I’ve been in the show twice. And I’ll never forget the advice my Director gave to me whilst playing Tobias. We were having a deep discussion about how Tobias is mentally challenged, I’m on the Autistic spectrum so I used a lot of my own ticks and personality in the role. And he turned round and said to me, “Tobias is portrayed as clueless and slow. Yet out of everybody, he is the only one who figures out Todd is shady and making people disappear. He’s a heartbreaking tragic character who ends up going mad and essentially becomes the next Todd at the end. He figured it out despite being mentally challenged whilst others who were intelligent were oblivious to Todd’s misdeeds. So who is the real idiot?
@onlookerofthings60293 жыл бұрын
Just like Toby said- "I ain't smart but I ain't dumb"
@maxgoldhirsch20432 жыл бұрын
My closing night of this show was yesterday. I played Tobias... And my biggest challenge was tapping into insanity in the ending scene. When I got it for the first time it was opening night. It's been my favorite show for all my life... And I think the audience fueled the moment as well as seeing the "dead body" of Mrs. Lovett. The actress who played her is incredible and our chemistry in stage is indescribable. I also didn't like the actor who played Todd that much so killing him was fun 🤗
@froufroudeluxe2 жыл бұрын
That’s such a cool thing to experience. I am also autistic. Glad you could tap into your own life experiences to channel Tobias
@jamesmb444 Жыл бұрын
I love that interpretation. “Being close and being clever ain’t like being true…” I loved that the 2005 revival was so Toby-centric, it practically works as a sequel.
@valkyriesardo27810 ай бұрын
Not quite. Lucy becomes suspicious of evil doing shortly before her demise, "city on fire"
@kongerooity10 ай бұрын
I just have been on a sweeney binge this week and listened through the original, this version, the 2014 version and the recent 2023 and dang Michael and Imelda is my favourite pair. I loved Imelda’a interpretation of Mrs Lovett. Michael’s performance and the flawless singing is just magnificent. I really wish I got to watch this live!!!!
@joshuakohlmann97316 ай бұрын
Have you heard the 1993 National Theatre production? It's still my favourite: Denis Quilley as Todd, but with Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lovett rather than the irritating Sheila Hancock. Sadly it's only on KZbin as an audio recording for BBC Radio 4 and was never officially recorded, but it is still there and we can be thankful for that...
@saintsberry5275 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading. I hate how the soundtrack from this version doesn't have all the songs. This is the best cast to play Sweeny Todd in my opinion..
@maxgoldhirsch20432 жыл бұрын
Yeah they're incredible
@bassplayer2011ify5 жыл бұрын
this is the best version of the Worst Pies in London I've heard.
@hallucy22154 жыл бұрын
lolno
@maxgoldhirsch20432 жыл бұрын
I love the choices she made. For example how she laughed through "these are probably the worst pies in London" at the very beginning of the number. It just seemed seamless. The role was made for her.
@dragonhunter69005 жыл бұрын
0:07 Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Prelude) 3:52 No Place Like London 7:53 Barber and His Wife 10:14 The Worst Pies in London 13:51 Poor Thing 18:56 My Friends 22:12 Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 1) 23:21 Green Finch and Linnet Bird 25:55 Ah Miss 28:44 Johanna 31:45 Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir 36:00 The Contest 41:42 Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2) 42:19 Johanna (Mea Culpa) 48:47 Wait 54:40 Pirelli’s Death 56:25 Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3) 58:46 Kiss Me 1:00:22 Ladies in their Sensitivities 1:02:27 Kiss Me II/Ladies in their Sensitivities 1:07:05 Pretty Women Epiphany and A Little Priest can be found here: kzbin.info/aero/PLfVR5DCWHdITxf02-03CReJXmZlPXmiuP
@ghazalehaghamiri47695 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the list
@charleycaswell67524 жыл бұрын
Thankyou!!!
@ionagriffey Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@HaydnG266 Жыл бұрын
Why was A Little Priest not in this recording?
@DennisDoubleday2 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite theater experiences ever. Ball and Staunton were so good.
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
They were amazing
@naly2025 жыл бұрын
What a pity the movie didn't include Turpin's " Johanna ". It would have been so wonderful to see Alan Rickman singing this piece.
@keegansandlin5 жыл бұрын
naly202 I Found That Turpin’s “Johanna” Pointless. You Don’t Him To Sing About How He Wants To Marry Her, He Flat Out Says Tells Beadle Bamford Onstage. Plus He’s Already An Asshole When You First See Him.
@dmenor11ification4 жыл бұрын
@@keegansandlin The point of that song is to show just how fucked in the head Turpin is. basecally, all characters, except Anthony, are completely crazy one way or another!
@keegansandlin4 жыл бұрын
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@keegansandlin4 жыл бұрын
Mateus Cristian's Channel Hey do you happen to have content on your channel?
@dmenor11ification4 жыл бұрын
@@keegansandlin Only in portuguese at the moment. I plan to start making videos at english, but for the moments I lack the equipment.
