The world’s favourite musical, The Sound of Music, opens this week in Adelaide. The 2015-16 Australian tour of the lavish London Palladium production will play at the Festival Theatre in Adelaide from 9 August 2016 with official opening night onFriday 12 August and tickets are on sale for performances until 4 September 2016.
The Australian production of The Sound of Music is led by Amy Lehpamer (Once, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Maria Rainer and Cameron Daddo (Legally Blonde, Big River) as Captain Georg von Trapp, starring alongside Marina Prior (Mary Poppins, The Secret Garden) as Baroness Schraeder, Jacqueline Dark (Opera Australia’s Aida, Don Giovanni) as Mother Abbess, Lorraine Bayly (Calendar Girls, The Sullivans) as Frau Schmidt and David James (Playschool, Avenue Q) as Max Detweiler.
Liesl is played by Stefanie Jones (Once) and Rolf by newcomer Du Toit Bredenkamp. The ensemble cast includes Annie Aitken, Johanna Allen (Sister Sophia), Eleanor Blythman (Sister Margaretta), Sophie Cheeseman, Connor Crawford,Colin Dean, Tony Farrell, Steven Grace, William Groucutt, John Hannan (Franz), Anthony Harkin, Daniel Humphris,Andrea Creighton (Sister Berthe), Katie McKee, Kathleen Moore, Karen Sproull, Ashleigh Rubenach and Sophie Weiss.
There will be two different casts alternating in the roles of the six youngest von Trapp children during the Adelaide season.
Playing Friedrich will be Nathan Stafford (12, Hewett) and Ethan Schembri (12, Coromandel Valley). Playing Louisa will beJacinda Tsakalos (11, Toorak Gardens) and Katie Lammin (12, Glenunga). Playing Kurt will be Oscar Bridges (9, Payneham) and Cooper James (10, Glenelg East). Playing Brigitta will be Alicia Hammond (10, Paradise) and Ariel Higgs(8, Gilberton). Playing Marta will be Danika Roach (9, Highbury) and Charlotte Van Zuydam (12, Hawthorndene), and playing Gretl will be Anna McAuliffe (8, Joslin) and Zoe Pool (8, Mitcham).
This acclaimed production of the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical premiered in 2006 at the home of West End musical theatre, the London Palladium, where it celebrated a record-breaking 954 performances seen by well over two million people, before going on to enjoy sell-out seasons internationally.
Inspired by the lives of the actual von Trapp family, The Sound of Music tells the uplifting story of Maria, a fun-loving governess who changes the lives of the widowed Captain von Trapp and his seven children by re-introducing them to music, culminating in the family’s escape from the Nazis across the mountains from Austria. It features an unforgettable score that includes some of the most famous songs ever performed on stage, including My Favorite Things, Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and the title song, The Sound of Music.
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ADELAIDE
Venue Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Season From 9 August 2016 to Sunday 4 August 2016
Performance Times Wed–Sat 7.30pm, Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm, Sun 1pm and 6pm
Price Tickets from $79.90*
Bookings soundofmusictour.com.au or bass.net.au or 131 246
Groups 12+ 08 8205 2220
* An additional transaction fee and/or a credit/debit payment processing fee may apply
Performance times and prices are subject to change
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