{"id":28496,"date":"2013-08-28T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=28496"},"modified":"2020-08-23T00:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T23:34:46","slug":"sondheims-sweeney-todd-to-open-in-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2013\/08\/28\/sondheims-sweeney-todd-to-open-in-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd to open in Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Headlining his first full season, Artistic Director James Brining makes his directorial debut for West Yorkshire Playhouse with a bold contemporary production of Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical thriller Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.<\/p>\n
Torn away from his family on a miscarriage of justice and exiled for fifteen years, Sweeney Todd returns to London and discovers the terrible truth about his wife and daughter. Hell-bent on revenge he takes up his razors to become the most infamous barber of all time. Dishing up his recipe for justice with the help of enterprising pie-maker Mrs Lovett, Sweeney Todd begins to clean up London the only way he knows how.<\/p>\n
This striking show is designed by Colin Richmond, whose credits include Doctor Faustus, Annie and Animal Farm. It features David Birrell as Sweeney Todd, a role for which he won Best Actor in Critics Award For Theatre Scotland. The show also established Sondheim and West End performer Gillian Bevan\u00a0in the role of\u00a0Mrs Lovett.<\/p>\n
Performed in the Playhouse\u2019s Quarry Theatre, Sweeney Todd features a cast of sixteen performers and an orchestra of nine. It brings together an outstanding team of musical creatives including celebrated composer\/musical director David Shrubsole as musical supervisor and orchestrator, George Dyer on musical direction and Nick Winston as movement director.<\/p>\n
Sweeney Todd runs at the\u00a0West Yorkshire Playhouse from 26th September to 26th October before transferring to the Royal Exchange. Tickets cost \u00a312- 28. For more details contact the box office on 0113 2137700 or visit www.wyp.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Artistic Director James Brining launches his first season with award winning musical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":28497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[675],"tags":[3120,17870,1419,17871,4746],"yoast_head":"\n