Full casting announced for MARY POPPINS UK and Ireland tour
Photo credit: Matt Crockett
Full casting has been announced for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the classic multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins, which opens at Bristol Hippodrome from 4 November, returning to where the magic originally began and marking the 20th anniversary since the musical’s world premiere.
Joining the previously announced Stefanie Jones as Mary Poppins and Jack Chambers as Bert, who played the roles in Australia to critical and audience acclaim are Michael D. Xavier (Olivier nominated for Into the Woods and Love Story) as George Banks, Lucie-Mae Sumner (Mary Poppins, West End; Barnum, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Winifred Banks, Rosemary Ashe (The Phantom of the Opera, West End; Olivier nominated for The Witches of Eastwick) as Mrs Brill, Patti Boulaye (Carmen Jones, The Old Vic) as Bird Woman, Wendy Ferguson (Les Misérables; Mary Poppins, West End) as Miss Andrew, Sonia Swaby (Oliver!; Miss Saigon, West End) as Mrs Corry and Miss Smythe, Ruairidh McDonald (Matilda, West End) as Roberston Ay, and David Burrows (Half a Sixpence; My Fair Lady, West End) as Admiral Boom and Bank Chairman.
Olivia Ainsworth, Olaya Martinez Cambon, Matilda O’Sullivan, Katie Ryden and Florence Amelia Swann will alternate the role of Jane Banks, with Charlie Donald, Jude Martin-Thomas, Oscar McCulloch, Joshua Miles and William Stafford alternating the role of Michael Banks.
The company is completed by Jay Luca Allan, Marianne Bardgett, Rhys Batten, Lydia Boulton, Ben Culleton, Jasmine Davis, Matthew Dawkins, Lily de-la-Haye, Nathan Elwick, Darcy Finden, Lyndsey Gardiner, Ryan Gover, Emma Harrold, Billy Mahoney, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Yujin Park, Roan Pronk, Henry Rhodes, Jacob Ritzema, Scarlet Roche, Callum Rose, Charlie Waddell, Rachael Ward, Jemima-Jane Willcox, James Wolstenholme and Ellie Young.
Cameron Mackintosh said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Mary Poppins back, opening at the Bristol Hippodrome where she first took flight 20 years ago when we opened the first ever stage musical adaptation of Pamela Travers’ books, featuring many of the great Sherman brothers’ songs from The Walt Disney Company’s iconic movie. Since then, Mary has continued to fly around the world dispersing her magic, bringing families together and audiences to their feet in a most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious way! Last year, Disney Theatrical Group and I produced the show again in Australia where it was even more successful the second time round. Our Australian Mary and Bert, Stefanie and Jack, were so practically perfect that we invited them to lead this brilliant new company which also includes such marvellous leading actors of the British theatre as Michael D. Xavier, Rosemary Ashe, Wendy Ferguson, Sonia Swaby and Patti Boulaye. Mary Poppins remains a timeless classic for all ages, full of wonderful characters, brilliant songs, showstopping dances and spectacular magic. So, you are assured of an unforgettable performance and the jolliest of holidays with Mary. But step in time to get tickets, as Mary has a lot of places to visit and her bag is packed!.”
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