EPK footage for Sweeney Todd The Musical, starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton. My role; Creative lead Director
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@drtoonie3 жыл бұрын
Of all of the actors I've seen play Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, these are the two that honest-to-god feel like serial killers. There's a gleeful intensity that you seldom see in other performances.
@davidsigalow7349 Жыл бұрын
This was the best production of "Sweeney Todd" I've ever seen, including the original.
@acharich Жыл бұрын
💯🎯💯
@ghedebaronsamedi Жыл бұрын
Imelda Staunton can pull off the most disturbing, psychotic characters while being a genuinely sweet and lovely woman. Brilliant actress.
@aldranzam3456 Жыл бұрын
was thinking the same- the others are so charismatic they make you almost side with them. But these two are terrifying!
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@danielblair95354 жыл бұрын
I can 100% believe these two would bake people into pies. They portray the psychopathic side exceptionally well.
@ariasopranos87718 жыл бұрын
Oh, my god. What fantastic diction - I caught every single word.
@MattWeisherComposer3 жыл бұрын
Adam Efimoff yeah, no. Absolutely not. I’ve leaned forward in more theatre productions than I can count. This is them lip syncing to very closely mic’ed pre recorded recording. I know that for a fact.
@MattWeisherComposer3 жыл бұрын
That being said, their recording of the final scene is my absolute favorite.
@MattWeisherComposer3 жыл бұрын
Adam Efimoff yeah that’s all well and good. I was just saying I’ve been to theatre productions where I’ve had to lean in because a person was mumbling. I’m also an actor. And I’ll tell you what’s pretentious and silly: listing that amount of plays. Come on.
@ReezeePeezy3 жыл бұрын
@@MattWeisherComposer they still did it in the recording better than most of the others. The others are epic still though. soooo I still say its epic although I'd like to see it without the lip sync.
@eshu21293 жыл бұрын
@@MattWeisherComposer They are not lipsynching. The original poster cut together shoots from different nights to get coverage, but used a single sound recording from the performances (which is better for audio quality); since each performance is slightly different, the video at times gives the impression of lipsynching because movement will not match audio exactly.
@Eviltwin5314 жыл бұрын
I love the look on her face when she says "Locksmith?!" Her expression is just screaming "all right, you've had your fun, now rhyme this, you jackass!"
@acharich Жыл бұрын
😩💀🤣
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
It is funny
@finelineguy8733 Жыл бұрын
Locksmith? I’ll take it
@marcogypaetus96075 жыл бұрын
I love the delivery of "Locksmith?“ it's like" ok, you had your fun, now stop being a smartass"
@Laurabeck3292 жыл бұрын
It absolutely kills me every time
@hannahfaithperillo81852 жыл бұрын
'Ugh,'
@dfsnsdfn8 жыл бұрын
Michael Ball as Sweeney Todd proves that a haircut literally changes your whole appearance.
@tommytimp5 жыл бұрын
It's a wig. But yes.
@doctortehe5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I didn't realise it was him
@cumfreyjones54875 жыл бұрын
Marius ?
@weiyisong8825 жыл бұрын
@@cumfreyjones5487 yes
@ocelot38104 жыл бұрын
Cumfrey Jones what ? 😂😭
@daninmills4 жыл бұрын
Michael Ball is the only version of Sweeney that I'm viscerally afraid of when he's doing absolutely no murdering
@whumpcookies3 жыл бұрын
There brilliant 😂
@princezzpuffypants6287 Жыл бұрын
Right? Adorable little Michael Ball, known for characters like Marius and Raul looks more physically capable and mentally willing to murder than any other Sweeney... he's just great
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
I know scared the shit out of me
@jopeg019 жыл бұрын
Who let Umbridge have a pie shop
@aldendomino35235 жыл бұрын
Who wouldn't? It's better than letting her teach or hold office.
