Sweeney Todd Set Design ideas...

I'm (hopefully) directing a production of Sweeney Todd at my university... in preparation for it, I was wondering if anyone had seen community theatre/college productions and how they went about the greater challenges of set design/scenery... particularly Sweeney's chair and its links to the bakehouse.

I have a few ideas, but I'd love to go for the most entertaining (and not too minimalist) idea, without - obviously - having to construct a huge set ala professional productions.

I'd really appreciate any ideas/pictures!

Thanks

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what university?

Those pictures are great!

And, lightguy06222, it's for Australian National University (ANU). It's an inter-college production, and I'm hoping it'll be pretty big, but I figured I'd check out just how easy a set I could get away with...

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Do yourself a favour and ask around the theatre department of your University to see if there are any good aspiring Set Designers. It is always much better, and more satisfying, to work with a designer to come up with your own design solutions rather than steal from other people's. Collaboration with a designer is usually one of the first aspects a director deals with and those conversations can guide the rest of the show. By just borrowing from other designs, it sets the tone for the rest of the production of borrowed moments, and nobody wants to see that. :)

That is not to say that some of those images aren't stunning.

BrodyFosse: Where did you get that second to last image in your post? do you have a link?

Akiva

That industrial pipe one looks fantastic!

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Do you ever get tired of pretending to be Link Larkin?