Review: SWEENEY TODD, New Athenaeum Theatre
by Mary Baillie - Dec 8, 2025
Sweeney Todd arrives at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this December, where director Aaron Lee Lambert delivers a humorous, witty, magically ridiculous and thought-provoking take on Sondheim’s challenging musical. This production follows the infamous serial-killer barber of Fleet Street and his gleefully opportunistic partner-in-crime, Mrs Lovett, who bakes his victims into pies and sells them with alarming success. What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD at New Athenaeum Theatre?