Following runs in Sydney and Brisbane and a third leg soon to begin at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre starting May 13th, a new stop for the Australian production of The Sound of Music has been announced. Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group have confirmed that, following the Adelaide Season which begins on August 9th, the stage musical will be performed at Perth’s Crown Theatre for a “strictly limited season”. The season will begin on September 14th 2016 for a currently unspecified period.
The recurring cast for The Sound of Music’s latest Australian tour includes Amy Lehpamer as Maria Rainer and Cameron Daddo as Captain Georg von Trapp. This duo stars alongside Marina Prior as Baroness Schraeder, Jacqueline Dark as Mother Abbess, Lorraine Bayly as Frau Schmidt, David James as Max Detweiler, Stefanie Jones as Liesl and Du Toit Bredenkamp as Rolf. This is, of course, pending any cast changes between now and then. Audition dates for the six youngest von Trapp children have yet to be confirmed.
The Sound of Music was originally created by the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein, and is inspired by the lives of the actual von Trapp family. It tells the 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. This musical version features songs many would be familiar with, including: Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and the titular song: The Sound of Music.
Tickets for the Perth season are set to go on sale to the public starting May 16th, however you can add your name to a waitlist for priority bookings at the show’s official website.
