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To make sure I was meeting deadlines, I made a checklist of which characters I have sorted out costumes for and which ones I haven't. For the ones that I hadn't sorted out costumes for, i made sure to go to local charity shops with them and source anything that would fit for the character.

For meeting deadlines with my character role, every night at home I would go over lines and songs, making sure I know everything and going over anything I may have been struggling with.

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At the start of each rehearsal, as a group we all took part in a physical and vocal warm up. This was to wake us up and make sure our bodies and voices were warmed up to sing and move around in order for us to rehearse with energy and enthusiasm each time. We also did this during the day of performance multiple times too.

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When I learnt my solo song for this musical, I listened to it over and over, then sung through with the backing vocals a few times, and eventually singing through with the karaoke version. I then kept singing this until I was completely confident with the material.

When I learned my lines for this musical, I recorded myself saying other lines in between with a gap for me to say my line when I play it back. This was for me to also learn my cues and know when I am supposed to be speaking.

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Stylistic convention of Stephen Sondheim 

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Sondheim uses a lot of sharp notes throughout the show of Sweeney Todd which casts a sinister vibe throughout the show and paints characters to have a dark like demeanour and presents about them. Stephen uses the songs in Sweeney Todd to bring to life what the characters are feeling like with Todd and his line of “ they all deserve to die… even you Mrs Lovett even me” showing that drive of revenge again that is carried throughout the show and continues to get stronger towards the end leading up to Sweeney death, pushing the message that it is only temporary and that it does not last.
This contrast to Lin Manuel Miranda with his musical of Hamilton. With Lins style of rapping it shows how fast Hamilton is moving and rushing through his life and how he is running out of time, yet the character of Eliza is seen to never be rapping which shows that she has got more time.

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Sweeney Todd is set in 1785, which is also known as the Georgian Era.

The musical is based on a penny dreadful called 'The String of Pearls.' Penny dreadful is also known as penny blood and there are sensational stories about dark, thrilling themes which were put in newspapers or pamphlets and sold for a penny in the 1800s and early 1900s.

https://bookriot.com/sweeney-todd-origins/

https://taryntyler.com/pennydreadful/

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In musicals, a stylistic convention is a purposeful creative or musical decision put into play for a musical. These conventions can help to express certain developments or emotions during certain scenes.

Each Character's dialogue and songs help to portray their intentions and themes in the show. For example my friends and epiphany help to showcase Sweeney's inner desire for revenge and help to convey the same theme. Sweeneys songs throughout the show slowly change as he starts to loose him self to the thought of revenge, whilst Mrs Lovetts songs are more comedic to hide her true intentions and her lies. During the show, the character of the beggar women/lucy barker helps to represent the themes of death and revenge. As once killed by Todd, he realises how futile his efforts were as they led to the very person he longed for's demise.

example in the show:

Throughout the show, there is a repeated piece of music. This music can be heard in the Ballad of Sweeney Todd and other songs. Particularly the following section. From 1:00 to 1:18 in the linked song. This motif is often repeated throughout the show at integral plot points, such as when he kills for the first time and when he receives his razors. "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd provides crucial insights into the character of Sweeney Todd, showcasing his desire for revenge and the depths of his anguish. It sets the foundation for the audience’s understanding of Todd’s motivations and serves as a catalyst for his descent into darkness."(Galloway, 2023)

This is similar for other character's, such as Tobias having a repeated motif in Pirelli's miracle elixir and God! that's good!. Anthony also has a motif that is used in Johanna, and Johanna Pt 2

Galloway, A. (2023) The meaning behind the song: The ballad of sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim, Old Time Music. Available at: https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-the-ballad-of-sweeney-todd-by-stephen-sondheim/ (Accessed: 01 May 2024).

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In the musical Hamilton, every character has at least one song where they are rapping. The shows genre of music is rap/hip hop combined with traditional Broadway music. However the only character who does not rap is Eliza. This is clever use of music, as Eliza is the last to die, and has the most fulfilling life out of the characters. Mean whilst other characters such as Hamilton often rap throughout the show, as they die young and before they can achieve what they want to. This also up to the audiences interpretation.

