Birmingham Rep has released production images for its new production ofSondheim’s classic musical, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.The production runs in The House until Saturday 15 August, with a press night onTuesday 14 July. Production images are by Manuel Harlan.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street features Ramin Karimloo(Phantom of The Opera, Les Misérables, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The AddamsFamily) as Sweeney Todd, Meow Meow (Emma Rice’s A Midsummer Night’sDream, Guys and Dolls) as Mrs Lovett, and three-time Olivier Award-winning actorDavid Bedella (& Juliet, In The Heights, Jerry Springer: The Opera) as JudgeTurpin.
They are joined by: Shem Omari James (Jesus Christ Superstar,Dreamgirls) as Anthony Hope, Jo Stephenson (Les Misérables, The Pirate Queen)as Johanna, Julius D’Silva (Educating Rita, What’s New Pussy Cat?, Bridgerton,The Crown) as Beadle, Jack Gibson (Reverberation, Four Play) as Tobias Ragg,Florence Andrews (School of Rock, Wicked) as Beggar Woman, Silas Wyatt-Barke (The Prince of Egypt, Sunny Afternoon) as Adolfo Pirelli, Emily IvanaHawkins (Alice: Return to Wonderland, Sweet Henry V) as Ensemble, and HadrianDelacey (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Phantom of the Opera) as Ensemble.
The creative team includes: Joe Murphy (Director), Elin Steele (Designer), Dr JohnRigby (Musical Supervisor and Orchestral Reduction), Rory Beaton (LightingDesigner), Kelsh Buckman-Drage (Sound Designer), Leo Munby (MusicalDirector), Tinovimbanashe Sibanda (Movement Director), Maisie Carter forMC_Combat (Fights and Intimacy Director), Abby Galvin CDG (Casting Director),David Gallagher (Orchestral Management), Robyn Grant (Associate Director),Lucy Baker-Swinburn (Keyboard Programmer), Ellen Hartley (Voice and Text),and Andy Pye (Production Manager).