The best meat pies in London served up by Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney Todd

Cheryl Morey, South Bend Tribune
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Ryan Schisler, left, and John Shoup rehearse a scene for Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that opens Nov. 10 and continues through Nov. 18, 2023, at the Bristol Opera House.
Ryan Schisler, left, and John Shoup rehearse a scene for Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that opens Nov. 10 and continues through Nov. 18, 2023, at the Bristol Opera House.

BRISTOL — “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” opens Nov. 10 and continues through Nov. 18 at Elkhart Civic Theatre’s Bristol Opera House, 210 E. Vistula St.

The Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler musical centers on Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.

The road to revenge leads Sweeney to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice.

Kylie Hamm, left, and Jake Kramer rehearse a scene for Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that opens Nov. 10 and continues through Nov. 18, 2023, at the Bristol Opera House.
Kylie Hamm, left, and Jake Kramer rehearse a scene for Elkhart Civic Theatre’s production of "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that opens Nov. 10 and continues through Nov. 18, 2023, at the Bristol Opera House.

Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Sweeney’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up — with the carnage has only just begun.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-11 and 17-18 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 12.

Tickets are $25-$19.

For more information, call 574-848-4116 or visit elkhartcivictheatre.org.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: 'Sweeney Todd' opens at Elkhart Civic's Bristol Opera House