'Grotesque fun and heart felt intensity’
– London Lite
'Powerful and inventive'
– Three Weeks
'Criminally Funny. Totally faultless drama'
– Remotegoat
'Dark, funny and aesthetically stunning'
– Time Out
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Recasting Sweeney Todd as a clown in the tradition of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, Sweeney Todd is an hilarious black comedy - combining slap stick humour, grotesque characters, physical storytelling and live cabaret music.
Working with an international team of puppeteers and performers, Finger in the Pie Theatre Company have devised a brand new version of the classic Sweeney Todd myth. We have combined an aesthetic of the grotesque with physical storytelling, puppetry and live music to bring to life the seething underworld of Eighteenth Century London.
Sweeney Todd - Frank Wurzinger
Ensemble – Alfie Boyd, Michael Lambourne, Helen Taylor, Lizzie Wort
Director - Alexander Parsonage
Musical Director - Vanessa-Faye Stanley
Dramaturge - Sandra Theresa Buch
Puppetry - Ida Marie Tjalve
Young Todd Puppet – Bek Palmer
Stage Design – Bek Palmer
Lighting Design - Edward Elbourne
Costume Design - Suncana Dulic
Devised by
Bärbel Aschenberg, Lisa Benson, Alfie Boyd, Helen Bradbury, Emily Bruce, Richard Campbell, Robin Edwards, Michael Lambourne, Alexander Parsonage, Chris Sharp, Vanessa-Faye Stanley, Helen Taylor, Lizzie Wort, Frank Wurz,
With additional written material by Stephen Sharkey
'We fell head over heals for this show, dark, funny and aesthetically stunning... See it if you can' - Time Out Critics Choice
'Immensely enjoyable' - Three Weeks (5 Stars)
'A razor-sharp production' - Broadway Baby (5 Stars)
'This is a Sweeney unlike any other... Spectacular fun.' - Onstage Scotland (5 Stars)
'Without a doubt, the best show this year.' - Hairline (5 Stars)
'Criminally Funny. Totally Faultless Drama' – Remotegoat (5 Stars)
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