@goldthegreat7885 жыл бұрын
SHE SHOULD BE IN AZKABAN
@konnerdent48354 жыл бұрын
“Potter?” 😐
@panicatthefalloutboy85564 жыл бұрын
this is where all the “half-breeds” went missing to
@stephaniehoyland49014 жыл бұрын
that where the child got sent if she really hated them
@NoName-yi5cs6 жыл бұрын
The way she sing it is easier to understand. It's very clear
@PhantomFan1a11 жыл бұрын
I like how Michael's eyes widen when he realises what Imelda is going on about :) They were brilliant together and whoever chose them to play the main characters was a genius :D
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Agreed we need another westend revival
@samaraisnt3 жыл бұрын
Damn, their chemistry is amazing. And it actually makes sense, not like sizzling sexual tension or real love like so many actors play it. They're not in love and they're not in lust, lol that's just not how it's written. Their dynamic is perfect.
@hatterwashere3 жыл бұрын
S yeah you can see it differs from the film version for instance
@ordinaryshiba2 жыл бұрын
Bro, she literally dreams about marrying him in By the sea
@princezzpuffypants6287 Жыл бұрын
@@ordinaryshiba bold to think that marriage = love and not security, propriety, ownership and all of the things Mrs. Lovette sings about in the song....
@ordinaryshiba Жыл бұрын
@@princezzpuffypants6287 Last song of the musical: Because I love you I'd be twice the wife she was I love you Could that thing have cared for you like me?
@acharich Жыл бұрын
💣💣💣
@Emrose9311 жыл бұрын
Imelda is so damn talented....
@halo6799410 жыл бұрын
I love how Imelda and Micheal made the characters their own. It's amazing how all the Sweeneys and Nellies are different!
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
Omg I didnt realise her name was Nellie. I've always wondered what her first name was.
@Nacho-Mamma10 ай бұрын
In the original production, she was known as Ms. Amelia Lovett. But, I'm talking around 1978/79 or so. Somewhere in my storage, I still have a copy of the original script.
@HarveyDentalfloss6 жыл бұрын
At first, I didn't like this duo. Not as stylized as the Depp version and not as entertaining as LuPone, but these guys are terrifying, like an actual couple that would actually bury people in their basement. They aren't exactly fun, or even insane, but pure evil, which makes them a grisly and unnerving pair of protagonist villains.
@RickvanVeldhuizen5 жыл бұрын
I actually like them the most. I think LuPone was too sleek and jokey, and I like both Angela Lansbury's borderline crazy version, and the understated and sad Bonham Carter interpretation, but Imelda's bawdy fishwife cuts it for me, as well. I do contend Ball is more psychopathic than any other Todd I've seen, although it seems kind of congruent with the original, Len Cariou.
@customcartoons4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, extra gritty.
@tomatotamot4 жыл бұрын
Wow This is the perfect description😲 Now I get it.
@manueldelgado53364 жыл бұрын
Konner Dent and just Ball has the greatest voice
@orion88354 жыл бұрын
Konner Dent totally agree
@luizaminghella67859 жыл бұрын
This clip doesn't do justice to the chemistry they had on stage, those complaining about Ball's performance it's fair enough to say from this but on stage it translates very differently and when I saw this version live they both sent shivers down my spine they were really amazing and I think this version makes them look unprofessional compared to how amazing they were live. It might be the fact that when acting in front of cameras you have to underplay everything and they are acting as if they are on stage in this so it comes across differently. Trust me, when you're in the audience it's much more subtle and atmospheric than you might be feeling from this.
@dohaperson17 жыл бұрын
They are also lip-syncing which certainly is not Ball's normal style. As well, there are so many continuity errors.
@cargo716 жыл бұрын
dohaperson1 They didn't lipsync. They filmed it twice and edited, instead of filming with two cameras.
@dohaperson16 жыл бұрын
There is no way they are singing live.
@diannebdee6 жыл бұрын
To anyone who doesn't understand it's a staged performance, then I pity them. The essence of the whole thing isn't lost on me. Having been a huge fan of Michael Ball's since Les Miz back in the 80s, this video cements my reasons for falling for him to begin with. Couple that with the exquisiteness of Sondheim add in there Imelda Staunton and you've got pure brilliance. If someone watches this and can't see that it's their loss. It takes nothing away from the theatricality.
@sjfoster126 жыл бұрын
something about the way they laugh together is so believable
@marinuckols33368 жыл бұрын
im laughing my self to death and then i realized i must be a bad person. they are talking about eating people and i love every lyric
@RosesNightengales6 жыл бұрын
Mari Nuckols Sondheim has a dark sense of humor he wanted people to laugh at this song so don't feel bad :) he also wanted to scare people in theater too! So Sweeney is very fun but frightening as well! One of my favorites from him!