User @HowtobeBrooklyn on reddit said:

" Hamilton raps in most of the songs, which suits him. The rapid and quick music style matches how he rushed through his life and everything in it. However, by not rapping, Eliza is allowed more time. And that's her whole thing, right? She constantly telling Alexander to slow down and take his time and be satisfied with what he has, as she is. I'm sure this has already been pointed out but still."

whereas @TheIrishninjas responded with:

"I see it like rapping represents characters trying to debate with an enemy or impress others, as there’s very little rap influence in solo songs or songs sung between characters with close, honest relationships, tending to be more melodic in style (One Last Time, Wait For It etc.), and since Eliza doesn’t really have many enemies and doesn’t seem to worry much about impressing, she doesn’t need to rap."

Overall, its up to your interpratation. But the overall idea of using stylistic conventions to portray different ideas is used in every musical:

REDDIT ARTICLE:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hamiltonmusical/comments/8r8cyq/why_eliza_is_one_of_the_only_characters_who/

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Your essay has the right topics and substance, just need to be written now.

So straight of the bat, you need to make sure the essay is being written using appropriate essay structure. - 12point font, double spacing, indented paragraphs etc etc,

Well done on introducing the partitioners - Larson, Webber and Miranda. You now need to make sure you approach the changes they have made to musical theatre. and discuss what they have done to change the face of musical theatre.

Don't forget, this essay is all about trying to explain how musical theatre gas chganged over the past decades

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Right - Themes/ If you are suggesting that there are certain themes that are running throughout the musical, you need to ensure you are referencing moments from the show and the conventions that are being used to do this. Example, is there something in the music? The Characters? The dialogue? What conveys the dark messages?

Inspiration for Sweeney Todd - IS this the single, only inspiration for the show?>

What about the dark history of the role? The Penny dreadfuls he was featured in? The relation to Jack the Ripper and other notorious serial killers of the time? Was he not a myth? But made real through discussion?

Music Choice - Break this section down to talk specifically about a Role - A song  - Then explain why it is the way it is. Describe what the music does. What the lyrics are like. Provide examples. The explain why a theme was coming through..

You have yet to talk about the stylistic conventions used by Stephen Sondheim - Choice of lyrics, Type of music, How the music reflects the theme/style, The choices of key, the time signature. You will then need to explore his choice against another practitioners choice/

Follow the guide i provided and make sure you have discussed each topic in turn,

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We as a group would always start with a warm up, mainly vocal so that we wouldn't strain ourselves but to get our heads in the game and ready for a lot of practical.

The rehearsal process began with us separately blocking our individual songs. This meant I blocked the chorography for Worst pie and Poor thing. It gave me chance to be more creatively free and physical in my songs which I hadn't seen in many musical versions online.

After blocking I would then proceed to show and teach the group the choreography and practice it until they understood. This made it easier to learn songs as everyone had their own ideas and gave them time to know their song more to connect with it better when choreographing.

We then proceeded to block the scenes to the upcoming choreographed songs. most scenes were short and split between songs so it was easier to do once the songs were learnt.

lastly we would then run the scenes along with the songs to see our progress and add to it each week.

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I had a meeting with the assistant director to discuss my characters song and what I was planning for future songs such as props needed and the choreography I would be doing. I also attended a meeting wiht the director to talk further about job role deadlines and how far along we are wiht planning for our job roles. These meeting were to show our development in the process of the development of the show and to show what we have planned and arrange dates to actually do our trials.

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How I learn material

Physical and vocal practice

Importance of warm up

Why did I choose to do Sweeney in a certain way

Stylistic intentions – plot construction , character development, dialogue creation

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I set makeup trials deadlines and the makeup run further into the development of the show. This was due to the makeup being a bigger process so I wanted to complete it when the show is being furnished and polished. The trial was a couple weeks before the show and the deadline for the actual makeup for the show was mapped out within a time limit for each character. For my character deadlines my lines were all learnt a couple weeks before the show, I was able to be off script while we polished the show and did a tech run. The importance of meeting these deadlines was so that I could be more prepared and have everything ready and organised for the show so there wasn't any stress.

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By having vocal and physical warm ups it keep our muscles ready for intense movements as well as our vocal chords are now lubed and ready to sing without causing any harm to the voice. It prepare the body ready for any movement so that you don't injure yourself in the process.

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For physical warm ups as a group we would all do some stretches and just dance to get our blood moving and bodies stretched. It wouldn't last long but enough to get our muscles moving and relaxed. For vocal warm ups we would follow along with Pete Faint. We would mainly start with vowel sounds and progress into warm ups for higher notes.

