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18 Young Stars to Be Part of Base Entertainment's The Sound Of Music!
By InCinemas / 02 Apr 2014 (Wednesday)
Eighteen of Singapore’s most able young actors and actresses have been
picked from a pool of over 400 talented applicants for the coveted roles
of the six children (out of the seven in total) that form the Von Trapp
family, in the forthcoming production of The Sound Of Music, opening at
the MasterCard® Theatres, Marina Bay Sands on 11 July 2014!
The Sound Of Music
Date: From 11 July 2014
Time: 8pm/ 2pm, 8pm (Sat) / 12pm, 6pm (Sun)
Venue: MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands
Ticket Price: From $65
(Purchase your tickets at Sistic here!)
The successful young boys and girls, two male and four females aged from six to 12, will perform in rotation as the six children from the Von Trapp Family - the small and cute Gretl, the boy characters Federich and Kurt, as well as Marta, Brigitta, and Louisa.
Over 50 schools were represented, comprising of local and international schools, with the children coming in from all corners of Singapore. They were put through their paces by the show’s Resident Director, Mr. Anton Luitingh, who specially flew in to Singapore over a weekend for the auditions. The highly anticipated rehearsals begin in June this year.
With its unforgettable score, the chosen Von Trapp family will sing some of most memorable songs ever performed on the musical theatre stage and ones that have touched the hearts of all ages including My Favorite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, Edelweiss, The Lonely Goatherd, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, and of course the glorious title song The Sound of Music.
GRETL: Chloe Choo, Jaime Chew, Emilia Klein.
MARTA: Carolina Campbel Magan, Samantha Lee, Selma Hansen.
BRIGITTA: Georgia Blakeman, Mimi Slinger, Felicity Bertram.
KURT: Benjamin O’Dwyer, Joshua Goh, James Bell.
LOUISA: Sabrina Lee, Abbie Machin, Olivia Nolan.
FRIEDRICH: Isaac Burgess, Patrick Friedlander, Sean Harrison.
The Sound of Music tells the uplifting true story of Maria, the 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 flight across the Austrian mountains as tensions rise prior to the outbreak of World War II. This iconic musical is sure to work its magic once again, for young and old alike.