Directed by The Rep’s artistic director Joe Murphy, and designed by award-winning designer Elin Steele, The Rep’s production of the razor-sharp musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comes to Birmingham from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 9 August.

Having starred in some of the biggest musical productions in the UK, West End, Broadway and across the world, Ramin Karimloo will now add Sweeney Todd to his extensive theatre credits.

Ramin said: “I’ve long known there would be a time and a place to step into the world of Stephen Sondheim and to explore the complexity of Benjamin Barker.

“After meeting with Joe Murphy and the team at Birmingham Rep, it was immediately clear this was the right moment and the right company to take that journey with.”

The Rep’s artistic director Joe Murphy added: “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Ramin to Birmingham Rep as Sweeney Todd. He is a world-class performer that has graced some of the world’s biggest stages, playing some of musical theatre’s most iconic characters, and now that will include The Rep.

“Ramin has immense vocal power, authority and dramatic strength this iconic role demands, and his casting sets the tone for a bold, electrifying production that we can’t wait to share with our audiences.”

Further casting and full creative team will be announced in the coming weeks.

First performed on Broadway in 1979, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler ‘s
12-time Tony Award-winning masterpiece is considered one of the greatest musicals ever written.

Wrongfully imprisoned for 15 years, Benjamin Barker returns to Victorian London as the mysterious barber, Sweeney Todd.

Upon finding out he’s lost everything he ever loved, Sweeney swears revenge and so begins a chilling tale of murder, macabre and Mrs Lovett’s pies.

To book simply the Birmingham Rep website or call the Box Office on 0121 236 4455 (Monday to Friday from 12pm to 6pm. Saturdays 12pm to 6pm, or 4pm if there is no evening performance scheduled).