The Sound of Music continues at the Grand Theatre, Leeds until 1 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Nikolai Foster keeps the story moving briskly along while allowing the 20-odd songs sufficient breathing space.
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The Sound of Music – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Sound of Music continues at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 21 December 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s an extraordinary show – perfect for the Christmas season.
The Sound of Music – Curve Leicester
The Sound of Music continues at Curve Leicester until 17 January 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is an embracing hug of a night out and an elegant alternative to panto as the yuletide celebrations begin.
LISTEN NOW: The Mayor of Musical Theatre Podcast returns with Broadway star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti
The Mayor of Musical Theatre Podcast is back from a break, and host Ian Bowkett’s latest guest mayor is Broadway star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti.
The Sound of Music – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Sound of Music continues at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 22 December 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The production has a level of detail and outstanding performances that merits seeing more than once.
Only two musicals make the Top 20 in Daily Mail’s 100 greatest classic films ever
Film musicals, notably Oscar winners My Fair Lady, Chicago and Cabaret, get the brush-off and only six make the Daily Mail’s top 100 greatest classic films ever list.
WhatsOnStage Awards – Guys and Dolls leads the nominees
The Bridge Theatre’s critic and crowd-pleasing production of Guys & Dolls leads the nominees for the 24th WhatsOnStage Awards.
Newsfeed: 6 November 2023 – National Theatre’s London Tide, Bronco Billy – The Musical, Pitlochry’s The Sound of Music and more
First casting has been revealed for the National Theatre’s London Tide, a new play with music based on Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend which will debut in the Lyttleton Theatre in April 2024.
The Sound of Music – Chichester Festival Theatre
The Sound of Music continues at Chichester Festival Theatre until 3 September 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Three musicals feature in Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2023 programme
A new musical based on the ground-breaking TV series Rock Follies is one of three major musicals and four world premieres to feature in artistic director Daniel Evans’ final season at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
Five Questions With: Emily Lane
EMILY LANE plays Anna in the West End production of Disney’s Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Emily was previously in the Frozen ensemble and second cover Anna. Having trained at Arts Educational, her theatre work includes Before the Party (Almeida Theatre) and in the West End, Les Misérables and The Sound of Music.
Remembering Sally Ann Howes (1930-2021) – A Truly Scrumptious Performer
The British actress and singer Sally Ann Howes may well be remembered for playing Truly Scrumptious, but she also had a long career before that in films, on stage and on television. She had a beautiful voice and a lovely personality to match. Michael Darvell looks back at her fascinating career of over 60 years. […]
Classic screen musicals feature in Charing Cross Theatre’s cinema season
Popular London venue Charing Cross Theatre will be transformed into a cinema for a three-week season celebrating classic movie entertainment. Running from 5-24 October 2021, Stage & Screen A Theatrical Film Season will showcase some of the silver screen’s best-loved musicals along with a selection of movie classics. The programme will include screenings of The […]
Remembering Christopher Plummer – An actor for all time
The veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, who has died at the age of 91, was a man of impressive stature with a commanding presence, which fitted the parts he played. Rarely a performer to take on the role of the average man, he was an actor born to play kings and kaisers, grand dukes and […]
Lucy O’Byrne and Neil McDermott to lead 2018 Sound of Music tour
Lucy O’Byrne will return to the role of Maria in Bill Kenwright’s touring production of The Sound of Music when the show goes back on the road in 2018 following a Christmas season in O’Byrne’s hometown of Dublin. The former star of BBC’s version of The Voice who famously went from theatre usher to leading lady […]
CD Review – Enraptured – Helen Power
ENRAPTURED – HELEN POWER (Auburn Jam Music – POW01) Helen Power may be a name you are not entirely familiar with up to now. She is a crossover soprano and actor-musician with a background in musical theatre in London’s West End and several UK tours including Sunset Boulevard, Chess, Chicago and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has […]
Make It a Double – Tammy Davies and Pippa Winslow – KOMO, Guildford
Make It a Double was performed at KOMO, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Taking time out from Bill Kenwright’s UK touring production of The Sound of Music, Tammy Davies and Pippa Winslow brought their two-woman cabaret show to the newly renovated KOMO, a high-end cocktail bar and live music venue in […]
The Sound of Music – New Wimbledon Theatre
The Sound of Music tour continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 29 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Impresario Bill Kenwright was there to cast one last check on his Sound of Music tour which kicked off at Bromley in early 2015 with Danielle Hope as Maria and ends at Wimbledon […]
A tribute to Charmian Carr – The Sound of Music actress who played Liesl
One Singular Sensation – a tribute to Charmian Carr (27 December 1942 to 17 September 2016). It is rare for a performer to be remembered and loved for a single performance, but this is what happened to Charmian Carr who, at the age of 23, was chosen to play Liesl in Robert Wise’s film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical […]
The voice of them all? – a tribute to Marni Nixon
Michael Darvell pays tribute to Marni Nixon (22 February 1922 – 24 July 2016). In Hollywood’s heyday the film studios were always looking for perfection in every aspect of their cinematic output. For film stars good looks were paramount, whereas the acting generally came second. Dramatic talent could always be fixed with training and experience, but beauty […]
The Sound of Music – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
