Hackmatack Farm & Playhouse: 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'
Enter the shadowy streets of London where revenge, fate, and dark humor collide in the chilling story of Sweeney Todd.
Sweeney Todd tells the sinister and thrilling tale of a vengeful barber who returns to London after years of wrongful exile. Reunited with his barbershop and fueled by the desire to bring justice to the corrupt judge who destroyed his life, Sweeney Todd partners with the resourceful Mrs. Lovett, whose meat pies gain a chilling new ingredient. Filled with razor-sharp wit, unforgettable music, and soaring emotion, this iconic musical explores love, loss, and the terrifying lengths to which a broken heart can go.
Much of the allure of the playhouse is centered around its rural and historical character. Nestled against a hill where American bison now graze, Hackmatack Playhouse is located on the historic Guptill homestead, where the Guptills have resided since the 1680s. Berwick, in the 1600s, was seen as the wild frontier of the New World.
The Guptills resided as subsistence farmers, etching out a living among the harsh climate and rocky soil of Maine, and navigated the socio-political climate of Colonial New England, including relationships with the Pennacook tribe (for more information about the Indigenous community in the Salmon Falls region, please visit the Indigenous NH Collaborative Collective).
Hackmatack Playhouse was founded in 1972 by S. Carleton Guptill. Carleton envisioned a summer stock theater that would showcase the talents of professional and developing thespians from the regional New England area. For 50-plus years, the Guptill family has brought Carleton’s dream to life.
*We will be stopping for lunch (on your own) before the performance.