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For Mrs Lovett I chose to make her character more sexual and sassy. This was from my inspections on other shows and how they represented her and even the live action film, I came to a conclusion that she is more in love with Mr Todd than it lets on. She has a mind of her own and I wanted to portray that through my movements. Also with the corset I was wearing it made me change her walk to a more lower class walking style.

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I learn my songs by repeating them and looking at the lyrics throughout. by constantly listening the song I got the rhythm in my head and by looking at the lyrics while listening I knew when to come in and what words were where. By learning lines I would voice record myself saying the previous lines and leave a gap for me to fill in when I re-listen to it. With learning the more complicated chorus lines especially in Pirellis I recorded myself singing them along with the cast singing them so that I could hear myself more distinctly and learn it easier.

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Why I had the little chat with each person 

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Why I had the little chat with each person 

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Having these individual chats with each actor allowed them to consider what they want to do in their main songs, what they need to improve. It also allowed me as an assistant director to know what I need to work with them separately and plan in a time for them to do so, even just to watch and give my feedback to the other actors . This enabled me to talk the Oliver wright the director to give him an insight to what the performance will look like overall, in order that

However from a performers point of view it also give me inspiration to what I can do to embody my character using inspiration from what Suzy is doing and how the theme of steam punk is being followed without pushing it too far.

From a production side of things it just moves it along as we didn't have to show each other but then the directors knew the plan for the major events and we could skip ahead and the rehearsals for these songs will mostly be in our own time.

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The charecter of Sweeney Todd was originated in a penny dreadful on the 21st Novemer 1846. He was a part of an 18 part weekly released mini series, it finished publishing on the 20th March 1847. The name of the penny dreadful was called "The String of Pearls". In the story Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd were actually driven by greed and were not seeking revenge, unlike their musical and movie counterparts.

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the legend of sweeney Todd itself came from a penny faithful ( string of pearls) which originated in 1846/1847. penny dreadful came from the term ‘penny bloods’ and they were just small pieces of fiction in the local newspaper. They became popular as the literacy rate improved through the working class in London. Even some famous people wrote penny dreadfuls such as Charles dickens. The actual story of sweeney Todd is he was a cold-blooded barber killing his customers and passing them to his partner in crime known as Mrs Lovett who would turn them into pies to escape

suspicion. This also stuck with the existing Victorian fears as barbers were also surgeons on the side. It is also linked with the many fears from today such as cannibalism, desecration of bodies and taking part of it all unknowingly. It also asks the irrational fear of “is the food we eat safe” especially with covid we are all more on edge.

Mrs Lovett can also be linked with a particular murderer who turned his victims into burgers. ‘Though police only connected him to three murders, Joseph Roy Metheny claimed to have slaughtered a total of 13 victims, some of whom he allegedly turned into patties that he sold to unwitting customers on a Baltimore roadside.’

He raped and dismembered many sex workers and turned them into burgers to sell all with a common victim in mind-his runaway girlfriend who took their six year old child and ran away while he was off at work. Not only did he partake in selling the burgers to unknowing victim he also partook in cannibalism as her ate the victims he killed Aswell. this left him with a sense of loneliness but also blind rage and revenge for his girlfriend driving him to chaos when he is still in love which can link with Mrs Lovett as she was blindly in love for Sweeney she would do anything to cover up his murders. He also had a common goal in mind such as joey which was the judge who took his child and wife away. It all sounds very familiar.

References

london, victroian (no date) the strong of pearls ( sweeney Todd ), The string of pearls - the original Penny Dreadful featuring Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street. Available at: https://www.victorianlondon.org/mysteries/sweeney_todd-01.htm (Accessed: 05 December 2023).

entertainment , merlin (2020) Sweeney Todd and the penny dreadful, The London Dungeon. Available at: https://www.thedungeons.com/london/information/news/sweeney-todd-and-the-penny-dreadful/ (Accessed: 05 December 2023).

History, T.O. (2021) Dispelling some myths: Sweeney Todd, Tastes Of History. Available at: https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-sweeney-todd (Accessed: 05 December 2023).

Serena, K. (2023) Joe Metheny made his victims into burgers - and sold them to unsuspecting customers, All That’s Interesting. Available at: https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-metheny (Accessed: 05 December 2023).

