It has been announced that David Bedella and Sarah Ingram will star in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as the title role and Mrs Lovett.
The production begins performances at the Twickenham Theatre in West London on Wednesday 10th September and runs to Saturday 4th October.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.
The cast also includes Mark McKerracher as Judge Turpin, Zoe Curlett as Beggar Woman, Shaun Chambers as Pirelli, Genevieve Kingsford as Johanna, Mikaela Newton as Tobias and Josh Tevendale as Anthony.
David Bedella won an Olivier, Critics Circle and Evening Standard Award for creating the role of the warm-up man Jonathan Weiruss/Satan in Jerry Springer The Opera (National/West End/Sydney Opera House/New York).
His West End credits also include: Frank n Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Billy Flynn in Chicago and Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He starred as Arnold in Torch Song Trilogy and Wilson Mizner in Sondheim’s Road Show, both at the Menier Chocolate Factory. In the past year he played Man 1 in the acclaimed production of Sondheim’s Putting It Together (St James Theatre) and Kevin in Into The Heights (Southwark Playhouse).
Sarah Ingram’s many West End musicals include Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Martin Guerre, Inherit The Wind, Flashdance, Imagine This, Muderous Instincts and Napoleon. She worked with David Bedella on Sondheim’s Road Show at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Most recently Sarah played Josie in the revival of the Boy George musical Taboo at Brixton Clubhouse following her critically acclaimed performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie at West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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