Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers"
by Maria Augusta Trapp
A classic musical rediscovered in the enchanting surroundings of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
With a timeless score which includes ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’, ‘My Favourite Things’, ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ and ‘Edelweiss’, The Sound of Music has inspired audiences across the world with its story of love and freedom.
Presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of
R & H THEATRICALS of New York.
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"THE FINEST PRODUCTION OF THIS MUSICAL THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN"
"Charlotte Wakefield is superb as Maria: funny, forthright and movingly vulnerable when the emotional stakes are high"
"a winning comic performance from Michael Matus as the cynical impresario Max"
"WONDERFULLY FRESH and DEEPLY FELT"
MAIL ON SUNDAY
"Rachel Kavanaugh's superbly staged, gloriously atmospheric revival... scales every peak"
"Move over Christopher Plummer, (Michael) Xavier has even more of what it takes"
"CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN... TO GET A TICKET"
DAILY MAIL
"THIS DROP OF GOLDEN SUN WILL WARM YOUR HEART"
"The shadow of Julie Andrews is banished by (Charlotte) Wakefield’s girlish sunshine… the utterly disarming 22-year-old has a big, warm presence, a huge smile and a voice that peals through the evening air"
WhatsOnStage.com
EVENING STANDARD
"Michael Xavier brings a lovely understated poignancy to the Captain’s transformation from rigid patriarch into affectionate father."
THE TIMES
SUNDAY TIMES
"CHARLOTTE WAKEFIELD MAKES A SUPERB MARIA"
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
"SPLENDID"
DAILY EXPRESS
"GLORIOUSLY ENJOYABLE I could barely wipe the smile off my face... the whole show maintains an all-important emotional balance, with moments that bring a requisite lump to the back of the throat"
"Buy a tickets and this may well become one of your favourite things this summer"
CREATIVE TEAM
- Pippa Ailion CDG – Casting Director
- Alistair David – Choreographer
- Fiona Dunn – Assistant Director
- Nick Lidster – Sound Designer
- Rachel Kavanaugh – Director
- Peter McCarthy – Assistant Musical Director
- Peter McKintosh – Set & Costume Designer
- Tim Mitchell – Lighting Designer
- Stephen Ridley – Musical Director
- Jessica Ronane CDG – Casting Director (children)
- Chris Walker – Orchestrator
CAST
- Kimberly Blake – Ursula/Nun
- Faye Brookes – Liesl
- Helen Colby – Baroness Elberfield/Nun
- Nadine Cox – Sister Berthe
- Samuel Edwards – Nazi/Party Guest
- Tim Frances – Herr Zeller
- Victoria Hinde – Nun/Party Guest/Assistant Choreographer/Assistant Dance Captain
- Helen Hobson – Mother Abbess
- Christopher D Hunt – Baron Elberfield/Nazi
- Caroline Keiff – Elsa Schraeder
- Stuart Matthew Price – Franz
- Michael Matus – Max Deweiler
- Harry Morrison – Nazi/Party Guest
- Gemma Page – Frau Schmidt/Nun
- Laura Pick – Nun/New Postulant/Party Guest
- Anna Simmons – Nun/Party Guest
- Chloe Taylor – Sister Sophia
- Joshua Tonks – Rolf Gruber
- Charlotte Wakefield – Maria Rainer
- Helen Walsh – Sister Margaretta/Frau Zeller
- Terence Wilton – Admiral von Schreiber
- Michael Xavier – Captain von Trapp
- Finlay Banks, Matthew Muncey and Jaydon Vjin – Friederich
- Elise Bugeja, Lily Burgering and Mia Jenkins – Louisa
- Alistair Blair, Oliver Breedon and Arthur Gledhill-Franks – Kurt
- Isabelle Allen, Imogen Gurney and Ava Merson-O'Brien – Brigitta
- Jamie Adler, Emily Carey and Amybeth McNulty – Marta
- Gemma Fray, Sarah Huttlestone and Honor Kneafsey – Gretl
