MARY POPPINS

Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp are playing the leading roles of Mary and Bert with Petula Clark returning to play the Bird Woman.They will be joined by Charlie Anson as George Banks, Amy Griffiths as Winifred Banks, Liz Robertson as Miss Andrew, Claire Machin as Mrs Brill,TBA as Robertson Ay and Paul F Monaghan as Admiral Boom and Bank Chairman.

Katie Cox, Rose Dawson, Megan Donovan, Sophie Hartley-Booth, Erin Hillyer, Megan Judge, Shayla McCormack, Arrabella McDermott and Maddison Thew currently alternate the role of Jane Banks with Logan Clark, Cian Eagle-Service, Oliver Gordon, George Hamblin, Charlie Murphy, Gabriel Payne, Sebastian Selwood, Noah Swer-Fox and Frankie Treadaway taking on the role of Michael Banks.

The ensemble features Yves Adang, Angeline Bell, Lydia Boulton, Alison Connell, Adam Davidson, Danielle Delys, Joseph Dockree, Charlie Donnelly, Stan Doughty, Glen Facey, Davide Fienauri, Harry Francis, Lyndsey Gardiner, Ian Gareth-Jones, Maria Garrett, Mark Goldthorp, Jacqueline Hughes, Emma Hunter, Jason Kajdi, Sam Lathwood, Jordan Livesey, Tania Mathurin, Laura Medforth, Alex Pinder, Ben Redfern, Clare Rickard, Lucie-Mae Sumner, Scott Waugh and Monique Young.

The musical is based on a  series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film, Mary Poppins is the story of a mysterious nanny who magically appears at the Banks household in Cherry Tree Lane in Edwardian London to care for children Jane and Michael Banks. It's a household in disarray – until the nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives. With Mary in the Banks’ lives and her no nonsense approach to making the right choices in life, nothing will be the same again.. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again taking them on   a magical adventure whisking  them away to meet dancing chimney sweeps, shopkeepers and an array of colorful characters. with spectacular  sets and costumes, breathtaking dance numbers and songs including  the Academy Award-winning "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Feed the Birds," "You'll have a "Jolly Holiday", "Step in Time" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by the Academy Award-winning Sherman Brothers with additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe and a book by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes. The West End show will be directed by film, theatre, television and opera director Sir Richard Eyre and choreographed by New Adventures Sir Matthew Bourne (who both worked on the 2004 production) with the excellent Stephen Mear as co-choreographer with set and costume designs by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Paul Gatehouse and orchestrations by William David Brohn.

THIS SHOW ENDED ITS RUN ON 8TH JANUARY 2023.

 

 

HOW TO GET TO MARY POPPINS

Prince Edward Theatre
Old Compton Street,
London, W1D 4HS

	Tubes :  Leicester Square (300m) Tottenham Court Road (400m) Train:  Charing Cross (550m)
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	Parking: Meters at Soho Square (200m). Master Park at China Town and Poland Street.This theatre participates in the Theatreland Parking Scheme - find out more about the great discounts offered by clicking on the link.

DISABLED ACCESS TO MARY POPPINS

	Get headsets from the Access attendant for a £5 refundable deposit.
	Two guide dogs are permitted inside the auditorium
	Entrance to the auditorium through a double EXIT door opening outwards on Greek Street, then up a very short ramp to Box 1 where there are 2 spaces for wheelchair users and 2 companions. Transfer seating is available to row A.
	Adapted toilet on right-hand side of foyer. You need to go out of the exit on Greek Street and back to the foyer entrance on Old Compton Street.