Barry Jackson is a consultant with City Jesters
The stage version of The Sound of Music closely follows the story of the 1960s film of the same name. The backdrop is World War II and there’s much fear and anxiety looming with Nazi Germany’s advancing occupation of Austria. The story opens at a rural convent where the older nuns need some convincing that full-on nunnery is really Maria’s true calling. After too much singing in the hills and not enough mooching around the silent convent, Maria is given time for self-reflection.
