29 Jul 2008
Simon MacCorkindale, best known for his role in hospital soap Casualty, is to join the cast of The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium from 25 August, taking over from Simon Burke as Captain Von Trapp. Read more
The hills are alive once more with the sound of a nun and a singing family telling us about a few of their favourite things, edelweiss and explaining that a doe is a deer, a female deer.
In The Sound Of Music, widowed Captain Von Trapp employs young nun Maria as governess to his seven rowdy children, who have already seen off a host of other nannies. Through her love and the power of music she bonds with the children, while also falling in love with their father.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein show is one of the world's most loved musicals and won six Tony awards when it premiered on Broadway in 1959. The 1965 Hollywood film, in which Julie Andrews donned the habit, won five Oscars, including Best Picture.
Currently playing Maria at the London Palladium is Summer Strallen, who was 'cast' in the role on the C4 soap Hollyoaks, in which Andrew Lloyd Webber guest starred as himself, searching for a new star for The Sound Of Music which he found in the shape of character Summer Shaw (Strallen). In reality Strallen is an experienced young musical theatre star who has previously appeared in The Boy Friend at the Open Air and The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello.
Summer Strallen is on holiday between 22 and 24 January.
For more information about The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium read our First Night Feature or Big Interview with Simon MacCorkindale, who plays Captain Von Trapp.
show times: Mon & Wed-Sat 19:30, Tue 19:00, Mats Wed & Sat 14:30
ticket prices: £24-£53.50
duration: 2hr35
audio described performance: By Irene Richards on Sat 7 Feb at 14:30, tickets £28.25 T: 0844 412 4648 E: customer.relations@seetickets.com
cast: Summer Strallen, Simon MacCorkindale, Margaret Preece, Fiona Sinnott, Paul Grunert, Rebecca Lucie, Nadim Naaman. On Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees the role of Maria is performed by the understudy.
director: Jeremy Sams
lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
book By: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
sound: Mick Potter
lighting designer: Mark Henderson
choreographer: Arlene Philips
designer: Robert Jones
producer: David Ian, The Really Useful Group and Live Nation
map: View Map
address: Argyll Street, London, United Kingdom, W1F 7TF
nearest tube: Oxford Circus (130m)
nearest bus: 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25, 39, 55, 73, 88, 94, 98, 113, 137, 139, 159
parking: 2 blue badge parking bays in Ramillies Place, 2 on Great Marlborough Street (08:30-18:30, 4 hours max.). Westminter City Council car park at Poland Street. NCP at Kingly Street.
air conditioned: 0
Access Booking: Tel: 0207 087 7960 Fax: 020 7087 7771 Minicom: 020 7887 7839 EMAIL: customer.relations@seetickets.com
discounts: Discounts available for wheelchair users and 1 companion.
limited mobility: Aisle seats provide the most legroom.
access description: From entrance foyer to Stalls: Up 3 steps, down 12 steps. Down ramped corridor to auditorium. To Royal Circle: Up 26 steps to auditorium, then down steps towards front row (potentially 20 steps). To Upper Circle: 47 steps to bar, further steps depending on seat location.
hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 30 headsets. Induction loop at box office.
guide dogs policy: Guide dogs allowed into the auditorium in aisle seats and boxes only. Staff available to dog-sit.
wheelchairs: Press intercom on box office door for ramped. Alternative entrance off Ramillies Place, at the back of the theatre – please notify the Palladium host in advance. No steps to back of Stalls, although the auditorium is on a fairly steep rake. 4 spaces for wheelchair users at L46, O48, Q48 and S49. Companions can sit in same row. Transfer seating available to aisle seats.
toilets: 15 steps up from the foyer to the women’s and men’s, or 12 steps down from the main entrance to Stalls toilets.
disabled toilets: Adapted WC on the right inside Ramillies Place entrance, near rear of Stalls.
legroom: Access guides, large print programmes, braille cast lists, talking programmes and touch tours. Please speak to customer services.
The Sound Of Music
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