Pitlochry Festival theatre
In our dark times, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics offer a sugar-coated disguise for a show with political heft

Elizabeth Newman’s six-year tenure as Pitlochry’s artistic director has been characterised by a spirit of generosity and an urge to connect. As Mother Abbess says of Maria in The Sound of Music, Newman has a “great capacity to love”.

Which makes it all the more fitting that her parting shot before moving to Sheffield Theatres is a musical that champions civic responsibility. In our dark political times, this is a show that nourishes and redeems.