Eleanor Lovett

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LOVETT, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Aug 22, 2025

Newly-widowed Mrs Lovett needs to find a way to survive. Using skills learned from a whaler father, a courtesan mother and a butcher husband, Eleanor 'recalibrates' her life - and her relationship with God. An origin story set before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, we discover what would later lead her to turn pie-maker. You may think you already know Mrs. Lovett, but this new play explores what made her: the brutal choices and disappointments of a life in poverty. When the difference is life or death, morality becomes a moveable feast - and Eleanor is getting hungry...

More Autumn Shows and Summer Family Work Comes to Bristol Old Vic
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2025

Bristol Old Vic has announced a flurry of extra shows for Winter/Spring alongside classic summer family work – now on sale. Learn more about the lineup here!