@robyn54345 жыл бұрын
I love this. Wish I could have been there to watch it, or they released a DVD. :(
@robynwaugh14465 жыл бұрын
Me too 😭
@kixsuskat30296 жыл бұрын
YES THANK FRICK SOMEONE UPLOADED THISSSSS
@GeneThundersnow4 жыл бұрын
Even though I’m not crazy about some of the choices this production made (but who the hell am I to judge anything) I really love Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Lovett
@marknewell33846 жыл бұрын
This production was fantastic when I went to watch it!
@Winter-tb7cc8 ай бұрын
I love her delivery of "They figured she had to be daft, you see, so all of them stood there and laughed, you see"
@nattybrown3 жыл бұрын
I saw this and was completely blown away! It was incredible!
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it was wonderful
@monicasimmer22423 жыл бұрын
The orchestraaaaaaaa😍
@mikeyjamieson47155 жыл бұрын
So, someone tell me if I got this right: this revival is set in the 30s as the great depression mirrors the oppression of the working class in the Victorian age. The opening and closing ballad is set in a factory where the cleaners are trying to get enough money and as they're listening to the radio they tell each other the story of Sweeney Todd. Am I right?
@davidrodriguez90135 жыл бұрын
I think that they were going with this. I also freaking love the barber chair here! Wish I had it.
@RickvanVeldhuizen5 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's what they were trying to convey. It's very close to Harold Prince's original concept, which was also set in a factory, albeit one contemporaneous to Sweeney's story itself, in the industrial revolution.
@maxgoldhirsch20432 жыл бұрын
Probably
@jamesmb444 Жыл бұрын
At first It reminds me of the true crime talk you hear at work. “Well I heard this…”, “You know what they say..” “He just LOOKS guilty…” On the desk I picture a copy of the Daily Mail with a screamer headline “Pie Shop Horror!” But then a character 3:30 I assume to be Sweeney arrives, lowered in a sort of elevator. Now my interpretation is that this is Hell or Purgatory, and they’re gossiping about the latest arrival. That adds a layer to the epilogue, when they’re pointing into the audience going “He’s there! He’s there!”. Maybe this is the circle of the Wrath/the vengeful/the resentful and we’re right here with them.
@davidsigalow73497 ай бұрын
I had the pleasure of seeing this production twice, and it was the best version I've ever seen. The performers and the staging were just superb.
@salomonrael81172 жыл бұрын
by far my favorite Mrs. Lovett. 🙏🙏
@felixmarques3 жыл бұрын
I love how this Mrs Lovett seems absolutely evil right from the start. Not necessarily the best angle for the character, but interesting.
@aacproductions9963 жыл бұрын
Yeah since I’m a way she is the biggest villain of the entire story
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Imelda was just outstanding
@christianmagoon59683 жыл бұрын
Sweeney Todd- London 2011 A, full show, pro-shot with no zooms. Epiphany and Little Priest are replaced by a multicamera pro-shot Cast: Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, John Bowe, Peter Polycarpou, Rob Bur Format: VOB/DVD
@maicey_t.6 жыл бұрын
WHAT NO WAY I'M SO EXCITED THANK yOU FOR UPLOADING THIS
@ralphnieves76904 жыл бұрын
Saw the original with Dorthy Lauden and Len Carilou the Stage was enormous, was a guest of Marty Richards and his wife..Mary Johnson....My Moms was thrilled in 1981 or 82. Something else.
@gamerlest5095 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading, I never got to see it
@gabrielleoverton2 жыл бұрын
Imelda is fantastic! 😂.
@Shuichisaihara549911 ай бұрын
The way Imelda just goes “Uuuuuugh” when she opens the trunk fully
@makeittrue4 жыл бұрын
I like Johanna but the actor playing Anthony doesn't seem to sing. He just seems to whisper his singing. In "Kiss Me". it really seems across as Johanna just drowns him out vocally & you can't hear him at all.
@nishal80203 ай бұрын
Oh but I like that because Anthony is more of a gentle character.....
@bjaxstriker52452 жыл бұрын
Anyone know where to get this show’s Epiphany and A Little Priest that match the rest of the show, instead of the proshot promos)? (Even if this comment gets really old I’ll probably still want to know haha.) Thanks.
@damnit_diana_5 жыл бұрын
Is the song Johanna in a higher key? It sounds a bit like it
@michaelwilliamybarra24094 жыл бұрын
Yes it is, though it's an optional key that was used by the original Broadway production too. The original key(as heard on the Broadway recording and movie soundtrack) is E flat major, and this key(also done in the televised production with George Hearn and Angela Lansbury) is in F major.
@lukewallis33762 жыл бұрын
Not to be picky about BLs but is there a version not recorded from a block or two away?
@gemmagraves78545 жыл бұрын
Wow I can see why they won
@hauntsandamusements Жыл бұрын
Someone should sync up all the closeups from the trailer as well as the two promotional videos of Epiphany and A Little Priest with this video!
