Easily my favorite version. This gave me chills to listen to.

Weirdly enough, in this clip I'm seeing the kindest Mrs. Sowerberry of all the ones I've seen. Her tone for most of her speaking is actually rather gentle.

This is really good. Whoever cast this show was dead on. I'm a very big fan of Mrs. Sowerberry. She was amazing.

i was cast as Oliver in my city's community theater! In two weeks it is opening night! i am so excited!

i got casted for mrs. sowerberry and i've been looking up the scene a million times, and this is by far the best performance!

I love this version!

I played Mr. Sowerberry YEARS ago in this show. We did a bizarre little dance while singing this. Great fun - 'cept me and the "Mrs." were not the best dancers in the world and it took forever for us to get it right. Ah, the memories.

This Mr. Sowerberry is so creepy. The first time I watched this i was totally creeped out. And Mrs. Sowerberry is really good too!! I love it!!!

I am currently in a production of Oliver While I do appreciate that this production went for a much creepier version of the Sowerberry's by slowing down the song and having them stand relatively still (which I thought was kind of odd, but still creepy I guess) I feel that they are still creepier and more entertaining to watch when the song is done normally. They are singing about death and find it funny as the tempo slowly picks up. I think of it like this; if you have an average criminal and someone like 'the joker' from pretty much any batman. The joker is creepier because he has little to no regard for human life and finds death and crime quite funny (just realising I am bringing batman into Oliver... Moving on) I still do find it cool how they looked at the song from a different perspective and tried something different with a very unique adaptation!

When we did this for my high school play Mr. Sowerberry couldn't sing unlike this one he has an amazing voice for the part

I LOVE the slow tempo. Makes the song really creepy.

Starve yourself by under-eating.....that IS my funeral.

I was cast as Mrs Sowerberry, and now I have one week left. I really like this one, but ours will be much quicker then this. Tango and everything. XD

ooh! they sing so creepy! LOVE IT!

Is ti just me or does Mrs. Sowerberry seem much nicer to Oliver in this one than in any other performance?

@EvenflowBlack That's the point. Undertakers wife? They're both a bit mad really.

What production is this?

This is creepy but awesome

Heck no! Have you listened to the lyrics. Or even the title? "That's your Funeral" It's, obviously dead-on.

I agree with that too. She seems nicer prior to and during the song only really. She becomes a lot less likeable afterward,

Me too.

I like that this version has a slower pace. I think when productions have this song at a faster pace and actors go all out on a creepy sounding voice they're not only trying too hard but are missing out on what makes these characters and the song great (at least in my interpretation of them). I see the Sowerberrys as business people. They treat death as business as usual, because for them it is. They obviously like the idea of more people dying, because it means more money for them. However in the end as they describe their job and death they'll do it slowly and methodically, with a lack of emotion because again it's just business for them. You don't see a lot of traditional business people portrayed talking frantically and enthusiastically so why should someone do this with these characters?

is there a reason they choice to slow down the time like this?

I agree with TheMisteranderson - it can still be macabre and fast - Try The Addams Family - it was murd'rous and funny too! Oh wait, sorry Mr. Sowerberry - you're NOT macabre.

The performance was really good but I think they kind of missed the point of the song. It's meant to be a really funny, upbeat song, but the tempo was much too slow for what it should have been for the song.

exactly. my cousin is in oliver in a play and it is MUCH faster.

This is really good, but I think you were a bit too in tempo.

not just u

Our play is a lot funnier