⭐ GINA BECK, EDWARD HARRISON, JANIS KELLY, AKO MITCHELL, EMMA WILLIAMS & MORE ANNOUNCED FOR CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE REVIVAL OF THE SOUND OF MUSIC ⭐
The full cast has been announced for Chichester Festival Theatre revival of The Sound of Music.
Gina Beck will lead the new production as Maria.
Making their Chichester debuts are Edward Harrison as Captain von Trapp and opera singer Janis Kelly as Mother Abbess.
Returning to Chichester are Ako Mitchell as Max Detweiler, and Emma Williams as Elsa Schraeder.
Joining them are Elliott Baker-Costello, Wendy Carr, Lauren Chia, Lauren Conroy as Liesl, Wendy Ferguson, Hana Ichijo, William Ilkley, Rebekah Lowings, Liam Marcellino, Dylan Mason as Rolf, Julia J Nagle, Minal Patel, Matt Pettifor, Rebecca Ridout, Tony Stansfield, Annabelle Williams and Penelope Woodman.
The roles of the von Trapp children will be shared by Jesamine-Bleu Gibbs, Barnaby Halliwell, Audrey Kattan, Arrabella McDermott, Gabriel Payne, Mia Raggio, Erin Rushidi, Maya Sewrey, Vishal Soni, Dylan Trigger, Felicity Walton and Sasha Watson-Lobo.
Austria, 1938. Free-spirited nun Maria is sent away from her abbey to become governess to the widowed Captain von Trapp’s seven children. She brings music and laughter back to his unfeeling household, but the future holds more joy and jeopardy than she ever dreamed possible.
The Sound of Music was Rodgers & Hammerstein’s last and perhaps most treasured musical, and is being produced at Chichester for the first time. The glorious score is a box of delights, from Climb Ev’ry Mountain, My Favorite Things and Edelweiss to Do-Re-Mi and The Sound of Music itself.
This brand new production of the original stage musical is directed by Adam Penford, Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse, featuring choreography by Lizzi Gee, musical supervision by Gareth Valentine, musical direction by Matt Samer, original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, orchestral adaptation by Larry Blank & Mark Cumberland, lighting design by Johanna Town, sound design by Paul Groothuis, video design by Hayley Egan, casting director Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion Casting; and children’s casting director Verity Naughton CDG.
The Sound of Music will play Chichester Festival Theatre, running from 10th July – 3rd September 2023, with tickets on sale now.
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