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Revenge is a dish best served cold

Sweeney Todd

Stephen Sondheim
Last Chance
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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!
Backstory

Benjamin Barker was once a carefree barber in London—married to the beautiful Lucy and proud father of little Johanna. But Judge Turpin also had his eye on Lucy. He had Barker falsely convicted and banished. During Barker’s exile, Turpin raped Lucy, who then poisoned herself. From then on, Johanna grew up under Turpin’s control.
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A musical thriller [1979]
Music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by HUGH WHEELER
Based on the play of the same name by CHRISTOPHER BOND
Director of original Broadway production HAROLD PRINCE
Orchestration by JONATHAN TUNICK
Originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards in association with Dean and Judy Manos
Premiere on 17 November 2024
Coproduction with Opéra national du Rhin und Finnish National Opera and Ballet
Recommended from grade 9
English
2hr 55min, incl. intermission

Next dates and cast

Schillertheater – Großer Saal
Bismarckstraße 110
10625 Berlin
Sun
8. Dec 2024
16:00
Wed
11. Dec 2024
19:00
Sat
14. Dec 2024
19:30
Mon
23. Dec 2024
19:00
Sat
28. Dec 2024
19:30
Tue
31. Dec 2024
18:00
Sat
4. Jan 2025
19:30
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