A scene from the Sound of Music stage production at the Civic Theatre, Auckland, in October 2014.
It has become a cult musical film that inspires people to dress up and sing along, bringing theatres the world over alive with the sound of music.
This year the very capable Whangarei Theatre Company will tackle the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music, and is calling
for people to audition for the production it will present in July.
The story follows the journey of Maria Rainer, a novice who is clearly not destined to become a fully fledged nun.
Sent by the wise Mother Abbess to be governess to the seven children of widowed Austrian military man Captain Georg von Trapp, her life changes in ways she could not imagine.
Maria uses songs and humour to gain the affection and trust of the children, and music plays a large part in the outcome.
