Private School News

Stonyhurst stages Sweeney Todd musical

Stonyhurst College’s major production this year was Sweeney Todd, the award-winning musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim. David Mann (17, from Hurst Green) was a darkly menacing ‘Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, who returns to London after 15 years’ transportation on false charges and vows revenge. His grisly throat-cutting activities were lightened by a hilarious Mrs Lovett, brilliantly played by Natalie Crouch (17, from Hurst Green) and the entire cast acted and sang with skill and energy. An excellent set, lighting and costumes all created a macabre corner of Victorian England. The show’s Director, Miss Johanna Egar, Head of Theatre Studies at Stonyhurst said, “They’ve all worked very hard and I’m very proud of them all.”