Full cast confirmed for Sound of Music

Full cast confirmed for Sound of Music

Full casting has now been confirmed for The Sound of Music, which now opens at the London Palladium 15 Nov 2006 (instead of 14th), following previews from 3 Nov 2006 - booking to 14 April 2007.

Lesley Garrett will star as 'Mother Abbess', Simon Shepherd as 'Captain Von Trapp' and Connie Fisher as 'Maria'. Lauren Ward will play 'The Baroness', Ian Gelder 'Max', Sophie Bould 'Liesel' and Neil McDermott 'Rolf'.

The cast also includes Christopher Blades, Anthony Cable, Ian Caddick, Vivien Care, Tanya Caridia, Christopher Connah, Kate Coysten, Deborah Crowe, Christopher Dickens, Katie Fabel, Susie Fenwick, John Griffiths, Amanda Hall, Paul Kemble, Emma Lindars, Ian Male, Claire Massie, Nicholas Maude, Gavin Mitford, Jo Napthine, Verity Quade, Katie Ray, Simon Schofield, Nicola Sloane, Alan Vicary, Helen Walsh, Elen Mon Wayne, Jane Webster, Kerry Winter, Vanessa Woodfine.

Music by Richard Rodgers, lyric Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, suggested by 'The Trapp Family Singers' by Maria Augusta Trapp

Produced by David Ian, The Really Useful Group (Andrew Lloyd Webber) and Live Nation, it is directed by Jeremy Sams, designed by Robert Jones, lighting by Mark Henderson , choreography by Arlene Phillips, sound by Mick Potter and musical supervision by Simon Lee.

The score for The Sound of Music includes My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Edelweiss, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd and of course the title song The Sound of Music.

The Sound of Music originally premiered on Broadway in 1959, when it won six Tony Awards, including "Best Musical". The show first opened in London in 1961 and its last London revival was in 1981. The 1965 Hollywood film, which starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won five Oscars, including "Best Picture".