Theatre Critic Sir Trevor Nunn has spoken out against Andrew Lloyd Webbers popular TV show ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’.

He believes that the show does not truly represent a proper theatre audition process, and that the show focuses too heavily on Audience entertainment, instead of who is the best actress for the part.

He told The Times:”What these reality programmes more or less rely on is the viewing public being witness to distress. That is absolutely not how casting proceeds in the theatre.”

Nunn was involved in the early planning stages of the upcoming version of The Sound Of Music, but left the team due to the TV programme: “It was not a route I wanted to follow,” he added.