Sound of Music

The hills were most definitely alive in this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic production of "The Sound of Music", a love story  between a young postulate nun and a naval captain in 1930s Austria. 

The opening Nun’s chorus, was balanced and sung with precision under the tight control of Musical Director James Maddison, as were all the other chorus numbers.

Christopher Plummer in the film is a hard act to follow but Tim Brown as Captain Georg Von Trapp gave a nicely rounded performance with an excellent rendering of Edelweiss. Claudia Gilmour was an excellent Maria who pulled out all the stops, performing with just the right amount of naiveté, exuberance and sensitivity, portraying the role to perfection, her natural aptitude for the part enabled believable relationships to be generated, especially with the children, leading them confidently in Do-Re-Me and The Lonely Goatherd.

Sheila Wood as Mother Abbess gave a powerful and well received rendition of 'Climb every Mountain’, exactly as it should be.  Solid performances also from Roger Stokes as the sly Max Detweiler being strong and enthusiastic and Maria Shee as an amiable but workable Elsa Schraeder.  

I know it’s an old cliché but I really AM saving the best till last. The young ones were FAB-U-LOUS, such a talented bunch with some good voices and oodles of potential to go far. These young actors and actresses took team work to another level! 

Congratulations to Karl Veltman on a superb production, and how lovely to see a happy, smiley, satisfied audience leaving the theatre.

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