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Sweeney Todd
Production History
Mike Langridge aand Caroline Bleakley have jointly directed many productions together, mostly in association with The Questors Theatre. Among these have been both parts of David Edgar’s Nicholas Nickleby, The Hired Man, Noises Off, Great Expectations, The Crucible, Privates On Parade, Sweeney Todd, Mrs Warren’s Profession, Lady Betty, Burnt By The Sun, and The Last of the Haussmans. In 2014 TightGrip Productions staged Shadowlands and as well as directing the play, Mike and Caroline took the leading roles of C S Lewis and Joy Gresham. Their latest collaboration was adapting, producing and directing their new stage version of Tess of the d’Urbervilles which premiered in 2018.
Mike Langridge and Caroline Bleakley as C S Lewis and Joy Gresham in 'Shadowlands'
Mike Langridge
Mike is a joint founder of TightGrip Productions and an actor, director and designer. Besides directing he has appeared in over one hundred plays including The Long And The Short And The Tall, Henry IV Part 1 and II, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Macbeth, Heartbreak House, Othello, The Malcontent, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Destiny, Coriolanus, Antigone, The Crucible, A Mad World My Masters, As You Like it, A View From The Bridge, Edward II, Romeo And Juliet, Faust, Faith Healer, Waltz Of The Toreadors, Death And The Maiden, Hotel In Amsterdam, Good, Broken Glass, Festen, Hamlet, Translations, Oh What A Lovely War!, Yerma, The Promise, The Merchant Of Venice, The Bald Prima Donna, Oedipus, The Devil’s Disciple, The Taming Of The Shrew, Nicholas Nickleby Parts 1 & 2, Butley, Shadowlands, Measure For Measure, Bedroom Farce, The Front Page, The Seagull, All My Sons and most recently The Cripple of Inishmaan.
Caroline Bleakley
Caroline is a joint founder of TightGrip Productions and a TV drama editor and actor. Caroline’s extensive film editing experience has provided her with insight into the skill of how to tell stories in an exciting way making them fluid and seamless. Besides directing, Caroline has appeared in over 30 plays including Translations, The Rivals, Yerma, Destiny, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Taming Of The Shrew, Heartbreak House, Lady Betty, Sweeney Todd, Translations, Hamlet, Henry the IV part 1, All My Sons , Macbeth, The Winters Tale, Lady Betty, Nicholas Nickleby Parts 1 & 2, Festen, The Seagull, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and most recently A Little Night Music. As a film editor her credits include, Top Girls, Hearts and Bones, Monarch of the Glen, Bad Girls, Distant Shores, Sea of Souls, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Commander, Wild at Heart, Death in Paradise, Inspector George Gently, Lewis, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Raisin, Harlots, The Spanish Princess, Whitstable Pearl, All Creatures Great and Small, and Sanditon.
The Hired Man, Pack of Lies, Noises Off, Privates on Parade,, The Crucible, Lady Betty, Nicholas Nickleby Parts 1 & 2, Great Expectations,, Sweeney Todd,, Mrs Warrens Profession, Shadowands, Burnt by the Sun, The Last of the Haussmans, Tess of the d'Urbervilles