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ACT 1
BERT
GEORGE BANKS
WINIFRED BANKS
JANE BANKS MICHAEL BANKS
KATIE NANNA
POLICEMAN
VICAR
MISS LARK
ADMIRAL BOOM
MRS BRILL
ROBERTSON AY
MARY POPPINS
PARK KEEPER
NELEUS
PAN
ERNEST
NANNY
BANK CHAIRMAN
VON HUSSLER
NORTHBROOK
MISS SMYTHE
BIRD WOMAN
MRS CORRY
FANNIE
ANNIE
VALENTINE
WILLIAM
GLAMOUR DOLL
TOY SOLDIERS
MISS ANDREW
PROLOGUE/CHIM CHIM CHER-EE Bert
*CHERRY TREE LANE PART 1 George and Winifred Banks, Jane and Michael,
Mrs Brill and Robertson Ay
THE PERFECT NANNY Jane and Michael
*CHERRY TREE LANE PART 2 George and Winifred Banks, Jane and Michael,
Mrs Brill and Robertson Ay
CAST
*PRACTICALLY PERFECT Mary Poppins, Jane and Michael
(IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
JOLLY HOLIDAY Bert, Mary Poppins, Jane and Michael,
Neleus and the Statues
KITE GIRLS Abby Bebbington
Matt Lee
LET’S HOPE SHE WILL STAY George and Winifred Banks, Jane and Michael
Jo-Lucy Rackham
Neil Roberts
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR Mary Poppins, Jane and Michael, Robertson Ay
Anu
Ogunmefun
Kara Lane
and Winifred Banks
KITE BOYS Yves Adang
Felicity Biggs
Glen Facey
*PRECISION AND ORDER The Chairman and the Bank Clerks
Verity Biggs
Jabari Braham
Violet Tucker
A MAN HAS DREAMS George Banks
MESSENGER BOY Scott Waugh
Isabella Bingham
FEED THE BIRDS Bird Woman, Mary Poppins and Company
Alex Rose Wright
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
Mary Poppins, Mrs Corry, Bert, Jane and Michael,
Statues, Bank Clerks, Customer, Toys,
Evie Allen
Fannie, Annie and Customers
Chimney Sweeps, Lamp-lighters and
Lewis Fernée
*PLAYING THE GAME Mary Poppins, Valentine and other Toys
Inhabitants of Cherry Tree Lane played by
Finley Miller
CHIM
CHIM
CHER-EE (REPRISE) Bert and Mary Poppins
members of the Company.
Santiago Weston
Elliot Morris
Louis Parker
Billy Marlow
Emily Bull
John Stacey
Jeremy Batt
Sophie Caton
Graham Hoadly
Wendy Ferguson
Blair Anderson
Lisa O’Hare
James Hume
Yves Adang
Charlie Kendall
Jason Kajdi
Christine Tucker
Graham Hoadly
James Hume
John Stacey
Penelope Woodman
Grainne Renihan
Wreh-asha Walton
Hannah Grace
Lucie-Mae Sumner
Glen Facey
Jabari Braham
Lucie-Mae Sumner
Ryan Anderson
Bradley Gibbins-Klein
Penelope Woodman
SWINGS
Sam Lathwood
Bryan Mottram
Sean Lopeman
Danielle Delys
Anna Shircliff
Lucy Harrison UNDERSTUDIES
MARY POPPINS Lucie-Mae Sumner
Christine Tucker
BERT Jason Kajdi
Ryan Anderson
GEORGE BANKS John Stacey
James Hume
WINIFRED BANKS Emily Bull
Hannah Grace
MISS ANDREW Sophie Caton
Hannah Grace
BIRD WOMAN Sophie Caton
Lucie-Mae Sumner
MRS BRILL Grainne Renihan
Emily Bull
ROBERTSON AY Scott Waugh
Sam Lathwood
ACT 2
*CHERRY TREE LANE (REPRISE)
*BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE PART 1
LET’S GO FLY A KITE
*GOOD FOR NOTHING
*BEING MRS BANKS
*BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE PART 2
*PRACTICALLY PERFECT (REPRISE)
CHIM CHIM CHER-EE (REPRISE)
STEP IN TIME
A MAN HAS DREAMS/
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (REPRISE)
*ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (REPRISE)
FINALE
George and Winifred Banks, Jane and Michael,
Mrs Brill and Robertson Ay
Miss Andrew
Bert, Park Keeper, Kite Flyers, Jane and Michael
George Banks
Winifred Banks
Mary Poppins and Miss Andrew
Jane and Michael and Mary Poppins
Bert
Bert, Mary Poppins, Jane and Michael and Sweeps
George Banks and Bert
Mary Poppins and Company
Mary Poppins
Company and Orchestra
*New Songs
THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN AND AROUND
THE BANKS’ HOUSEHOLD SOMEWHERE IN LONDON
AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY.
cast
lisa o’hare
mary poppins
Lisa is thrilled to be returning to the role of
Mary on the international tour of Mary Poppins.