@robyn54345 жыл бұрын
It’s man devouring man my dear, and who are we to deny it in here.
@oliverdelica22894 жыл бұрын
@@robyn5434 these are desperate times Mrs Lovett and desperate measures must be taken
@joshuakohlmann97313 жыл бұрын
The finale basically says that we're all like Sweeney, although most of us wouldn't go as far as mass-murder and cannibalism. Just that we're all vengeful. One of the reasons this song is here - besides providing a showstopping first-act finale - is to get the audience laughing along with Todd & Mrs Lovett, so that when that point is made, at the end of the show, it really hits home.
@sarantis19954 ай бұрын
Not eating but murdering and then baking into pies amd feeding them. To others
@Janewayfan139 жыл бұрын
"As a gift. If you get my drift..." She has the expression of "Would you figure it out already?!"
@KenzoSnizzle9 жыл бұрын
"...No?" :p
@Polomance8625 жыл бұрын
Honestly, that's one line that differs between all the famous actors who play as Mrs. Lovett. How they deliver that line defines their character's personality and how they make it their own. Here, Imelda plays off far more impatient but cunning all the same.
@redhood76503 жыл бұрын
@@Polomance862 yeah Bonham carter version,was lusting for todd
@SamCharlesPalmer11 жыл бұрын
You're right, this was filmed without an audience otherwise all our crew would have bene getting in the way of their view! Had the luck of also seeing this production twice and it is one of the best productions I've seen in the West End!
@KerryLuckett4 жыл бұрын
Sam Palmer where can I get a full version of this? Sweeney Todd is one of my favorite musicals, since I first saw it at eight. I am acquiring a literary drama class, and I might teach the penny dreadful with this play.
@deerheart874 жыл бұрын
Michael Ball xxx
@hystericaldame4 жыл бұрын
7 years late but thanks so much for filming this, I saw it live and have been dying to relive it ever since! Did you film the whole show or only certain songs?
@acharich Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@debd76319 ай бұрын
Where do I get a copy!
@pivinne55365 жыл бұрын
Imelda crushed it- really sold the light-hearted jokes that this song was supposed to be about.
@thedabara24773 жыл бұрын
Well, of course you're light-hearted. It's necessary to, sir, remove your giblets before we, um, cook you.
@nemnyoom2 жыл бұрын
@@thedabara2477 it is with a heavy heart that i must inform you that we only have offal left
@kamwrites11 жыл бұрын
Michael Ball has such a remarkable ability to transform himself. Some actors you change the hair and they're the same, he changes his demeanor and everything to become unrecognizable. Amazing.
@alexmz1239 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this version. What a clear voice Mrs. Lovett has!
@alexiagabriel17244 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Imelda Staunton could sing. I've always known that she's a great actress, but this is the first time I heard her sing. She's also able to hold her own against Michael Ball, who has one of the most beautiful and powerful voices I've heard.
@MBM11177272 жыл бұрын
You really need to see the video of her performing in Gypsy then, it's available on dvd!
@TechBearSeattle2 жыл бұрын
She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has an impressive resume in musical theater. She won an Olivier Award (Britain's version of the Tonys) in 1990 for her role as the Baker's Wife in the London production of Into The Woods.
@Pastadudde Жыл бұрын
@@TechBearSeattle love the fact that ITW produced two Best Actress winners across both sides of the pond tbh
@scorpioninpink Жыл бұрын
That's like the most basiv requirements for a lot of actors in Britain, especially in London. They almost always start in the West End and even if they get more famous, they always go back to the theater to polish their acting or singing skills.
@alexiagabriel1724 Жыл бұрын
@@scorpioninpink That's what I like about British actors. Most of them are great. They're in the business not just for fame and money, but also for their passion in performing.
@captainbean42192 жыл бұрын
0:26 that expression from michael ball was perfect, as if he was actually realising something, and not just that, you can see the glee and insanity in his eyes at the same moment, and the happiness and pride he feels for mrs lovetts' idea, as if he was actually in love with her and they were an evil couple working together, it's so good. He manages to look so much like an actual insane monster of a man throughout the production
@ryantorres712210 жыл бұрын
such a creative take on the character, I think Imelda Staunton, Angela Lansbury, Judy Kate, Patti LuPone, and Helena B.C., has such different and cool ways of portraying the character
@VeronicaStraightLingo10 жыл бұрын
I totally agree, this is such a sinister, practical version of Mrs. Lovett. Not necessarily better than Angela Lansbury's version, but it reveals different aspects and choices for this character. And it fits with the directing choice of this version of Sweeney Todd.
