The von Trapp children are all gathered around Gina Beck who is sat in a chair holding a guitar, some of the children are sat on a pale green and wooden decorative sofa. On the floor is a black guitar case.>

The rehearsal room is alive with The Sound of Music

News 29 Jun 2023

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The von Trapp children are all gathered around Gina Beck who is sat in a chair holding a guitar, some of the children are sat on a pale green and wooden decorative sofa. On the floor is a black guitar case.
Barnaby Halliwell, Arrabella Mc Dermott, Mia Raggio, Gabriel Payne, Erin Rushidi, Jesamine-Bleu Gibbs, Lauren Conroy and Gina Beck in rehearsal for The Sound of Music Image: Manuel Harlan 2023

It's probably safe to assume that you've heard of The Sound of Music, you may even have seen the iconic film with Julie Andrews, but what you won't have seen is a production of it live on stage at CFT. Well now you can!

This summer for the first time, The Sound of Music comes to the Festival Theatre in this brand-new stage production. Running from 10 July until 3 September with tickets from just £10 (plus there's Family Tickets, Access Discounts and £5 Prologue Tickets for members available - check out the pricing tab on the show page).

Rodgers and Hammerstein's last, and perhaps most treasured musical, has a glorious score from Climb Ev'ry Mountain, My Favorite Things and Edelweiss to Do-Re-Mi and The Sound of Music itself (there's even some songs that weren't in the film).

The Sound of Music rehearsal video

So let's take a look at how this production is shaping up - there will probably be a few faces you'll recognise; Gina Beck was Nellie in our 2021 production of South Pacific, Ako Mitchell was here in 2017 in Caroline, or Change and Emma Williams was on the Festival Theatre stage in Half A Sixpence in 2016.

If you missed it...

And if you didn't catch the first day of rehearsal video you can check it out below. Head over to the event page where you can also take a scroll through our image gallery.