Pitlochry Festival Theatre to stage THE SOUND OF MUSIC in 2024

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre have announced that they will be staging an exciting new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical The Sound of Music for the first time from 15 November 2024-22 December 2024.

The musical will be directed by Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman, with further cast and creative team to be announced at a later date.

Elizabeth Newman said: “I have wanted to direct Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music for a very long time. It was a family favourite growing up; we’d sit down every Christmas to watch it together. Even now my sister and I will sing the songs to each other!

“I was thrilled to finally secure the rights to produce a new production in Pitlochry next year. It’s such a powerful story – incredibly moving and inspiring – it celebrates love, childhood, and family, whilst simultaneously exploring how people survive in a world where dictatorships and political turmoil threaten their liberty. Now feels like exactly the right moment to tell this story and to bring our very own hills alive with the sound of music. And I cannot wait to begin the search for the Von Trapp children as well as Maria and the rest of the Ensemble.”

Tickets go on sale to Pitlochry Festival Theatre priority members from today (30 October) and go on general sale from 13 November here.