@TechBearSeattle2 жыл бұрын
LuPone is cold and calculating, Lansbury is insane, and Bonham-Carter is focused on profit. Staunton, though, is just flat out evil.
@zajournals Жыл бұрын
I just watched the full production, here, with Emma Thompson as Mrs Lovett.
@acharich Жыл бұрын
🎬✨🎯
@jamesosullivan60555 жыл бұрын
This really gets the menace and depravity of the moment. They're just so dang scary. Love it. Imelda is a wonder.
@PsychedelicCharm10 жыл бұрын
3:40 Gasp! She said "Potter"! Umbridge killed Harry and baked him into a pie!
@ser1329 жыл бұрын
I could totally imagine Umbridge baking students in pies, seems exactly like something she'd do.
@singenstattatmen50968 жыл бұрын
+Michaela Albury Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me.^^
@kathleenwippel64617 жыл бұрын
Michaela Albury The Potter reference is awesome!!! :)
@RosesNightengales6 жыл бұрын
Michaela Albury I'm guessing he told her too many lies Lol
@pianotm6 жыл бұрын
Oh...Umbridge is definitely lawful evil and baking people into pies is definitely against the law, so no, I don't think she would...but if it was legal, then she'd definitely do it.
@anah38644 жыл бұрын
Imelda Staunton was mesmerizing, ferocious, an absolute lioness. There aren't enough words to describe how brilliant she was in this role.
@mkaplan13837 ай бұрын
True testament to her talent.
@VanOrARareAm11 жыл бұрын
"Potter?" GOD UMBRIDGE, YOU KILLED HIM??
@Macrogue653 жыл бұрын
Two unlikely castings. Absolutely perfect. Neither in character they've done before. Stunning.
@quaxointherye3 жыл бұрын
ngl they’re my favourite lovett and todd actors. they seem terrifying and also trustworthy at the same time, which is exactly what lovett and todd are supposed to be
@larynxax74834 жыл бұрын
I saw this production at the Adelphi Theatre. The most unnerving thing was that Michael Ball had played sweet, innocent Marius in "Les Miserables", and here he was, playing this vicious murderer. Who had dimples when he smiled.
@thekermitkid199211 жыл бұрын
no wonder they won the oliviers! Michael Ball's almost unrecogniseable!!
@nikitakade52429 жыл бұрын
"How gratifying for once to know / that those above will serve those down below..."
@jamblastwizard2 жыл бұрын
“try the friar, fried, it’s drier” is sung so well! definitely my favorite part of this performance
@Stoltzy9210 жыл бұрын
Darn it. Two years too late. I would have loved to see the entire performance. This is incredible.
@CantrellBeau9 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to be in London while this was running and enjoyed it immensely. Ball and Staunton are AMAZING live and simply perfect in these roles. Loved it!
@stardustpan5 жыл бұрын
You really were! One of the best performances of this song I've seen.
@hatterwashere3 жыл бұрын
I find these two so adorable
@k9drwho19708 жыл бұрын
oh please please we need a dvd
@JackTheRipper0026 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Lockwood there is one. It’s extremely rare though. It was shot from a stationary camera. I bought a copy before they stopped making them. It’s awesome.
@MrShoryuken16 жыл бұрын
Jack Hubbard Any chance you could rip it and upload to Google drive or something? Having no luck finding this dvd.
@Tony.H035 жыл бұрын
@@JackTheRipper002 plssss
@JackTheRipper0025 жыл бұрын
@@Tony.H03 someone ripped the dvd before i did, and now it's on youtube now
@Tony.H035 жыл бұрын
@@JackTheRipper002 WHERE
@redhood76503 жыл бұрын
90% of comments: jokes about umbridge 10%: compliments
@ruthrios82493 жыл бұрын
Ooh....ooooooh I think this is my favorite Sweeney & Lovett duo!!! His face when he "gets it" is * chef's kiss*
@TheCandymusiclover10 жыл бұрын
Their voices are absolutely fantastic!!!!
