Last week I saw Sweeney Todd on stage in London, with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton in the leading roles: it was a completly different interpretation but once again quite brilliant. And then I had my brilliant idea: use the show as the vehicle for yet another TV talent show, with the offer of a role in the show as the prize.
I still need to work out the details and come up with a snappy title, but the barber's chair that deposits Sweeney's victims into the cellar below would be a brilliant way for the unsuccessful candidates to exit.
For anyone interested, here's the trailer for the Tim Burton version:
...and here's the trailer for the current stage show:
