Lydia Milosavljevic as Maria, surrounded by the Von Trapp children. Photo: Helen Musa.
Musical theatre / “The Sound of Music”, co-directed by Anthony Swadling and Alison Newhouse. At The Q, Queanbeyan, until March 21. Reviewed by
BILL STEPHENS
FROM the moment Willum Hollier-Smith took the stage to welcome the audience and announce that he wouldn’t be playing Kurt at this performance (he was on crutches and did manage to sing beautifully as the Altar Boy later in the show) the audience sensed that this production was going to be special. And indeed it was
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Based on a memoir by Maria Von Trapp, “The Sound of Music” has been an audience magnet since its first Broadway performance in 1959. The combination of a love story involving worldly nuns, cute kids who sing like angels at the drop of a hat, nasty Nazis and one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s best scores continues to prove as irresistible as ever, but especially as presented in this production where everyone on stage
Lydia Milosavljevic as Maria with some of the Von Trapp children.
YOU could just tell what fun members of Queanbeyan Players were having when singing some of their favourite things from âThe Sound of Musicâ, coming up at The Q later this week.
Alison Newhouse, the current president of the players and co-director of the show with Anthony Swadling, introduced Lydia Milosavljevic as a very animated Maria in the famous scene, âDo Re Miâ. She was accompanied by eight equally lively youngsters playing some of the Von Trapp children, dancing to choreography by Jodi Hammond in front of a picturesque set by Thompson Quong Wing.