Rehearsal Schedule

Sweeney Todd – Rehearsal Schedule Jan - March

MONDAY

Collegiate

7.30pm

WEDNESDAY

Collegiate

7.30pm

FRIDAY

Collegiate

7.30pm

SUNDAY

Albemarle Music Centre

2.00pm

Jan 5^th

“God That’s Good”

**CHORUS

Jan 7^th

“Green Finch”

“Ah Miss/Johanna” (Anth) Sc3 Sc5

Jan 9^th

“Poor Thing” + Ball*

“Worst Pies”

Incl Judge/Beadle/Lucy *SOME CHORUS list being circulated

Jan 11^th

Character work +

“Ballad of Sw’ Todd No 1 & 10b & 12c “The Letter”

**CHORUS

Jan 12^th

Pirelli’s M’cl Elixir”

“Pirelli’s Entrance/Contest” Sc4

**CHORUS

Jan 14^th

Sc1 “No Place Like London” Part I & II

Incl Judge/Beadle/Lucy

“A Little Priest” Sc9

Jan 16^th

Music rehearsal for selected principals

Jan 19^th

“No Place Like London” Incl Judge/Beadle/Lucy

Recap “God That’s Good” & “Pirelli’s M’cl Elixir” “Poor Thing” & “Ballads”

**CHORUS

Jan 21^st

”Kiss Me/ Sensitivities” Sc7, Sc12, “Searching Part 2” (for Johanna/Anthony not Beggar W )

Sc19, Sc 22 without Todd

Jan 23^rd

“Wait”

Sc6

“By the Sea” Sc13

“My Friends” Sc2

Jan 25^th

“Pretty Women”

“Epiphany” Sc8

“Johanna Act II No20”

Sc14

“Wigmaker Sequ”

**NOT CHORUS

Jan 26^th

“Fogg’s Asylum” Sc18

“City on Fire”

“Searching Part 1” Todd/Lovett + chorus + Beggar W

**CHORUS

Jan 28^th

“Not While Around”

“Parlour Songs” Sc15 Sc16

Sc17 without Todd

Jan 30^th

“Searching Part 2” Beggar W (not Johanna & Anthony) “Judges return” Sc20, Sc21,

“Final Scene Part 1 & 2” Sc22 (without Johanna), Sc23

Feb 2^nd

“Worst Pies in London” “Poor Thing”

“My Friends” “Wait” “Pretty Women”

Sc2, Sc6, Sc 8

**SOME CHORUS (just people in the “Ball”)

Feb 4^th

“Green Finch”

“Ah Miss/Johanna” (Anth) Sc3 Sc5

”Kiss Me/ Sensitivities” Sc7, Sc12, “Searching Part 2” Johanna/Anthony Sc19

Feb 6^th

“Epiphany” “A Little Priest” “Johanna Act II”

“By the Sea” “Wigmakers sequence”

Sc 9 Sc12 Sc13 Sc14

Feb 8^th

“Final Scene Part 3” Epilogue

Chorus numbers (including ball/ No Place Like London)

**CHORUS

Feb 9^th

“Not While Around” “Parlour Songs” “Searching Part 2” for Beggar W “Judges return”

“Final Scene Part 1 & 2”

Sc 15 Sc16 Sc17 Sc20 Sc21 Sc22 Sc23

**NOT CHORUS

Feb 11^th

FULL CAST

Act 1 Run

**CHORUS required at all rehearsals from now on

Feb 13^th

FULL CAST

Act 2 Run

Feb 16^th

FULL CAST

Act 1 Run

Feb 18^th

FULL CAST

Act 2 Run

Feb 20^th

FULL CAST

Full Run

Feb 22^nd

FULL CAST

Full Run

Feb 23^rd

FULL CAST

Full Run

Feb 25^th

FULL CAST

Full Run

Or polishing

Feb 27^th

FULL CAST

Full Run

Mar 1^st

a.m. GET IN & BAND CALL

1.30pm FULL CAST - Full run with orchestra

Mar 2^nd

Dress Rehearsal

New Theatre

*Evening rehearsals start at 7.15pm from Monday 16^th Feb

Act ONE

Prologue: Ballad of Sweeney Todd

Sc 1: London Docks

”Sweeney arrives in London” mid p3 → bottom p6

Sc 2: Mrs Lovett’s Pie Shop

“Sweeney meets Lovett” p7 → top p14

Sc 3: Outside Judge Turpin’s House

“Anthony meets Johanna/Judge” mid p14 → bottom p19

Sc 4: St Dunstan’s Place

“Sweeney meets Toby/Pirelli and shaving competition” p20 → bottom p33

Sc 5: Judge Turpin’s House

“Judge proposes to Johanna” p36 →mid p37

Sc 6: The Barbers Shop

“Lovett calms Todd, meets Anthony. Pirelli is killed” bottom p37 →bottom p44

Sc 7: Judge Turpin’s House

“Judge/Beadle leave court & nearly catch Johanna kissing Anthony” mid p45 → mid p53

Sc 8: The Barbers Shop

“Pirellis body revealed, Judge arrives and isn’t killed, Todd flips” p54 → p62

Sc 9: Mrs Lovett’s Pie Shop

“Todd & Lovett have pie idea” p63 →70

Act TWO

Sc 10: Outside Mrs Lovetts Pie Shop

“God That’s Good - customers gorge and the new chair arrives” p1 → mid p10

No dialogue just sung

Sc 11: Barber’s Shop/Bakehouse/Outside Fogg’s Assylum

“Johanna sequence - Anthony searches for Johanna, Todd kills customers” bottom p10 → p14

No dialogue just sung

Sc 12: Outside Fogg’s Assylum

“Antony finds Johanna and is confronted by Beadle” bottom p14 → top p16

Sc 13: Mrs Lovett’s Parlour

“Lovett flirts with Todd over their business success” middle p16 → mid p20

Sc 14: Mrs Lovett’s Parlour/Barber’s Shop

“Anthony and Todd plan the capture of Johanna” mid p20 → bottom p22

Sc 15: The steps of the Barber’s Shop/Bake House

“Tobias warns Lovett who locks him in the cellar” p24 → top p29

Sc 16: Mrs Lovett’s Parlour

“Beadle questions Lovett about complaints” p29 → bottom p31

Sc 17: Barber’s Shop/Bake House/ Parlour

“Todd kills Beadle, witnessed by Toby despite Lovetts cover” p32 → bottom p33

Sc 18: Fogg’s Assylum

“Anthony rescues Johanna from Fogg’s asylum” p mid p34 → top p36

Sc 19: Barber’s Shop

“Anthony hides the disguised Johanna at Todd’s shop” bottom p38 → bottom p39

Sc 20: Barber’s Shop

“Beggar Woman discovers parlor and is killed by Todd” p40a → 40b

Sc 21: Barber’s Shop

“Todd kills Judge Turpin” p41 → mid p43

Sc 22: Barber’s Shop

“Johanna escapes being killed by Todd” mid p43 → mid p44

Sc 23: Bake House

“Bakehouse – Todd discovers his crime, kills Lovett and is killed by Toby” mid p44 → bottom p48

Epilogue: Ballad of Sweeney Todd