@tyfeldman22414 жыл бұрын
I watched and listened to every version of this song being preformed that I could find. And I must say, these performers are by far the best I have seen. Their costume, the setting design, the enunciation, the harmonizing , and their voices. All incredible. And beyond their singing, their facial expressions were spot on !
@anorian79923 жыл бұрын
It is a crime that no DVD of this was made, the best production ever and no DVD, what a lose!
@kathall24688 жыл бұрын
Basically half the cast of Harry Potter came from Sweeney Todd
@RosesNightengales6 жыл бұрын
Kat Hall or came TO Sweeney Todd. Imelda came from HP to do Mrs Lovett and I'm rather impressed!! Who knew she could sing! Rickman and the guy who played Pettigrew were in HP first and headed to Sweeney when they made the movie!
@madisongreen79756 жыл бұрын
Bellatrix, Snape and Pettigrew were all I could remember from the movie
@margarethhoughton67826 жыл бұрын
Also professor Trelawney
@Tony.H035 жыл бұрын
There isn't a very big pool of British actors of renown, so they're all kinda recycled on stage, Harry Potter, and Doctor Who.
@TulpechaidoplaysMC5 жыл бұрын
Also the one who plays Anthony in the movie plays the portrait of Grindelwald in Deathly Hallows part 1
@makepeacenotdeath4 жыл бұрын
-Potter? -Something... hotter Malfoy, perhaps?
@ladymcgonagall4 жыл бұрын
SCREAM
@jasone-s25273 жыл бұрын
I think my girlfriend liked this so hi
@ethanharter38033 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@makepeacenotdeath3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, dudes
@Beb_21993 жыл бұрын
are you russian?
@redfender9310 жыл бұрын
LOCKSMITH!! One of the most underrated jokes in history.
@johnsax14454 жыл бұрын
After watching this several times I have to say this is the Best sung version of this song. Outstanding enunciation and characterization.
@davidsigalow7349 Жыл бұрын
You should get the cast album - the cast's articulation and vocal coaching is so concise that it's like hearing those songs for the first time.
@JessieMouse811 жыл бұрын
I love, love, love Micheal Ball!!
@ricmarc7156 Жыл бұрын
Imelda has a way with Sondheim. She is simply superb singing his lyrics no matter what the role.
@mik51368 жыл бұрын
I'm new to the musical and have been listening to different versions in a flurry, this is almost certainly my favourite! I love that they're both played as human beings having real fun with the song, while the singing is wonderful vocally and clear on every word.
@dmnemaine4 жыл бұрын
Except they're not having fun with the song. They're playing it as if they are literally talking about what kind of meat pie a priest would make. The whole point is that they're making jokes, not being literal. This was the same problem that the film version had. Lansbury and Cariou/Hearn got it right.
@joshadcock10354 жыл бұрын
I agree they are both way to serious through the whole song. Love how lansbury had so much fun in this number. It's just an artist choice tho i can see how people would like this as well.
@pikachuneoncat64802 жыл бұрын
And the way Staunton says "with or without his privates? With is extra," so deadpan makes that joke funnier.
@clifffor117911 жыл бұрын
What a treat to see this.Thanks. I saw this production twice. People who are making unfavourable comparisons to the film can't have seen the whole thing. Michael Ball was brilliant. No one else can be Sweeney Todd for me not even Johnny Depp ( one of my fave actors). He was full of menace and was unrecognisable in the role and hes a proper singer. This was obviously filmed without an audience present they laughed plenty when it was playing & Imelda provided most of the humour.
@LowCountryMatt8 ай бұрын
The problem with the movie is it's tonally too bleak, where as this plays up the derangedness of nearly everyone. The play is Chucky and Tiffany to the movie's Joker and Harley
@theuns4211 жыл бұрын
Oliviers awards well deserved!!!!!
@duncann11 жыл бұрын
2 astonishingly brilliant performances in a fantastic production. We all knew Michael Ball can sing and play the charming hero but here he is superbly cast against type and his pairing with Imelda Staunton is perfect. Their singing is the most tuneful of any pair, their diction impeccable with not an ounce of meaning lost, it's almost as if, despite the rhyme and music, it's a natural conversation - albeit between 2 very disturbed people descending into psychopathy.
