An origin story set before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, we discover what would later lead her to turn pie-maker. Here, the 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. 

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... 

BoonDog Theatre is a multi award-winning collaborative theatre company based in the Midlands, creating exciting new dark comic stories for the stage. They are Associate Artists of the Royal and Derngate, Northampton.

About the production

This production contains strong language and haze.

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Prices & info

General admission | £15

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