Sweeney Todd, Chair and Backstage

This is a short video of the workings of our school production of Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet St.
I think we would've found it useful to have some insight of how to put on the production on a scale such as a school, before we started. This is why I created this video; just as an example of what we did, and how it was set up.

The set consisted of a scaffold frame, with two flats on the top, and one which was specially made with a trap door. As you can see in the video, the slide underneath the barber's chair was just a bit of wood, with reinforcements.
All the decoration; doors, walls, etc, are painted plastic, which had been vacuum formed.

Lighting was programmed on Zero 88's Leapfrog 48 desk. Special fixtures include,
- 10x MAC 250

One hazer was used, and two smoke machines; one in the oven, one for under the stage.

Any questions, please feel free to e-mail me;
tobybennett@dial.pipex.com

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Entertainment

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• Sweeney
• Todd
• Demon
• Barber
• Fleet
• Street
• Trap
• Door
• Chair
• Stage
• Backstage
• Behind
• The
• Scenes
• School
• Production
• Will
• Smith
• Kate
• Kelley
• Kimbolton
• Slide
• Trapdoor

[imsweeneytodd]

awesome! looks like your school has it well put together!

i would love for my School to do Sweeney, but its such a difficult musical to do, do you have more vids of it?

[tobybennett111]

Thanks. There is a video of the whole production, but I'd be annoying people who wish to make money out of it, if I published it on here!

It took a load of work from new head of drama, she did a fantastic job; best production in our school for a long time!

[smiththefifth1]

dude i miss that show. sending people down that chair was far too much fun.

[imsweeneytodd]

@chaddirects do you know how to make razors with switchblade mechanism in it? how much would that cost me?

[chaddirects]

@imsweeneytodd

What a coincidence! so could I!

[imsweeneytodd]

@tobybennett111 oh ok then. thats really cool tho. we just got a new director at our school and hes thinking of doing Sweeney

i really hope they decide to, i could supply the razors! lolz