⭐ SWEENEY TODD – UK REVIVAL – CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐
The full cast & creative team for the highly anticipated UK revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece SWEENEY TODD – THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET has been announced.
A razor-sharp story of retribution, this darkly comic and dramatic musical is a must-see in this new version by Rep artistic director Joe Murphy.
Starring Ramin Karimloo as Sweeney Todd, Meow Meow as Mrs. Lovett, David Bedella as Judge Turpin, Shem Omari James as Anthony Hope, Jo Stephenson as Johanna, Julius D’Silva as Beadle and Jack Gibson as Tobias Ragg.
Also starring Florence Andrews as Beggar Woman, Silas Wyatt-Barke as Adolfo Pirelli, Emily Ivana Hawkins as Ensemble and Hadrian Delacey as Ensemble.
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!
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.
Directed by Joe Murphy, featuring design by Elin Steele, music supervision & orchestral reduction by Dr. John Rigby, lighting design by Rory Beaton, sound design by Kelsh Buckman-Drage, movement direction by Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, casting by Abby Galvin CDG, musical direction by Leo Munby, associate conductor Christopher Mundy and orchestral management by David Gallagher.
SWEENEY TODD has music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, with a book by Hugh Wheeler, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond.
SWEENEY TODD – THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET will play The Rep, Birmingham, running from 4th July – 9th August 2026, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/
