Hugh Maynard & Sophie-Louise Dann to star in Sweeney Todd

Casting has been announced for Daniel Buckroyd's revival of Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.

The musical will run at the Derby Theatre 30th September – 22nd October and at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester 26th October – 12th November 2016.

Press Night Pics: ENO's Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Last night the English National Opera's Sweeney Todd officially opened at the London Coliseum. Special guests included Jacquie Brunjes, Yvie Burnett, Jayne Torvill, Chrissy Gaffney, Richard Stilgoe and Frank Skinner as well as Mr Stephen Sondheim! Check out images below (click image to enlarge).

Sweeney Todd is the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. It runs for a limited season at the London Coliseum until 12th April 2015. 

Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson lead the cast as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Lonny Price’s production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s  musical. Joining them are Matthew Seadon-Young as Anthony Hope, Katie Hall as Johanna Barker, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin, Jack North as Tobias Ragg, Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford, Rosalie Craig as Beggar Woman and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. 

Review: ENO's Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

ENO's Sweeney Todd
London Coliseum
Reviewed on Tuesday 31st March 2015
★★★★

There has been no shortage of Sweeney Todd productions in London over recent months. However, I haven't seen Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s show since the 2012 West End revival with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton so went with a relatively fresh mind and high expectations.

Production images released for Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Production images have been released for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum. Check out the images below (select image to enlarge).

The production stars: Bryn Terfel as Sweeney Todd, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett, Matthew Seadon-Young as Anthony Hope, Katie Hall as Johanna Barker, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin, Jack North as Tobias Ragg, Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford, Rosalie Craig as Beggar Woman and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. 

Joining them are: Madeleine Harland, Lydia Gerrard, Leah Penston, Frankie Jenna, Verity Quade, Susannah Van den Berg, Anna O’Byrne, Molly Lynch, Emily Bull, Gaia Wise, Alexandra Grierson, Vicki Lee Taylor, Katie Kerr, Ffion Emyr, Nancy Hill, Edd Campbell Bird, Alastair Brookshaw, Kane Oliver Parry, Scott Cripps, John Barr, Aaron Lee Lambert, Gary Tushaw, Ashley Robinson, Jeff Nicholson, Joseph Prouse, Gavin James, Marc Akinfolarin, Jacob Chapman, Ian Caddick and Adam Vaughan.

Sweeney Todd extends Shaftesbury Avenue pop-up pie shop run to May

Tooting Arts Club’s production of Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim has extended its run to Saturday 30th May 2015. Tickets for the new booking period are now on sale.

Sweeney Todd is currently taking place at 39-45 Shaftesbury Avenue whilst its original home Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop undergoes refurbishment. Tooting Arts have recreated the interior of Harrington’s, meticulously building an exact replica which now houses the show.

The production is delivered to intimate audiences by candlelight, across the tables. Tooting Arts continue to partner with the Harrington’s for the project, with meat pie, mash and liquor served up on site for audiences to buy before the show.

Full casting announced for Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Full casting has been announced for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum.

As previously revealed, the production stars: Bryn Terfel as Sweeney Todd, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett, Matthew Seadon-Young as Anthony Hope, Katie Hall as Johanna Barker, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin, Jack North as Tobias Ragg, Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford, Rosalie Craig as Beggar Woman and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. 

Joining them are: Madeleine Harland, Lydia Gerrard, Leah Penston, Frankie Jenna, Verity Quade, Susannah Van den Berg, Anna O’Byrne, Molly Lynch, Emily Bull, Gaia Wise, Alexandra Grierson, Vicki Lee Taylor, Katie Kerr, Ffion Emyr, Nancy Hill, Edd Campbell Bird, Alastair Brookshaw, Kane Oliver Parry, Scott Cripps, John Barr, Aaron Lee Lambert, Gary Tushaw, Ashley Robinson, Jeff Nicholson, Joseph Prouse, Gavin James, Marc Akinfolarin, Jacob Chapman, Ian Caddick and Adam Vaughan.

Matthew Seadon-Young, Katie Hall, Jack North & Rosalie Craig join cast of ENO's Sweeney Todd

Further casting has been announced for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum.

Joining the show's stellar cast are: Matthew Seadon-Young (Urinetown) as Anthony Hope, Katie Hall (The Phantom of the Opera) as Johanna Barker, Jack North (Barnum) as Tobias Ragg and Rosalie Craig (City of Angels) as Beggar Woman.

They join Bryn Terfel as Sweeney, Emma Thompson as Mrs Lovett, John Owen-Jones as Pirelli, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin and Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford.

Alex Gaumond joins Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd

Alex Gaumond has announced that he will play Beadle Bamford in Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum. 

He joins a stellar cast including Bryn Terfel as Sweeney, Emma Thompson as Mrs Lovett, John Owen-Jones as Pirelli and Philip Quast as Judge Turpin.

This production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical thriller marks the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

Tooting Arts Club’s Sweeney Todd transfers to Shaftesbury Avenue!

It has been announced that Tooting Arts Club’s acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd is to move to a new home on Shaftesbury Avenue this spring whilst Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop undergoes refurbishment. 

The pop-up pie shop success story started last October when Tooting Arts offered up lovelorn Mrs Lovett’s infamous pies in a grisly, site-specific production of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous musical in SW17. Audiences met in the local barbers before being led into London’s oldest, functioning pie-shop, established in 1908 and complete with original Victorian décor.