@debra132 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Does this version exists anywhere with a closer view?
@davidsigalow73497 ай бұрын
There are a few "official" clips, but not the whole production.
@debra137 ай бұрын
such a shame, I've always wanted to see it.@@davidsigalow7349
Its a pity. I can hear the vocals are quite good, but the acoustics in the theatre are awful. The sound recording can't compensate. I find it unwatchable because Sweeney Todd is all in the song.
@leeming1317 Жыл бұрын
You know, Lighting diretors, Scenic Artists, Sound Board Ops, and Techies, all help produce the productions YOU may be in, Show some credit for such an ungrateful bunch of work. Ahh yes no matter how many times I tell the stage directors the fabricated Rocks and look-alikes and not meant for stepping on, I find them broken and asked "Is that what they're going to look like?" before release, Yet Somehow, Someway, I NEVER EVER hear that from patron goers who are all fooled. Give me a break, you work with what you got and you don't throw a fit, A theatre is for the live experience not recorded, Slimes may not be for YOU, but there for US, they're for ME
@leeming1317 Жыл бұрын
Downvoted!
@valkyriesardo27810 ай бұрын
@@leeming1317 Whatever is your point? "ungrateful bunch of work"???
@ttqsg5 жыл бұрын
'Epiphany' and "A Little Priest' seems to be missing from this.
@55archduke3 жыл бұрын
this is just Act 1
@user-rf7ml5kj2j3 жыл бұрын
The opening of act 2 is god that's good... Epiphany and a little priest is act 1
@mikejanus3654 Жыл бұрын
Where's the rest of Act 1? It leaves out "A Little Priest"
@michael-heslop-actor3 жыл бұрын
Is this Jason Manford as Pirelli???
@amylillington133 жыл бұрын
I think it is!
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@comprimario6 ай бұрын
No it's not. @@natashakingston8302
@saulmgm12172 жыл бұрын
So the guy recording this didn’t think to add any close ups? Everyone’s so tiny. It’s difficult to see anyone.
@kamalamoori3990 Жыл бұрын
I think this is the back of the house camera. When you arrive a little late, you can watch on the screen until an appropriate moment arrives when they allow you in.
@holly9096 Жыл бұрын
Luke Brady was done so dirty in the cast recording. It sounds like they autotuned him!
@damnit_diana_5 жыл бұрын
Johanna sounds a lot like Katie Hall tbh
@nattybrown3 жыл бұрын
Its Lucy May Barker. Shes was Sophie in Mamma Mia before the pandemic.
@JustinaSadikova2 ай бұрын
@@nattybrown you're joking? Her name is actually Lucy May Barker? That's such an amazing coincidence lol.
@jessk16833 жыл бұрын
not my guy turpin trying to marry the same girl calling him 'father'-- yikes.
@ozislost3 жыл бұрын
"I'm not gonna be scared." *literally five mins in* "Mmmmm wHeRE is my BlanKIE" *clutches pillow to face but still vibes to the music*
@michaeltilley87088 ай бұрын
What is with all the slow prologues these days
@MS-df2fk5 жыл бұрын
They needed to up the tempo of the ballad by like 5 bpm.
@maximusmawle2904 Жыл бұрын
its already uptempoed i believe. it is a slow song
@candlelight7600 Жыл бұрын
NOOO EPITHANY AND A LITTLE PRIEST ISNT HERE
@ttqsg5 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or there's no 'Epiphany' and "A Little Priest' added to this?
@Equus214 жыл бұрын
Epiphany and A Little Priest can be found here: kzbin.info/aero/PLfVR5DCWHdITxf02-03CReJXmZlPXmiuP
@timmothycopeland48663 жыл бұрын
audio sux
@frog95243 жыл бұрын
poggers
@merlijn1e5 жыл бұрын
Epiphany? Little priest?
@CynicalCharmer6 жыл бұрын
As much as I love Imelda, she just shouts through this one and it's horrifically irritating.
@moli24544 жыл бұрын
Michael Deeks yeah she does seem like she’s hurting her throat just trying to project
@geraldinewoods2544 жыл бұрын
Lovett is described as irritating but harmless so its accurate
@loganprice65024 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but this has to be my least favorite performance of Sweeney Todd... (Pls don't kill me if you disagree)
@jakewitcombe53042 жыл бұрын
Eh, it's fair. There's a hundred different ways for the story to be interpreted, and not all of them are everyone's cup of tea. What is your favourite version, out of curiosity?
@BelleShadow Жыл бұрын
God, the actress that plays mrs Lovett can't hold a note to save her life. It's like nails to a chalkboard
@frogggert3555 Жыл бұрын
i want u to watch some of her other performances. she is one of the theatre GREATS
@BelleShadow Жыл бұрын
@@frogggert3555 she may be, but here, in this? Nails on a chalkboard. Ruined the whole watching experience