The Sound of Music at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and touring until 22 October. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It wasn’t long ago that I caught up with this touring production of the much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in Milton Keynes. Now the Bill Kenwright-produced show is on the road again, with several […]
Andrew Lancel joins The Sound of Music tour
Former Coronation Street villain Andrew Lancel will play one of musical theatre’s classic good guys, Captain Von Trapp, in Bill Kenwright’s popular touring production of the classic The Sound of Music. The actor, who also starred in the hit TV series The Bill, has previously made his mark on stage in a number of other […]
The Sound of Music UK tour is extended
Bill Kenwright’s touring production of the classic The Sound of Music has been extended into the autumn. The staging of the much loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical which stars Will.i.am’s protege from last year’s The Voice, Lucy O’Byrne, in the iconic role of Maria opened in December last year. The tour will be back on […]
The Sound of Music tour – latest cast details
The full cast of Bill Kenwright’s production of The Sound of Music has been revealed ahead of the opening of the tour on Wednesday 2 December at the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough. This production also plays a Christmas season for all the family at The Lowry, Salford Quays from Monday 14 December until Saturday 2 January. BBC1’s The Voice runner-up Lucy O’Byrne as Maria and award-winning […]
The Sound of Music – Corrie’s Gray O’Brien makes musical theatre debut
Former Coronation Street villain Gray O’Brien will make his musical theatre debut as Captain Von Trapp opposite The Voice’s Lucy O’Byrne as Maria in Bill Kenwright’s new touring production of The Sound of Music in December. The Scottish actor, who was a double award winner for his performance as bad guy Tony Gordon in the […]
Kara Tointon plays Maria in ITV’s The Sound of Music Christmas broadcast
Mr Selfridge co-stars and former soap performers Kara Tointon (EastEnders) and Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street) will be among the performers in a special production of The Sound of Music which will be broadcast live on ITV this Christmas. Tointon, who won critical acclaim for her performance in Pygmalion at the Garrick Theatre four years ago, will […]
The Voice finalist Lucy O’Byrne to play Maria in The Sound of Music
Will.i.am’s protégé from this year’s The Voice, Lucy O’Byrne will step into the iconic role of Maria in Bill Kenwright’s new touring production of The Sound of Music in December. The former theatre usher will swap the stalls for centre stage when she plays the leading role in Kenwright’s staging of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein […]
The Sound of Music – new tour dates and timelapse video to watch!
New dates have been added to the tour of Bill Kenwright’s production of The Sound of Music, currently playing at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 11 April. The new venues are Newcastle Theatre Royal (31 August to 12 September) and Liverpool Empire (14 to 19 September). (You can also see a timelapse video below of The Sound of Music […]
The Sound of Music – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and Touring
The Sound of Music continues at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield until 14 February, and then tours until 1 August. Star rating: 3 stars *** The seven hills of Sheffield are alive to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music as Bill Kenwright’s new production comes to the Lyceum Theatre. It is billed as a new staging of the the musical, […]
The Sound of Music tour – Steven Houghton cast as Captain von Trapp
Joining Danielle Hope as Maria von Trapp in a major national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music – opening on 15 January 2015 at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley – will be stage and television performer Steven Houghton, playing Captain von Trapp. Well-known for his longstanding television roles in Coronation Street and London’s Burning, Olivier-Award nominated actor Houghton has taken on leading roles in Spend […]
The Sound of Music – Curve, Leicester
The Sound of Music continues at Curve, Leicester until 17 January 2015. Laura Pitt-Pulford’s Maria in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music whirls round tree trunks and straps a guitar on her back to cycle away from the Abbey. So when, head held high, she sings ‘I Have Confidence in Me’, it has force as well […]
Danielle Hope plays Maria in The Sound of Music tour
Actress and singer Danielle Hope will play the iconic role of Maria von Trapp in a new production of The Sound of Music which opens on Thursday 15 January at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and then moves to the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton to commence a major national tour. Hope won BBC Television’s Over the Rainbow talent show and as a result […]
Curve’s The Sound of Music – Michael French and Laura Pitt-Pulford cast
Michael French and Laura Pitt-Pulford will lead the cast of Leicester Curve’s production of The Sound of Music – directed by Paul Kerryson – as Captain Von Trapp and Maria Rainer respectively. Also in the cast are Emma Clifford (Baroness Elsa Schraeder), Emma Harrold (Liesl Von Trapp), Mark Inscoe (Max Dettweiler), Lucy Schaufer (Mother Abbess), Annie Wensak (Frau Schmidt) and Jack Wilcox (Rolf Gruber). The production opens on […]
Kim Criswell and Louise Dearman celebrate Richard Rodgers
On Saturday March 8 Kim Criswell and Louise Dearman will join the Nash Ensemble (the chamber ensemble in residence at London’s Wigmore Hall) for a special concert, A Celebration of Richard Rodgers On Broadway: Act III, recalling the final works – over two decades – of Broadway’s most successful composer. As part of the Nash […]
Hairspray first of musical-packed Curve season
New productions of Hairspray, Water Babies, The Sound of Music and Barnum are all heading to the Leicester Curve in 2014. Not long now until the venue’s new production of Olivier Award-winning musical Hairspray opens (28 February–5 April, press night is 5 March), staged by the venue’s artistic director Paul Kerryson. Leading the cast are: David […]
Leanne Masterton – Crazy Coqs
Leanne Masterton performed Something Good at the Crazy Coqs, London. The tinkling piano strains to be heard over yet another packed house at the Crazy Coqs, as this most enchanting of London venues plays host to Leanne Masterton, performing her one-woman tribute to Richard Rodgers. A newcomer to this stage, Masterton has already performed in occasional […]