@nemothecanine82682 жыл бұрын
Imelda is an icon! Such a killer actress 👏 🥰
@michaelfairbairn42834 жыл бұрын
This is by FAR the best performance by Michael Ball I've ever seen. He and Ms. Staunton are fantastic here.
@blueshell2923 жыл бұрын
Shepherds Pie with actual shepherd. This is honestly the funniest thing I’ve seen today
@-theblackbumblebee-80674 жыл бұрын
I honestly perfect this prefer performance, because they nailed down the crazed casualty of what I think this would be. Best I've seen 👌
@victoriawilkins284810 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow!!! I am utterly speechless!!! Had to keep telling myself that this is Michael Ball. Totally loved this!!!
@hogsize25404 жыл бұрын
the BEST duo for these roles
@EutimioSanchez2 жыл бұрын
Man i wish there was a full DVD with Michael and Imelda. They're amazing
@marleygreen38669 жыл бұрын
i just love imelda staunton. and michael ball.
@zoticuslestrange15949 жыл бұрын
Wow, seriously, who is this guy? Bellatrix, Umbridge and Trelawney all have a crush on him, Grindelwald rescued him from a shipwreck only to fall in love with his daughter later, and he is also the one who killed Snape and Pettigrew with just a razor, then threw Bellatrix, Umbridge and Trelawney into the fire... He seems even more dangerous than Voldemort, and that's saying something. xD Update: And now he is revealed to be an old and very frightening GRINDELWALD in Fantastic Beast, ahaha. No wonder he is so dangerous. xD
@jessicagrothe50808 жыл бұрын
+Zoticus Lestrange OMG! You are my new best friend XD XD
@zoticuslestrange15948 жыл бұрын
The complication between this musical and the Harry Potter cast is just too intense to be ignored, eh? xD
@QuikVidGuy8 жыл бұрын
+Zoticus Lestrange Well, obviously, he's the estranged grandson of an aristocrat in Louis-Phillipe-era France
@dlh79898 жыл бұрын
+Zoticus Lestrange It gets even weirder when you throw Mrs Potts and Borat into the equation.
@hannahlo74858 жыл бұрын
+Zoticus Lestrange Trelawney had a crush on him too :>
@waynegregory233710 жыл бұрын
This was the most amazing experience at the West End! I feel so proud that I got to see this production and both Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball were superb! I was spellbound from start to finish! I really wish the whole cast would consider putting this on blu-ray. They were all excellent. The set was fascinating with its style and how the space was used. I wanted to see the show over and over again. Everyone involved should be so pleased with the end result. Theatre at it's best
@starbird39394 жыл бұрын
Patti is one of my favorites, but this one is warming me up because of how... natural they sound. They’re just casual chit chatting away about mass murder, and the delivery of jokes sounds like something you’d sound with your friends while drinking a beer.
@Sara-hz9zk3 жыл бұрын
This is the most coherent version I’ve heard. ALSO so nice to see Michael ball. He’s so handsome and gah I just love him!
@wigglyofficial4673 жыл бұрын
I love how I’m jamming out to this while they talk about literally eating people
@Ramonerdna3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, their enunciation, timing as well as whoever is in charge of the mics and sound did an EXCELLENT job. This is the first time I've understood and heard every word, even without lyrics on screen
@JustSayin444 Жыл бұрын
It was prerecorded, that's why it sounds so clear. Their mouths are out of sync with their voices numerous times throughout the whole video.
@AdcrofromTikTok10 жыл бұрын
I just... I can't see that as Michael Ball. Such a change!
@lubormrazek55453 жыл бұрын
I bursted out laughing really loud when she said Potter
@calebshade49915 жыл бұрын
To this day, still my favorite rendition of this song. A genuinely incredible and terrifying pair-up, totally sells the lunacy of the characters. Bravo!
@isthisryan78994 жыл бұрын
Such a phenomenal production. Deserved a much longer life than it received.
@alisonblackwell9884 жыл бұрын
Michael Ball looks so different here unbelievable
@sehyde26 Жыл бұрын
I adore Sweeney Todd in just about all its forms, and this duo is really different and unique. I love how SCARY they are. They feel less ridiculous and more just unhinged than a lot of the takes on these roles usually feel.
