Laura Pitt-Pulford and Michael French will lead the cast of The Sound of Music, Leicester Curve’s Christmas production.
Laura Pitt-Pulford, who plays Maria, has performed at Curve in Piaf and Hello Dolly!. Her other theatre credits include Mack and Mabel and Parade at Southwark Playhouse, the title role in Sweet Charity (Belfast MAC), The Little Prince (Lyric Belfast), the Salisbury Playhouse co-production with Clwyd Theatr Cymru and New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich of Guys and Dolls and the Barry Manilow musical Copacabana at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
Michael French plays Captain Von Trapp. His work in the West End includes West Side Story (Her Majesty’s), Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), Art (Wyndhams) and Chicago (Adelphi). On television he was David Wicks in EastEnders and has also appeared in Casualty and Holby City.
The cast also includes Emma Clifford as Baroness Elsa Schraeder, Emma Harrold as Liesl Von Trapp, Lucy Schaufer who returns to Curve to play Mother Abbess, having previously appeared in The Light in the Piazza, Jack Wilcox who returns to Curve as Rolf Gruber after appearing in 42nd Street, Mark Inscoe (Max Dettweiler) and Annie Wensak (Frau Schmidt).
Curve’s outgoing artistic director Paul Kerryson directs and reunites the team behind the 2013 production of Chicago, which includes choreographer Drew McOnie and musical director Ben Atkinson.
The Sound of Music opens on 3 December, with previews from 28 November. It runs until 17 January.