Sweeney Todd comes to the Cambridge Arts Theatre

Cambridge Operatic Society return to Cambridge Arts Theatre after the success of Annie with the world famous musical Sweeney Todd.

Follow the bloody trail of revenge to Sweeney Todd’s Fleet Street barber shop for a theatrical treat to die for! With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd has shocked, awed and thrilled audiences around the world.

This tale of love, treachery and grisly doings explores the legend of the unjustly exiled Todd, who returns to 19th century London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit, and then ravaged Todd’s young wife. Todd’s bloody revenge becomes a dish served hot by Mrs Lovett, the entrepreneurial and lovestruck proprietress of a pie shop, to queues of hungry Londoners who suddenly find her wares very tasty indeed. And the carnage has just begun! Cambridge Operatic Society (CaOS) are a Cambridge based amateur musical theatre company established in 1910. CaOS have staged an annual production on the Cambridge Arts Theatre stage for many years, recent examples include Annie, Sister Act, Oklahoma!, South Pacific and Oliver!

Sweeney Todd is directed and choreographed by Chris Cuming, who trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Cuming’s directorial credits for CaOS include Annie, Sister Act, Oklahoma! and South Pacific.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was written in 1979 and opened on Broadway the same year, with its West End debut the year following. The Tony and Olivier Award winning musical has since had numerous revivals as well as a 2007 film adaptation starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.