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Sweeney Todd was inspired by a barber who murdered his customers, this were usually sailors who were returning back from sea and using their bodies for pie fillings. From 1846 - 1847 this originated from in the popular penny dreadful serial “A String of Pearls"

Robert L. McLaughlin. (2013). “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (Original Cast Recording) (1979. [Online]. N/A. Available at: https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/SweeneyTodd.pdf [Accessed 1 May 2024].

The character of Sweeney Todd originates from the french legends within the 14th century but only stared to become popular during the 1800s with British Ballard.

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Jonathon Larson

pre contemporary

USA

Rent (musical) aids crisis 1996

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Most of the songs in Sweeney Todd are very dark and talk about getting revenge or whatever that character wants.
This is seen most with Sweeney, Judge. As the show goes on we can see how obsessed Todd is with killing and his wanting to kill the Judge is what drives him. The Judges songs are set as creepy as he mostly wants Johanna for himself and want to marry Johanna so his songs are set to be creepy and show his conflictions with himself of wanting Johanna.

However this contrast with the character of Anthony. His songs are quite light and hopeful. He sings about how he is in love with Johanna and is going to take her away and rescue her.

Mrs Lovett also has light songs however however carry dark meanings. Her song of worst pies is light and is just telling the story of how rough life is and working in a pie shop is hard. We move on to Poor thing which is the song that teaches Todd about his family and with light music has dark meanings talking about how his wife drank poison and how his daughter was taken. Her song of priest again has a light track yet dark meaning. This song talks about putting people into pies and how they would taste.

Johanna's songs are the same as Anthony in wanting more and being hopeful and Johanna wishes to know more and escape her life.

Johanna’s and Anthonys songs are shown to be quite light which the high notes used within there songs like flute noises within the music to keep it sweet and innocent and show that they are hopeful and want more.

This contrast to the sharp whistle almost scream like note that is used in the ballad on Sweeney Todd at the very beginning to open the show and then is used throughout can be very sinister and it’s very dark and heavy whereas the note in songs like greenfinch and sound nice and used to represent birds.

During the song of epiphany Todd’s line of “They all deserve to die” shows how much he is driven my revenge as he is saying that all that have wronged him deserve to die.

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themes and plot:

in the tale of sweeney todd, we follow benjamin barker who now goes by the name Sweeney Todd. Throughout the show he sets out to seek revenge against judge turpin for sending him away and hurting his wife. He does this by killing his customers and disposing of the bodys with the help of mrs lovett. He ultimately succeeds in his revenge but not long before he is killed himself by tobias.

Throughout the show we see several themes. Those themes include death, murder, revenge, obsession, corruption and loss of innocence. The majority of themes throughout the show are dark. The main message in Sweeney Todd is how seeking revenge may seem good, but is futile in the end. Though Sweeney gets his revenge, he is made blind by it, and ultimately ends up loosing more then he gains.

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Sweeney Todd: otherwise known as benjamin barker, he is the main protagonist and is a skilled barber who uses his skills to kill his victims. At the start of the show he returns to london after 15 years to find his family. During the course of the show, he sets out to get revenge on Judge Turpin. He succeeds in getting his revenge but is ultimately killed by tobias.

Mrs Lovett: The owner of the pieshop below todd's barber shop. She is in love with mr todd and works alongside him throughout the show in hopes of gaining his affection. During the show, she also becomes a mother figure to Tobias. Once her lies about Lucy are revealed, she is killed by Sweeney Todd.

Judge Turpin: Judge Turpin is a judge of high ranking within London. He had strong feelings for Lucy Barker, and sends away Sweeney Todd to Australia for 15 years. During the years Todd is away, he raises Sweeney's daughter Johanna as his own. Once Todd returns, he plans on marrying Johanna. However, Todd gets his revenge and kills him. He is the main antagonist in the show.

Beadle: The beadle is the Judges right hand man, he accompanies him almost everywhere and is usually the one who takes out the judges orders. He is the one who brings Lucy to the Judges house, and also the one to arrest Sweeney Todd. They are the secondary antagonist. He is ultimately killed by Sweeney.

Anthony: Antony Hope is a young sailor who has just returned to London, whilst traveling he came across Sweeney, and assisted him home. Because of his good deed, he and Todd become acquaintances. One day he comes across Johanna, and the two fall deeply in love. The Judge, once he discovers this, threatens to hurt him if he ever comes near Johanna again. Antony often visits Mr Todd and talks about Johanna. Sweeney Offers to keep Johanna safe, using Antony as a means to get his daughter back. At the end, he is one of the few survivors.