@wendycohen90384 жыл бұрын
I love these two together.
@CarolineBlogTime9 жыл бұрын
For the ones that don't know, in the original song, Mrs. Lovett says "Potter" (: it was a big coincidence. Jajaja
@akechijubeimitsuhide9 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see "jajaja" I picture a German wildly nodding
@animagusurreal8 жыл бұрын
+Caro ❤ Kind of like how "She's the New World Madonna" was already a line in "Evita" before Madonna was cast in the movie. Although I think they cut that line in the movie.
@belambelendreyssigrockfash6 жыл бұрын
Jajaja yes she says that lol
@teri179 жыл бұрын
Saw this in London back in 2012. It was fantastic! I'd only seen the movie version before, and this was honestly much better.
@TheHisNat11 жыл бұрын
So brilliantly underdone that it really allows the comedy in the lyrics to come out. This version seems to combine the darkness of the Lupone version with the eccentricity of the Lansbury version. It is rapidly becoming my favourite.
@titahula110 жыл бұрын
Yes, the dimples are still there... I love Michael Ball!
@mgska5511 жыл бұрын
I have to say, I have heard a lot of versions of this song, and this might be my favorite. Their voices blend extremely well on the harmonies. Love Michael Ball as Sweeny...
@mikeyirish19674 жыл бұрын
A veritable master class here.
@Mikado88484 жыл бұрын
The diction is amazing. And these people seem...real.
@andyaliaga318810 жыл бұрын
3:40 "Potter?" UMBRIDGE YOU EVIL BITCH! YOU KILLED HARRY AND PUT HIM IN A PIE!!!
@jjzak1310 жыл бұрын
I knew as soon as she said Potter someone would make a comment about Harry Potter. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed. lol
@Abitscrewycreations Жыл бұрын
I love this so much I would die and be baked into a pie for a full recording Michael Ball has the fucking CRAZIEST of crazy eyes good lord Imelda Staunton my beloved, god she pulls this off so well
@natashakingston8302 Жыл бұрын
I didnt even recognise Micheal when he came on stage lol. His performance was absolutely chilling. Absolutely crazy and unhinged. Imelda has a wicked evil streak in her portrayal of Mrs Lovett and I love it.
@AQuinn-my3qt4 жыл бұрын
Nothing has ever made me want to see Sweeny Todd until this clip. That's Michael Power!
@davidhargreaves35864 жыл бұрын
This has just made my year! I constantly play this soundtrack I’m gutted I never got to see it.
@danielponder6908 жыл бұрын
that bassoon sounds NICE
@novablack4336 Жыл бұрын
The way she says Potter is iconic
@maicey_t.7 ай бұрын
This casting is literally _perfection._
@jdunwoody565311 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I've been dying to see some sort of footage of Imelda and Michael. This is fantastic!!
@susanrooney47022 жыл бұрын
Imelda is so multi-talented!
@akechijubeimitsuhide3 жыл бұрын
I wish they released the whole performance video, this seems like a lot of fun.
@ProfessorStuDDS11 жыл бұрын
Man, these two are awesome!!! No need to be compared to any others cuz they do their own thing with the character and it works so well!!
@johnozed4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see more of Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton in Sweeney Todd. I've seen the show live but never saw Ball & Staunton in these roles before. The 2 vids posted have me wanting more. God that's good!
@SThazeST10 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that Imelda and Helena (from Burton's movie) are both in Harry Potter. Imelda as Umbridge and Helena as Bellatrix :'D
@cheetoschrist56853 жыл бұрын
This song is so long, yet it entertains all the way through, I love it!
@multimill11 жыл бұрын
I saw this in July 2012 in London - one of the best nights I have ever had in the theatre - stupendous performances by ALL of the cast.
@Isabella-gg7uo6 жыл бұрын
Imelda Staunton is an actual QUEEN ❤️ 👑
@QuiteHotBros11 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a pair, these two! Great!
@chubakka35163 жыл бұрын
These are seriously the best duo I've ever seen do this and in been absorbed in this play since I got the album over 25 years ago. Just wonderful!
@199Carolyn9 жыл бұрын
You can really feel them sharing in the insanity in the version, I like the atmosphere they create very much