Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler set in 1840's London. This classic musical was adapted for this production to work with a daily rotating lead cast as well as over 50 extras.
The set was designed and approved with extreme minimalism as the goal, featuring bare wooden frames and structures. Character deaths were also more "stylised" with red, flowing silk fabrics and ghostly, slow-moving departures from the stage.
Equipment
Orchestra microphone inputs connected via analogue snakes to Front-of-House Yamaha LS9-32. QLab sound effects connected via Dante Virtual Soundcard. All lighting designed and programmed with ETC Eos Nomad and Eos Augment3d software.
- Cast: 14 ways of RF - mixture of headset and lapel omnidirectional microphones
- Choir/Room: x2 AKG C451B
Orchestra
- Piano
- Organ
- Flute/Piccolo/Recorder
- Oboe/Cor Anglais
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
- French Horn
- Trumpets 1 + 2
- Violins 1 + 2
- Cello
- Double Bass
- Percussion: Xylophone, Snare, Chimes, Cymbals, Timpani, Bells, Bell Tree, Crotales, Tam Tam, Bass Drum, Whistle, Triangle, Metal wash tub, Celeste, Vibraphone
Credits
- Director: Peter Jenkins
- Musical Director: Ben Watson
- Set Design: Peter Jenkins, Malcolm Fraser-Lewis
- Stage Build: Malcolm Fraser-Lewis
- Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
- Book: Hugh Wheeler
All photography by Dougal Nicol