Johanna: Johanna is the daughter of Benjamin and Lucy Barker. As a baby, the Judge tears apart her family and she is raised by him. She is raised in luxury and kept locked away in her home. When she is the age 16. She meets Antony Hope and the two form a strong relationship. After the judge discovers their plans to elope, she is sent to Fogg's Asylum. She is soon rescued by Antony and the two head for Todd's barbershop. There she is disguised as a boy, and witnesses Todd kill Judge Turpin. As Todd does not recognise her, he goes to kill her. But Due to mrs Lovett's screams, she is given the chance to escape. She is another of the few survivors at the end of the show.

Tobias: In some versions, he is portrayed as a mentally ill adult, whereas in others he is portrayed as a young boy. Tobias starts the story working under Pirelli. He is treated harshly and is often mistreated. When selling Pirellis miracle elixirs, he is continuously harassed and yelled at by the crowd, led on by sweeney and mrs lovett. When Pirelli and Tobias arrive at Mr Todd's Parlour, Tobias and mrs lovett head down to her pie shop. There he reveals that his hair is actually a wig. After Pirelli's death, tobias is taken in by mrs lovett and he starts working at the pie shop. Soon, he starts to become suspicious of Sweeney Todd. Him and Mrs Lovett form a close bond, with Toby even referring to her as mum in "Not whilst i'm around". In order to distract him, Mrs Lovett locks him in the bakehouse. Here he discovers the pies are made from people, and his suspicions are proved right. He slowly becomes insane and is the one who kills Sweeney at the end.

Pirelli: Pirelli is one of the minor antagonists in Sweeney Todd, he is the first victim of Sweeney. He is a very flamboyant italian barber, though this is revealed to be a sham and that he is in fact an irish con man named Daniel O'Higgins. When he was younger, he worked under Sweeney as an apprentice. He is quick to figure out who sweeney is and attempts to con him. However he is swiftly killed by Todd. Before the story, he takes tobias from the workhouse and takes him on as an apprentice, though he treats him very badly.

Lucy/Beggar Women: Lucy Barker is the wife of Sweeney Todd. At the start of the show it is presumed that she is deceased after taking poison, this is a lie made up by Mrs Lovett in order to trick sweeney. However at the end of the show, it is revealed that she has in fact been alive this whole time. Living life as the beggar women we see throughout the show. Throughout the show, she is one of the few character's suspicious of Mrs Lovetts and Sweeney Todd's actions, and in an attempt to figure out what she breaks into the barbershop. Sweeney bumps into her and becomes furious, and in a hurry due to the judges arrival, kills her. When Sweeney realises he has killed Lucy, he then kills Mrs Lovett because of her lies and deceit.

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As costume director, my main role was to source or design the costumes for our performance of Sweeney Todd. This is important in order to make the performance more realistic as it builds the character development and brings the character more to life.

For each character I had a specific costume colour in mind depending on who they were. This may have changed during the Sweeney Todd process due to what costumes I could find or afford. I also got each actor to buy their own costumes to make it more affordable for me personally.

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A photo of tobys wig which was used in the show. It is blonde an a short mullet which differentiates from Charlie's hair as Toby which is why it is a good fit for the character being able to reveal the scam later on in the show wiht such a contrast from the wig to hair

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This was the outfit for Johanna, which was the character that I played. I wanted light colours for Johanna to show her innocence and the fact that she has no freedom as she's been locked away her whole life and not been able to go outside. This outfit was sourced from the costume cupboard from college. The blue and black gloves were purchased from Amazon due to affordability and I decided to go with these specific gloves to add to the steampunk theme. I went for a light blue colour theme for Johanna to match with Anthony which shows they're lovers. I was also going to cover my tattoos, however I think they added to the theme of steampunk.

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This was the outfit for Toby. Toby had a few outfit changes throughout the show. His first outfit was in Pirelli's Miracle Elixir with the rugged hat and the showman jacket which shows who he is as a character in that scene. The photo shown was his main outfit during the show, which was the outfit he wore after Mrs Lovett took him in as one of her own. This shows she treats him better than Pirelli ever did with better looking clothes. He also wore the same apron as Mrs Lovett for some scenes to show he is now helping Mrs Lovett with her pie shop. The sweater vest as shown in the picture was sourced by one of our other actors from home.

