Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Fri Mar 1, 20:00 - Sun Mar 24, 22:30
Olympia Bakery
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Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical masterpiece comes to thrilling life in an unforgettable immersive staging in Kalk Bay's historic Olympia Bakery.
Attend the dark, witty, and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th century London.
Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Featuring two unforgettable star turns and some of the most chilling music ever written for the stage, this masterpiece is sure both to thrill and delight audiences.
Presented by Abrahamse & Meyer Productions in association with Tally Ho! Productions.
Starring Marcel Meyer as Sweeney Todd and Zoë McLaughlin as Mrs. Lovett, with Musical Direction by Jaco Griessel and Direction by Fred Abrahamse.