Underbelly Cowgate
Lovett

Lovett
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.
An origin story set before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, we discover what would later lead her to turn pie-maker.
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...
An origin story set before her infamous partnership with Sweeney Todd, we discover what would later lead her to turn pie-maker.
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...
Event Information
- Price
- Tickets from £10.00
- Date
- 30 Jul-25 Aug 2025
- Time
- 12:30
- Event type
- Theatre
- Company name
- BoonDog Theatre
- Duration
- 60mins
- Age Rating
- 14+ (Guideline)
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