Sweeney Todd // Harrington’s, Shaftsbury Avenue 2015

by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler

”ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE WEST END TRANSFERS IN LIVING MEMORY” The Guardian

Winner 2015 Off West End Award for Best Musical

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “It sets the bar mighty high for the next time the demon barber comes to town” The Times 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Bill Buckhurst’s ingenious production…an irresistible tasty treat” Financial Times 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “What a show it is from Bill Buckhurst, soaked in an atmosphere of thrilling intimacy” Evening Standard 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑“A shattering, unmissable production” The Stage

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Bill Buckhurst’s brilliantly atmospheric production is like a luscious, overfilled meat pie” The Guardian 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “It must be the most intimate, immersive evening in town” The Daily Telegraph

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “The grisly gory of Bill Buckhurst’s staging” The Observer 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Bill Buckhurst’s ingeniously immersive, claustrophobic, flickeringly candle-lit production….a close shave of alarming distinction” The Independent 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Within these four small walls, Tooting Arts Club rules” TimeOut 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “What Bill Buckhurst has achieved here, as director of this extraordinary Sweeney Todd, is really remarkable. It’s unlikely you will ever experience Sweeney Todd quite in this way ever again” BritishTheatre.com  

FROM THE ORIGINAL 2014 PRODUCTION AT HARRINGTON’S PIE & MASH SHOP TOOTING : 

⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ “This revival is extraordinary” Evening Standard  

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “Buckhurst stages a flavoursome production in which every word of the lyrics can be heard” Sunday Times (Critical List) 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “An extraordinary success” WhatsOnStage 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “I’m not sure Sweeney Todd has ever felt more authentic” The Stage 

⭑⭑⭑⭑ “..the boldest move on London’s fringe theatre scene this year” TimeOut 

Creatives:

Set & Costume Design: Simon Kenny

Musical Director & Arranger: Benjamin Cox

Movement director: Georgina Lamb

Lighting designer: Amy Mae

Sound designer: Joshua Richardson

Producer: Rachel Edwards

Co-producer: Hilary Williams

Associate producer: Tracey Childs

Photographer: Ellie Kurttz, Bronwen Sharp 

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