Theatre includes: Broadway: originated the role of
Sibella in A Gentleman¹s Guide to Love and Murder
(Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination). Lisa has
played the role of Mary Poppins in Australia, the
UK tour and Prince Edward Theatre in London,
Eliza Doolittle in Cameron Mackintosh¹s production of My Fair Lady
on the USA national tour and UK tour (Elliot Norton and Denver
Post Ovation Award winner); Sally Bowles in Cabaret (LADCC award
winner); Gigi in Gigi, Anything Goes at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane;
Guinevere in Camelot and Maria in The Sound of Music.
Television includes: Castle, The Closer and Undercovers.
Cast recordings include: A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe, A Gentleman¹s
Guide to Love and Murder.
For my two loves Brian and Cielle Rose.
matt lee
bert
Matt Lee is a leading Australian theatre and dance
personality, who has starred in some of Australia’s
favourite television and stage shows. Matt
performed as Bert in Mary Poppins, winning the
2011 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a
Musical. His stage credits include major roles in
Miss Saigon, We Will Rock You, Hugh Jackman’s
The Boy From Oz, Rent, The Witches of Eastwick, Oh! What a Night,
Grease, Dein Perry’s Steel City, Hot Shoe Shuffle and the Opera
Australia production of Rags. He appeared as Cosmo Brown in the
Production Company’s 2013 production of Singin’ in the Rain. Matt
was a permanent member of the judging panel as well as
choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance for Network Ten,
which earned him a 2009 Logie Award nomination for Most
Popular New Talent. He was the motion capture principal in the
Oscar-winning animated feature Happy Feet. Other screen credits
include: the role of Jonno in the AFI-winning feature film Bootmen
and a guest role in Home and Away for Channel 7. Matt is widely
recognised as a choreographer with recent credits including
choreographing the Baz Luhrmann tribute for the third annual
AACTA Awards, Nespresso Inissia launch, for Ricky Martin on The
Voice Australia and the 2013 NRL Grand Final, Australia’s Got Talent,
Big Brother, the 2013 Helpmann Awards and staging for Timomatic
across televised events. He is well known for his choreographic work
with Hilary Duff, Human Nature, Guy Sebastian, Marcia Hines and
Christine Anu. In 2000, he toured worldwide as choreographer with
sister2sister, supporting Britney Spears on her Oops I Did It Again
tour. He choreographed the opening of the 2010 Logie Awards
with six-time ARIA Award winner Gabriella Cilmi.
neil roberts
george banks
Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Neil has worked extensively in film, TV and
theatre in the UK and the USA. Most recently
seen in Emmerdale as DS Jason Wise, in the UK
Neil has also appeared in Holby City, Coronation
Street, New Tricks, Doctors, Boy’s Adrift, Disney’s Life
Bites, Gill Mayo Mysteries, The Impressionists, Love
Soup, Keen Eddie, Family Affairs, The Bill, Privates, White House Farm
Murders, Plato’s Symposium, Just William and the BAFTA-nominated A
Breed of Heroes. In the USA, Neil is best known for the role of Rex Buckland in
Charmed. He also appeared in Beverly Hills 90210, Party of Five,
Public Morals, Sliders, Baywatch Nights, Babylon 5, and Diagnosis
Murder (with, of course, Dick Van Dyke!).
Neil’s most recent film is Mum’s List, in which he plays Professor
Stevens opposite Rafe Spall. Other films include Vernon Walks,
Killing Me Softly, The Second Civil War and Marvel’s Nick Fury. He is
also proud to have produced and starred in the award-winning
short film The History of Chance. During a varied theatre career Neil has performed in both plays and
musicals. Most recently these include Harry in Mamma Mia! (West
End) and for talking Scarlet: Jekyll and Hyde, Dealer’s Choice, Sherlock
Holmes & the Ripper Murders and End of the Affair.
