland, Sherman Theatre, Sweet Henry V, Birmingham Rep) as Ensemble, and Hadrian Delacey (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, UK tour, The Phantom of the Opera, His Majesty’s Theatre) as Ensemble.
Talking about the cast director, Joe Murphy said:
“I am delighted that we are now able to share with everyone the full cast of Sweeney Todd. Joining the previously announced Ramin Karimloo, Meow Meow and David Bedella I am thrilled that we have assembled such a talented and experienced company. I cannot wait to get into the rehearsal room to work on Sondheim’s darkly comic musical masterpiece.”
First performed on Broadway in 1979, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler‘s
12-time Tony Award-winning masterpiece is considered one of the greatest musicals ever written.
Wrongfully imprisoned for 15 years, Benjamin Barker returns to Victorian London as the mysterious barber, Sweeney Todd.
Upon finding out he’s lost everything he ever loved, Sweeney swears revenge and so begins a chilling tale of murder, macabre and Mrs Lovett’s pies!
Joining Joe Murphy (Director) and Elin Steele (Designer) on the creative team are: Dr John Rigby (Musical Supervisor and Orchestral Reduction), Rory Beaton (Lighting Designer), Kelsh Buckman-Drage (Sound Designer), Tinovimbanashe Sibanda (Movement Director), Abby Galvin CDG (Casting Director), Leo Munby (Musical Director), Christopher Mundy (Associate Conductor) and David Gallagher (Orchestral Management).
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comes to The Rep from Saturday 4 July – Sunday 9 August and tickets are on-sale now.
To book simply visit Birmingham Rep at birmingham-rep.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0121 236 4455 (Monday to Friday from 12pm to 6pm. Saturdays 12pm to 6pm, or 4pm if there is no evening performance scheduled).