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This was the outfit for the character of Sweeney Todd. I used a nearly all black colour theme to represent the fact that he's dangerous as he murders people. I originally wanted this outfit to be similar to the movie version of this musical. Some elements of the outfit are like the movie outfit such as the all black theme and the white shirt.

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This was the outfit for Mrs Lovett. I went with an overall dark colour theme to represent death as Mrs Lovett turned people into pies which was her idea in the first place. An apron was added during the pie making scenes to make it clear to the audience which scenes she was baking in.

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This was the outfit for the character of Anthony. I wanted Anthony's costume to look like a typical sailor's outfit which shows he is smart and innocent. Most of this outfit was sourced by the actor herself. We did have to buy the sweater vest from a local charity shop and I decided to go with a dark blue colour theme to match with Johanna who has a light blue colour theme to show that they are lovers. I wanted Anthony's colour to be darker than Johanna's as he's travelled the world and been outside, whereas Johanna has not.

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This was the outfit for the character of Beggar Woman. She wore a black dress with a black skirt which she wore around her neck. I originally wanted this to be a cloak with a hood, however we couldn't find one therefore we had to improvise and come up with another idea. This was to get the idea that she is very mysterious and a woman of the streets. The character of Beggar Woman was multi-roled by the same actor of the Beadle, so the only items of clothing they had to change was the dress and the "cloak" for this character. This was to make it easier for the actor to do any quick changes.

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This was the outfit for the character of Beadle. I had the idea of dark colours for the Beadle to show he has power, but not as much power as the judge as he is only powerful because of the Judge. Beadle is also dressed smart to show that he is a man of his work and always has to look presentable due to being the Judge's right hand man. The can and hat was sourced from the costume cupboard from college, and the coat was sourced from a local charity shop.

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This was the outfit for Pirelli. I wanted a lot of bright colours to show he is very loud and confident. His outfit also stands out from the rest of the outfits which shows his character is very different from the rest. The characters judge and Pirelli were multi-roled by the same person. Therefore, the items of clothing that are different are the waistcoat and the jacket he is wearing was turned inside out to make it look different with the vibrant colours. This was to make it easier for the actor to do any quick changes.

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The colour I had in mind for the judge's costume was red. This was to show the power he has over people, as well as the danger of his obsession with Lucy, and then Johanna. The blazer, tie and trousers show that he is smart and a man of his work. The red waistcoat was to add to the steampunk theme. Most of this outfit was sourced by what the actor already owned, I sourced the tie from home and the waistcoat was sourced from the costume cupboard at college.

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Todd returns to London with Anthony to find his wife and daughter.

Todd meets Mrs Lovett who runs a pie shop and she eventually finds out that he is Benjamin Barker.

Mrs Lovett helps Todd find his passion of being a barber again by giving him back his razors.

We meet Anthony who is looking around the streets of London when he comes across a girl called Johanna, who is locked away by the Judge.

We meet Pirelli who is also a barber who holds a contest against Todd to see who is the best barber within Fleet Street.

We discover that the Judge wants to marry Johanna and is in love with Johanna.

Todd opens up a barber shop above Mrs Lovetts pie shop.

Anthony goes to Todd seeking his help to get Johanna.

Pirelli goes looking for Todd wanting his money back and ends up getting killed by Todd .

Toby who works for Pirelli gets left behind and ends up helping Mrs Lovett.

Anthony is still love struck over Johanna and keeps on finding ways to be with her, however runs into trouble with the Judge, Johanna's guardian.

The Judge visits Todd for shave in to which Todd takes this opportunity to try and kill the Judge, however Anthony walks in interrupting Todd from killing the Judge.

Anthony asks Todd to help him get Johanna and save her from the Judge.

After Todd's outburst Mrs Lovett has the idea to turn people into pies which then forms the business of Todd helping Mrs Lovett with her pies

Todd then starts to get costumers in which he kills them sending them down to Mrs Lovett who then turns them into pies.

Anthony hears that the Judge is going to put Johanna in an asylum, and goes to Todd for help, to which Todd agrees and helps Anthony get Johanna back.

Mrs Lovett takes Toby in, getting him to work in the bakery, Toby agrees.

