- Ticket price:
- From: £16.50
- Running time:
- 1 hr (no interval)
- Age range:
- 14+
The villain you know. The story you don't.
The newly-widowed Eleanor 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.
Set 20 years before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, this fascinating origin story uncovers the path that leads Mrs Lovett to become Fleet Street’s most notorious pie-maker.
You may think you already know her, 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…
With dark comedy, a wealth of historical research, and a raft of critical acclaim, BoonDog Theatre proudly bring this Popcorn Award shortlisted production as part of their UK tour.
BoonDog Theatre is a multi award-winning collaborative theatre company based in the Midlands, creating exciting new stories for the stage.
Creative Director Lucy Roslyn and Productions Director Jamie Firth focus on making intimate, character driven pieces, telling stories that start conversations that last long beyond the audience leaving the theatre.
Their work is almost always darkly comic, always aims for the heart, and what they describe as “covertly political”.
BoonDog Theatre are proud to be Associate Artists of the Royal and Derngate, Northampton.
"If you enjoy dark psychological thrillers...Lovett is a must-see"Edinburgh Reviews
"An entirely disarming performance. Precise, committed, and unflinching"Binge Fringe