Full Cast Announced for UK and Ireland Tour of MARY POPPINS, October - Milo Twomey, Rebecca Lock and More Join Zizi Strallen and Matt Lee!

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce the full cast for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of their multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS, opening at Leicester Curve on 12 October 2015.

Joining the previously announced Zizi Strallen as 'Mary Poppins' and Matt Lee as 'Bert' will be Milo Twomey as 'George Banks'; Rebecca Lock as 'Winifred Banks'; Penelope Woodman as 'Miss Andrew'; Wendy Ferguson as 'Mrs Brill';Grainne Renihan as 'Bird Woman' and Blair Anderson as 'Robertson Ay'. They are joined by Yves Adang; Abby Bebbington; Greg Bernstein; Jabari Braham; Matthew Caputo; Sophie Caton; Jennifer Davison; Lisa Dent; Joe Dockree; Maria Garrett; Hannah Grace; Graham Hoadly; Jacqueline Hughes; Thomas-Lee Kidd; Antony Lawrence; Adam Margilewski; Anu Ogunmefun; Ben Oliver; Stephanie Powell; Edwin Ray; Adam Rhys-Charles; Sam Salter; John Stacey; Christine Tucker; Alexandra Waite-Roberts; Wreh-Asha Walton and Scott Waugh.

Zizi Strallen most recently starred as 'Lana' in Matthew Bourne's "The Car Man". Her previous West End credits include: "Cats"; the multi award-winning "Merrily We Roll Along"; "Rock of Ages"; "Dirty Dancing"; "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and Matthew Bourne's "Cinderella" at Sadler's Wells. She has also appeared in "The Music Man" at Chichester Festival Theatre and as 'Penny Pingleton' in "Hairspray" at Leicester Curve.

Matt Lee, one of Australia's premier "song and dance men", played the role of 'Bert' in "Mary Poppins" in the hugely successful Australian production of the show, his portrayal winning him the prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His other theatre credits in Australia include "Miss Saigon", "The Witches of Eastwick", "Rent", "Grease" and "The Boy from Oz". Matt was also a permanent member of the judging panel for Australia's "So You Think You Can Dance".

Milo Twomey has most recently been seen in "Twelfth Night" at the Sheffield Crucible. His other theatre credits include: "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Royal Exchange; "Richard III" at the Nottingham Playhouse; "Dancing at Lughnasa" at Royal & Derngate Northampton and "Lady Windermere's Fan" at the Manchester Royal Exchange.

Rebecca Lock has most recently appeared as 'Rosie' in "Mamma Mia!" at the Novello Theatre. Her other theatre credits include "Oliver!" at Sheffield Crucible; "The Tempest" at Theatre Royal Bath; "The Phantom of The Opera" at Her Majesty's Theatre and "Avenue Q" at the Noel Coward Theatre.

Penelope Woodman's recent theatre credits include: "Sons of the Desert" at the Royal Court Theatre Liverpool; the UK tour of "Birds of a Feather"; "Mamma Mia!" both at the Prince of Wales Theatre and on international tour, and the UK tour of "Never Forget".

Wendy Ferguson most recently played the role of 'Madame Thenardier' in "LES MISERABLES" at the Queens Theatre. Her other theatre credits include: 'Carlotta' in "The Phantom of The Opera" both at Her Majesty's Theatre and at the 25thAnniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, and 'Widow Corney' in "Oliver!" at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Grainne Renihan's theatre credits include: 'Grizabella' in "Cats" on UK Tour and in Hamburg; 'Fantine' in "LES MISERABLES" at the Palace Theatre; 'Florence' in "Chess" at the Prince Edward Theatre; 'Guilietta' in "Aspects of Love" at the Prince of Wales Theatre; 'Ellen' in "Miss Saigon" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and 'Mary Magdalene' in the European tour of "Jesus Christ Superstar".

Blair Anderson's recent theatre credits include "If the Lights Are Too Bright" at the Ovalhouse Theatre; "In Lambeth" at the Southwark Playhouse, the Singapore tour of "Seussical" and the UK tour of "Blockbuster The Musical".

The magical story of the world's favourite Nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane has been triumphantly and spectacularly brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs. The stage version of MARY POPPINS is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories by PL Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film.

The stage production of MARY POPPINS is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and "Downton Abbey" creator, Julian Fellowes. It has a timeless score by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman including the songs Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds with new songs and additional music and lyrics by the Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The producer for Disney Theatrical Productions is Thomas Schumacher.

The internationally renowned and multi award-winning creative team assembled for MARY POPPINS is led by stage and film director Richard Eyre. Co-direction and Choreography is by Matthew Bourne, with Co-choreography by Stephen Mear. Set and Costume Design is by Bob Crowley with Lighting Design by Natasha Katz, Sound Design by Paul Groothuis and Orchestrations by William David Brohn. The International Tour of MARY POPPINS is Directed by James Powell with Original Choreography adapted by Geoffrey Garratt. Musical Supervision is by Stephen Brooker.

The stage production of MARY POPPINS originally opened in 2004 and ran in the West End for three years and over 1,250 performances. During this time it won the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreography and Best Set Design as well as the Evening Standard Award for Best Set Design and the Variety Club Award for Best Musical. The Broadway production ran for over six years where it won the Tony Award for Best Set Design. The show has subsequently played to great success in Holland and Mexico. It has toured Australia, New Zealand, the U.S, the UK, has been seen by over 11 million people and is currently breaking box office records in Vienna.

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