Whilst Toby is with Mrs Lovett he finds Pirellis purse. He wants to protect Mrs Lovett as he suspects something is wrong about Todd.

Mrs Lovetts goes to warn Todd that Toby is starting to get suspicious of his actions

The Beadle shows up at Todd's shop looking for a shave and Todd kills him off

The beggar Woman shows up at Todd's barber shop in which Todd kills her

Todd tells Mrs Lovett that he only cares about killing the Judge and that he is expecting him to arrive shortly

Anthony manages to save Johanna from the mad house and tells her to go and see Todd

Todd finally kills the Judge but whilst killing him Johanna shows up looking for help in to which Todd tries to kill her to in fear that she has seen to much

When Mrs Lovett finds the judge he is not fully dead and tries to kill him even more which give Johanna an opportunity to escape

Whilst down in the bake house Todd soon realises that the beggar woman is in fact his wife Lucy, in response to this Todd is angry at Mrs Lovett for lying and pushes her in to the oven

Toby who is hiding in the bake house sees this and takes revenge on Mrs Lovett and kills Todd

Anthony and Johanna run away together

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Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd who is also known as Benjamin Barker is our main character, we follow him back to London as he in looking for his wife and daughter. Todd is a skilled barber who uses these skills to kill his victims. As we follow the show Todd wants to get revenge on the Judge and he succeeds in doing so but in the end is killed by Tobias.

Mrs Lovett

Mrs Lovett is our second main character who runs a pie shop. She knowns to much about what happened to Todd's family and eventually discovers that he is Benjamin Barker. To help Todd she offers to turn people into pies from his victims, this works until Todd kills the beggar woman who is Lucy, Todd's wife. Mrs Lovett is killed by Sweeney Todd.

Anthony

Anthony is a sailor who sailed the world and has retuned back to London, he finds Mr Todd who he befriended on his travels. As he returns to London he finds this girl named Johanna and falls in love instantly. However Anthony runs in to trouble with Johanna's guardian the Judge which makes it difficult for him to get Johanna. In the end he gets Johanna and they can be together.

Toby

Toby is betrayed in many different ways, a young boy who works for Pirelli or a mentally ill adult. In this version he is a young boy who works for Pirelli helping him sell his elixir. After following Pirelli to Todd's barber shop he meets Mrs Lovett who offers to feed him and look after him. With Pirelli gone Toby is left by himself under the care of Mrs Lovett. Toby gets to work alongside Mrs Lovett down in the bake house helping to make the pies yet he sees somethings that cause him to hide. Toby kills Sweeny Todd after he seen him kill Mrs Lovett.

Johanna

Johanna is the daughter of Benjamin and Lucy Barker. After her father was sent away, her and her mother were taken under the care of the Judge. This led Lucy to kill herself leaving Johanna all by herself. Johanna is restricted to the Judges house and obeys the Judges every command. When Johanna meets Anthony they plan to run away together which the Judge sends Johanna away to a mad house. Anthony tries to get Johanna back and save her in which he does and they can be together.

Pirelli

Pirelli is a con artist selling an elixir as a magical elixir for you hair. His real name is Danny O Higgins. To prove his worth as the best barber he challenges Todd to contest . To Pirellis surprise he looses and gives Todd his £5. Pirelli goes after Todd wanting his money back and in which he his killed by Sweeny.

Beedle

The Beedle is the Judges accomplice and right hand man and our second antagonist he obeys the Judges every word and is the one who takes Lucy to the Judge and arrests Todd in the beginning. Beedle is killed by Todd.

Judge

The Judge is our main antagonist. Whilst Todd is absent in Johanna's life after being sent away Turpin becomes Johanna's main guardian. On Todd's return the Judge plans to marry Johanna as she becomes of age. Todd gets his revenge on the Judge and kills him.

Beggar woman

Beggar woman is what is left of Lucy Todd's wife after she drinks the poison and goes crazy. She is known as a beggar woman around London. She meets Todd in to which she gets pushed away. She is very cautious and warns people of dangers that happen yet people take her as just being crazy. She is killed by Todd.

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Throughout the show there are themes of murder and death, revenge, corruption and obsession. These themes are very dark and are carried throughout the show. They help to show how Todd got to how he was in the end by letting all this obsession of killing go to his head wanting to get revenge on those who have wronged him. The main message in Sweeney Todd is that revenge and greed may be good in the end however it can blind the one seeking it and how this good feeling doesn't last forever and is only temporary.

