
Show Dates 10th May - 14th May 2023
THE F LESLIE COWHAM TROPHY FOR PROGRAMME DESIGN (Souvenir Class)
THE MOLLY HARLE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE CHARACTER IN A MUSICAL
Bex Bradburn as Mrs Lovett
THE KEN WIRDNAM AWARD FOR BEST MALE CHARACTER IN A MUSICAL
Ryk Burnett as Sweeney Todd
THE KATHLEEN OYLER AWARD FOR CHORUS WORK
THE JOE PUTNAM AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
PROGRAMME AWARD (Souvenir Class)
THE SHINFIELD PLAYERS SCENIC DESIGN AWARD (in memory of Pat Barr)
Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony's, (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world. An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century 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!