Whilst the Lovetts’ Victorian home is out of action Tooting Arts will recreate the interior of the beloved Harrington’s, meticulously building an exact replica on Shaftesbury Avenue to house the show, the first pop-up musical to come to Theatreland.

John Owen-Jones joins Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd

West End star John Owen-Jones has revealed that he will play Pirelli in Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum.

Owen-Jones joins a stellar cast led by the previously announced Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett. Philip Quast will play Judge Turpin

This production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical thriller marks the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

London Fringe Production of the Year 2014: Full Result

Epsilon's production of Chicken Shop, which ran at the Park Theatre (Park90) in September, has won West End Frame's London Fringe Production of the Year Award. Love Story at the Union Theatre finishes second whilst Damn Yankees at the Landor Theatre finishes third. Other runners up include Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club) and In The Heights (Southwark Playhouse). Check out the full result below.

Thank you to everyone who has supported and voted in the 2014 West End Frame Awards! We received over 52,000 votes this year and can't wait to launch the first 2015 Award in February! We will be revealing the full 2014 winner's list, including Editor's choice awards, in due course.

WINNER

Chicken Shop 

Park Theatre (Park 90)

Photo Credit: Kim Hardy Photography

22% 

Chicken Shop wins 'London Fringe Production of the Year' Award

Epsilon's production of Chicken Shop, which ran at the Park Theatre (Park90) in September, has won West End Frame's London Fringe Production of the Year Award. 

Speaking to West End Frame, producer Angela Bull said: "Thank you West End Frame for this recognition. The buzz you get when you find a script that you know is special is so exciting, and then when the whole team come together for the first time, cast and crew, that excitement is palpable. 

"Epsilon couldn't have wished for a better team of people to be involved in a production. This award is for all of us and for the hard work that was put in. We would also like to thank the Park Theatre for housing us through the summer and believing in our season. 

"We all had such an amazing time working on Chicken Shop and so to top everything off by winning this award truly is the cherry on top. Above all, the show would have been nothing without its audience, who not only showed immense support during the run but have now gone a step further and voted us London Fringe Production of the Year. It just doesn't get any better than that! Thank you!"

GOSSIP: Philip Quast joins Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd?

According the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Philip Quast will play Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum. If this gossip is true, Quast will star alongside the previously announced Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett.

The show runs for just 13 performances between 30th March and 12th April with press night on 31st March. The ENO orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, will appear on stage alongside the cast in this semi-staged production.

Jeremy Secomb & Siobhan McCarthy star in new production of Sweeney Todd

Casting has been announced for a new production of Sweeney Todd at Tooting Arts Club starring Jeremy Secomb and Siobhan McCarthy as Sweeney and Mrs Mrs Lovett.

Secomb's West End credits include The Phantom of the Opera, Lend Me A Tenor The Musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Evita and The Woman in White. 

McCarthy was nominated for an Olivier Award after originating the role of Donna in Mamma Mia. She also starred as Sveltana and the mistress in the original London productions of Chess and Evita. Most recently she played Velma Von Tussle in the West End production of Hairspray.

The cast will also includes David Freedman as Judge Turpin, Ian Mowat as Beadle, Kiara Jay as Pirelli/Beggar Woman, Nadim Naaman as Anthony, Grace Chapman as Johanna and Joseph Taylor as Tobias.

Details announced for Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Thompson as Mrs Lovett & Terfel as Sweeney

Details have been confirmed for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson at the London Coliseum

This production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical thriller makrs the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

The show runs for just 13 performances between 30th March and 12th April with press night on 31st March. The ENO orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, will appear on stage alongside the cast in this semi-staged production.

This production was originally produced by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center earlier this year, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Further casting will be announced shortly. 

Tickets for Sweeney Todd are priced between £10 and £125, with 300 seats available at £10 for every performance. Priority booking opens at midday today (16th September 2014) and public booking opens at 10am on 23rd September 2014.

Emma Thompson said: “I can't believe I am being given the opportunity to perform this extraordinary piece once again - this time with the ENO orchestra. And of course to sing with such a talent as Bryn is as good as it ever gets.”

Casting announced for Sweeney Todd starring David Bedella & Sarah Ingram

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.

New fringe theatre in Twickenham to stage Sweeney Todd

A new 100-seat fringe theatre is set to launch later this year. The Twickenham Theatre will open in September with an intimate in-house production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

The theatre is located just one minute from Twickenham rail station and is served by 12 bus routes as well as free local parking. The Twickenham Theatre is described as "a flexible performance space that will be both a producing and receiving house".

Beginning previews on Wednesday 10th September 2014, Sweeney Todd will be co-produced by Twickenham Theatre producer David Adkin. 

GOSSIP: Emma Thompson to star in Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum?

According to the Daily Mail, Emma Thompson is set to return to the London stage for the first time in 25 years opposite Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd.

The pair will apparently lead the cast of the English National Opera’s inaugural season of musical theatre with a series of performances of Stephen Sondheim’s musical in March and April 2015 at the London Coliseum.

Thompson and Terfel previously performed four concerts of Sweeney Todd at the Lincoln Centre’s Avery Fisher Hall in March this year.