PHOTO CALL: Michael Ball is Sweeney Todd, With Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, at Chichester Festival

Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 1979 Broadway musical Sweeney Todd will officially open Oct. 6, for a run through Nov. 5. Jonathan Kent directs a cast that also includes Lucy May Barker as Johanna, Luke Brady as Anthony, John Bowe as Judge Turpin, Robert Burt as Pirelli, Gillian Kirkpatrick as the Beggar Woman, James McConville as Tobias and Peter Polycarpou as Beadle.

Here's a look at the production:

Michael Ball is Sweeney Todd, With Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, at Chichester Festival

Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball

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The cast of <i>Sweeney Todd</i> — The cast of *Sweeney Todd*

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