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Investigation of stylistic conventions used by Stephen Sondheim in Sweeney Todd

Overview of the themes, plot and roles

Analyse how the accompaniment / libretto conveys themes and messages

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Analysed principal elements of the musical, and the techniques used by Stephen Sondheim to convey their message

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2024-04-10 - HE - Sweeney Todd Performance

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In this scene it was all about pacing and keeping up the mystery of the judge nearly dying. It is also the start of Mr Todd's rage so during the song that we did even thgouh it is not evidenced there was a lot of facial expressions and worry in Mrs lovett eyes however when he gst closer to the end of the song she is more fed up of how thirsty for blood he is and more worried about pirelli.

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In this whole song throughout I made Mrs lovett character more relaxed and spacious especially when interacting wiht the audience. She also talks to Mr todd alot and is more closer wiht him which I have made. Also I used a lot of hand gesture and kept my stand more slouched as I feel she si a more relaxed character but also slouches due to being in early London times she isn't as posh as others and so has her own way of standing and talking. By this rehearsal I have got a good accent for Mrs lovett

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In this rehearsal it was a run through wiht the scene before my friends. I really honed in on the flirtatious notions of Mrs lovett character as it's the first scene she is properly in. I need to show how in love wiht Mr todd I am and so I am making my movements more open but yet still slouching over the chair to show my sort of ownership over it before it becomes his. It was hard to try and get my head around being more flirty and in love wiht Mr todd but I soon got the hang of it and it flowed really well wiht the scene.

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The character of Toby wore this hat during Pirelli's Miracle Elixir, which was Toby's first entrance on stage. This was to show that Toby is a show boy, but still is not neat due to him working for Pirelli, who doesn't treat him with respect. This was something one of our actors had and was able to source for us.

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#23 Not While I'm Around (With Guide Vocals)

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#23 Not While I'm Around (With Guide Vocals)

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Not While I'm Around (Complete Tracks with Guide Vocals)

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All together it went well I had allocated separated brushes and sponges for each cast member so there is no mixing of pigments or products to keep eveyrhtigns sanitary. The makeup also went very close to what I had imagined for each character. Contour was hard for sweeney esoeiclaly on the nose as it was half covered. Anthony's contour was quite good except there was too much on the forehead and judge needed some on his cheek. For Mrs lovett and todd I went wiht a more rustic and messy look which turned out okay wiht out hair done It doesn't look complete but I want to buff out and bend more of the black smokey eyes so it doesn't look too blotchy

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In this image, I am working on Amelia who played the role of both beggar women/Beadle. I developed a look that could be applied to both characters. In this photo it shows the swooped over hair to create a more feminine fringe but also slick it back wiht gel to make it seem like a man's hair cut. This was able to match both characters as beadle is well presented and Lucy wouldn't be able to bather for a while so her hair may look greasy and pushed to the side to cover one eye. It also reveals the blue eyeshadow I added in the corners to give a closer hint to Lucy being close wiht johanna as a motherly bond but also giving the inside cast and audience a hint as to why she is wearing blue and how she is connected wiht johanna.

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Beadle and Lucy makeup trial front view 

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Beadle and Lucy makeup trial front view 

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In this photo it is a full face view on amelia makeup. This shows a less colourful face wiht no blush or contour just foundation. There is some slight concealer under the eyes as beadle is well kept and it gives him a better glow but also some small bags under the eyes as to when the lights change for Lucy it will cast some deeper shadows into her eyes making her look crazier.

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Pirelli and judge makeup trial side view 

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Pirelli and judge makeup trial side view 

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This is a side photo of maxs makeup. It really shows in more detail the warmer contour I did to pirelli and the judge to show their wealth and how healthy they are. He has no blush but I did use pink concealer to give it a more feminine feel to pirelli by having a pinker undertone it gives off a glow to the eyes and really brings out the red eyeshadow which you can see peeking in the corners

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Pirelli and judge makeup trial front view

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Pirelli and judge makeup trial front view

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In this photo I am working on max who is playing Judge and pirelli for his hair trial. I wanted a fully gelled back look with a small curl at the front to give it the Italian style. In the photo you can see the hair is all covered in gel unlike Maddi and is brushed all the way back to reveal the forehead a lot more. This gives off the energy of a more powerful man who does not hide behind his hair.