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From the company that brought you the NODA award winning productions of Gypsy and Calendar Girls: The Musical, KW Productions is proud to present one of the darkest musicals ever written, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Sweeney Todd tells the infamous tale of an unjustly exiled barber who returns home to Victorian London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who ruined his life. 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!

Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success and is widely regarded as Sondheim’s masterpiece. With a thrilling full orchestra performing live on stage, this multi Tony award winning musical promises a soaring, operatic score, and an evening full of lush vocals, pitch-black comedy and stunning terror.

Age recommendation: 12+

Please note: This production contains some adult topics, mature themes and disturbing imagery.

September 15-19, 2026 (7.30pm, matinee on 19th at 2.30pm)

Tickets £20 – sale date TBC

The Little Theatre, Dover Street, Leicester, LE1 6PW

SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller

Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Book by HUGH WHEELER

From an Adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND

Originally Directed on Broadway by HAROLD PRINCE

Orchestrations by JONATHAN TUNICK

This amateur production is presented by Music Theatre International

All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI www.mtishows.co.uk

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When three desperate housewives in small town America wish for the man of their dreams, they get more than they bargain for in this devilish musical with a showstopping score and a captivating blend of comedy, fantasy and drama.

Eastwick - a town where everyone knows everything about everyone else, presided over by the indomitable Felicia Gabriel. Bored and fed up with their small town lives, three women - Alex, Sukie, and Jane - share a desire for “all manner of man in one man” to provide excitement and variety. That man arrives in the devil-like form of Darryl Van Horne. Scandalized by the carefree foursome, Felicia and the citizens of Eastwick vow to clean up the “Dirty Laundry” that is disrupting their peaceful town.

As Darryl’s powers over Alex, Jane, and Sukie become more powerful, the three women realise that their wild, lustful relationship with Darryl is more sinister and dangerous than they once realized and start to use their newly discovered powers to get rid of him once and for all.