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TIMELESS MUSICAL CLASSIC
ANNOUNCES FULL CAST FOR UK TOUR
The Sound of Music
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 21st – Saturday 25th
June 2016
Bill
Kenwright’s production of one of the greatest family musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, recommences its UK
tour this May calling at Sunderland Empire from 21st – 25th
June 2016.
BBC1’s The Voice runner-up and award-nominated Lucy
O’Byrne continues in the role of Maria in this spectacular five-star
production. Star of stage and screen Andrew Lancel joins the company as Captain
Von Trapp and Jan Hartley reprises her role as Mother Abbess.
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Andrew Lancel is best known as super-villain Frank Foster
in Coronation Street, a role that
earned him a 'Villain of the Year' award at the British Soap Awards. He also
played DI Neil Manson in the long-running ITV television series The Bill. His numerous stage credits
include Bill Kenwright’s touring productions of The Small Hand and Twelve
Angry Men. Andrew starred in Epstein:
The Man Who Made The Beatles in Liverpool and London, and most recently
appeared on stage in The Damned United
at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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Lucy O'Byrne as Maria
Photo: Mark Yeoman
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Lucy O’Byrne became a household name when she shot to success as
the runner-up in the live shows of the TV talent show, The Voice. With chart-topper Will.i.am as her mentor, and biggest
fan, Lucy made history as the first classical singer to reach the final,
impressing the nation with her stunning vocal range. Now, having recently
performed at the BBC Proms, she makes her musical debut as the young postulant, Maria. Her first album, Debut, was released
earlier this year.
This
wonderfully lavish staging of the classic musical is produced by Bill
Kenwright, directed by Martin Connor, choreographed by Olivier Award winner
Bill Deamer with musical direction by David Steadman.
Produced by
Bill Kenwright, directed
by Martin Connor,
choreographed by Olivier Award
winner Bill Deamer, musical direction
by David Steadman,
this wonderfully lavish
staging of the
classic musical coincides
with the 50th anniversary of the
film version - the most successful movie musical in history.
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Photo: Mark Yeoman
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It all
began with the
story of the
Trapp Family Singers
and Baroness Maria
von Trapps 1949
autobiography, which inspired Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II,
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse to create a Broadway musical in 1959. The
Sound of Music tells the true story of the world-famous singing family, from
their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape
to freedom as their beloved Austria becomes part of the
Third Reich at the start of WWII.
The unforgettable
score features some
of the most
memorable songs ever
performed on stage,
including Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain,
So Long, Farewell and of course, the title song, The Sound of Music.
Joining
Lucy and Andrew on stage are Jan Hartley (Mother Abbess), Duncan Smith (Max), Lucy Van Gasse (Baroness Elsa), Kane Verrall (Rolf), Annie Horn (Liesl), Alexander Evans (Herr
Zeller) Zoe Ann Brown (Sister
Margaretta), Kate Scott (Sister
Berthe), Tammy Davies (Sister
Sophia), Jude Neill (Ursula), Anouska Eaton (Baroness Elberfeld), Jon de Ville (Franz), Pippa Winslow (Frau Schmidt), Scott Ainslie (Admiral von Schreiber),
Piers Bate (Baron Elberfeld) and
Lewis Barnshaw.
Bill
Kenwright presents The Sound of Music
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.
Presented
by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe www.rnh.com
Tickets
Tickets on sale now and are available in person at the Box Office on
High Street West, from the Ticket Centre on 0844 871 3022* or online at www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland*
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