THE SOUND OF MUSIC Opens Tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney

The world's favourite musical, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, celebrates the Opening Night of the Australian tour tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. The lavish London Palladium production will run in Sydney until February 28, followed by seasons at Brisbane's Lyric Theatre from 11 March, 2016, Melbourne's Regent Theatre from 13 May and the Festival Theatre Adelaide from 9 August.

Tickets for the final weeks of the Sydney season will be released next Monday 21 December.

Walking the red carpet at tomorrow night's opening night will be celebrities including Melissa Doyle and family, Marta Dusseldorp and family, Richard Roxburgh and family, Danielle Spencer and family, Mark Ferguson and family, Nicholas Hammond, Ryan Corr, Leisel Jones, Rachael Beck and family, Alison Brahe and family, Ita Buttrose, Danielle Cormack and family, Andrew Daddo, Matt Day and family, Tim Dormer, Kerrie-Anne Kennerley, Jessica Mauboy, Matthew Mitcham, Sally Obermeder and family, Hugh Riminton, Prinnie Stevens and James Tobin.

The Australian production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC will be led by Amy Lehpamer (Once, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)as Maria Rainer and Cameron Daddo (Legally Blonde, Big River) as Captain Georg von Trapp, starring alongside Marina Prior (Mary Poppins, The Secret Garden) as Baroness Schraeder, Jacqueline Dark (Opera Australia's Aida, Don Giovanni) as Mother Abbess, Lorraine Bayly (Calendar Girls, The Sullivans) as Frau Schmidt and David James (Playschool, Avenue Q) as Max Detweiler.

Liesl will be played by Stefanie Jones (Once) and Rolf by newcomer Du Toit Bredenkamp. The ensemble cast includes Annie Aitkin,Johanna Allen (Sister Sophia), Eleanor Blythman (Sister Margaretta), Sophie Cheeseman, Connor Crawford, Colin Dean, Philip Dodd (Franz), Tony Farrell, Steven Grace, William Groucutt, Anthony Harkin, Daniel Humphris,Dominica Matthews (Sister Berthe), Katie McKee, Kathleen Moore, Meredith O'Reilly, Ashleigh Rubenach and Sophie Weiss.

This acclaimed production of the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical premiered in 2006 at the home of West End musical theatre, the London Palladium, where it celebrated a record-breaking 954 performances seen by well over 2 million people, before going on to enjoy sell-out seasons internationally.

Inspired by the lives of the actual von Trapp family, THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells the uplifting story of Maria, a fun-loving governess who changes the lives of the widowed Captain von Trapp and his seven children by re-introducing them to music, culminating in the family's escape from the Nazis across the mountains from Austria. It features an unforgettable score that includes some of the most famous songs ever performed on stage, including My Favorite Things, Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd, Climb Ev'ry Mountain and the title song, THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC is produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group.

For more, visit www.soundofmusictour.com.au or follow on Twitter @SoundofMusicAU.

SEASON DETAILS:

Venue Capitol Theatre, Sydney

Season To 28 February 2016

Performance Times Wed-Sat 8pm, Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 1pm and 6pm - to January 31

Tues 7pm, Wed-Sat 8pm, Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm - from February 1

Price Tickets from $79.90*

Bookings soundofmusictour.com.au or 1300 111 011

Groups 12+ 1300 889 278

* An additional transaction fee and/or a credit/debit payment processing fee may apply

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