Newly-widowed Mrs Lovett needs to find a way to survive. Using skills learned from a whaler father, a courtesan mother and a butcher husband, Eleanor “recalibrates” her life - and her relationship with God.
A fascinating, darkly comic tale of her life before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, we discover what would later lead her to turn pie-maker.
You may think you already know Mrs. Lovett, but this new play explores what made her: the brutal choices and disappointments of a life in poverty. When the difference is life or death, morality becomes a moveable feast - and Eleanor is getting hungry...
TICKETS:
2025
Nottingham Playhouse (Preview) - 4th July
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (Preview) - 25th July
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Landmark, Ilfracombe - September 5th
Bristol Old Vic - September 16th-20th
Theatre Royal Plymouth - September 26th-27th
Royal and Derngate - November 18th
2026
Norwich Theatre Stage Two - March 21st
Written and performed by Lucy Roslyn
Directed by Jamie Firth
Sound Design by https://anniemayfletcher.co.uk/
Artwork by https://www.madisoncoby.co.uk/
Photos by: Boondog Theatre