Birmingham Rep announce Meow Meow to star as Mrs Lovett in SWEENEY TODD
Photo credit: Georges Antoni
Birmingham Rep have announced a new cast member to star in its highly anticipated upcoming production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Award-winning radical entertainer Meow Meow will play the iconic part of Mrs. Lovett and joins previously announced Ramin Karimloo who stars in the title role.
Meow Meow’s unique brand of subversive and sublime entertainment has hypnotised, inspired and seduced audiences worldwide from London’s West End to Carnegie Hall, to the Hollywood Bowl, to the Sydney Opera House. Her original music theatre works have played from Berlin to Berkeley, to Edinburgh to Shanghai and have been presented by David Bowie, Pina Bausch and Mikhail Baryshnikov amongst others.
Directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director Joe Murphy, and designed by award-winning designer Elin Steele, The Rep’s production of Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comes to Birmingham from 4 July – 9 August.
The production will feature music supervision and orchestral reduction by Dr. John Rigby, and casting by Abby Galvin CDG.
On joining the cast, Meow Meow said: “I can't wait to hurl myself into the dubious deliciousness and dangerous world of Sweeney Todd with Joe Murphy, Ramin Karimloo and the gang at Birmingham Rep. Heady days ahead!”
The Rep’s Artistic Director and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Director, Joe Murphy added: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Meow to the cast. Mrs. Lovett demands a performer with impeccable comic timing, musical command, and a taste for the macabre — and she delivers all of that in spades. Her genius brings a thrilling theatrical edge to Sweeney Todd and our audiences are in for something truly special.”
Further casting and full creative team will be announced in the coming weeks.