A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond

Ghostlight Theatre is excited to present Stephen Sondheim’s classic version of a tale that started life in 1830s London as a ‘penny dreadful’ broadsheet, recounting the tale of Sweeney, a psychopath who killed for profit and Mrs Lovett, a harridan who baked the bodies into pies. Capturing the popular taste for melodrama, it soon became a play performed in the London ‘blood tubs’; theatres devoted to sensationalist repertoire.

Out of such strange origins, Sondheim and librettist Hugh Wheeler have woven a stunning musical that is both dark and hilarious, and in the enthusiastic hands of this talented cast and creative team, it is certain to entertain and thrill.

Step Right Up, Good People Of Gippsland!

Behold The Most Astonishing Melodrama Of The Age:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Mystery In The Midnight Fog • Peril In The Barber’s Chair
A Tale To Chill The Blood And Thrill The Senses
Thrilling • Terrifying • Unforgettable

Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince.
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, in Association with Dean and Judy Manos.

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).

Duration: 2 hours and 35 minutes including intermission.

Members: $44
Full: $49
Concession: $44
Youth U/18: $30