Other theatre includes: Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, A
Single Man, Murder In Green Meadows, Wind in the Willows, Who Killed
‘Agatha’ Christie?, My Cousin Rachel, Elegies, As you Like It, Winnie the
Pooh, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Jungle Book, Salad Days, Night Fright,
Love For Love, On Approval, Post Mortem, Prisoners Of War, Send In The
Clowns, Forty Years On and the title role in Hamlet.
Neil has also worked extensively in radio, including a year with
the BBC Radio Repertory Company, and has appeared in over
60 commercials, perhaps most recognisable as half of one of the
Nescafé Gold Blend couples!
kara lane
winifred banks
Theatre includes: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street (Derby Theatre/Mercury Theatre),
The Sound of Music (Madinat Theatre, Dubai),
Oklahoma! (UK tour), Annie Get Your Gun (UK tour),
Mistress Cycle (Landor Theatre), Anything Goes
(Kilworth House Theatre), Oliver! (UK tour),
Lend Me a Tenor (Gielgud Theatre), The Rocky
Horror Show (ATG), Evita (Bill Kenwright Ltd), Starting Here,
Starting Now (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Jesus Christ Superstar
(Bill Kenwright Ltd).
Television includes: Kelly in Home and Away (Channel Seven
Austrailia), soloist in Carols in The Domain (WIN TV).
Film includes: Sarah in Garage Days (Fox Searchlight) and Darla
in short film D-Evolution (Big World Cinema).
Kara features in the Limo Bath commercial for the National Lottery.
PENELOPE WOODMAN
Miss Smythe/Miss Andrew
Penny trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
West End and UK tours: DS Teddern and cover/
played Tracey Stubbs in Birds of a Feather (UK
tour); cover/played Donna, Rosie and Tanya
in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre and
International Tour); Babs Sherwood in Never
Forget (UK tour); Young Dame Edna Everage
in New Edna: the Spectacle (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Lois in Girls
Behind (UK tour); Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Westminster Theatre)
and Mirabelle in Cavalcade (Sadler’s Wells and UK tour).
RSC: cover/played Olivia and Maria, and Maid in Twelfth Night,
cover Portia and Calpurnia, and Citizen in Julius Caesar, Inez in Huis Clos (Vicious Circle) and Eliza in Desire Under the Elms.
Regional and open air theatre: Mrs Betty Laurel in Sons of the
Desert (Royal Court, Liverpool), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing,
Olivia in Twelfth Night and Celia in As You Like It (British Shakespeare
Company), Sally Pratt in I Have Been Here Before (Nottingham
Playhouse), Francis Parnell in Racing Demon and Blanche
Ingram in Jane Eyre (Farnham Repertory Theatre), Stef in Skin
Deep (Croydon Warehouse Theatre), Mrs Dilber in A Christmas
Carol, Washerwoman in Yerma, Prince Charming in Cinderella and Jack in Mother Goose (Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal), and Jack
in Jack and the Beanstalk (Salisbury Playhouse).
Television and film includes: Mrs Julia Morgan in Coronation Street (ITV); Christine in Girls’ Night (Granada Film Productions); Janie in 20 Things to Do Before You’re 30 (C4/Tiger Aspect); Janet in The Knock (ITV) and Angie in The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (BBC).
For my father, Barry James Woodman (1944–2015). wendy ferguson
mrs brill
Wendy is from Derry, Northern Ireland.
Training: scholarship to the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama – MA in Musical Performance,
BMus (hons) and LGSMD.
Theatre includes: Madame Thénardier in Les
Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), Carlotta in The
Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s), Carlotta in The
Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary celebration (Royal Albert Hall),
Widow Corney in Oliver!, directed by Rupert Goold (Theatre Royal
Drury Lane), Lost Musicals series (Sadler’s Wells Theatre) and Madame
Thénardier in Les Misérables at the 2014 Olivier Awards.
Concerts include: Bach’s Magnificat, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis,
Bach’s Mass in B minor, Brahms’s German Requiem, Mozart’s
Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Hayden’s The Creation, Mendelssohn’s
Elijah, Berlioz’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and appearances
at the Barbican Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall and
the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Recordings include: The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary
DVD and CD, and Oliver! (2009 live cast).
Twitter: @wendymferguson
grainne renihan
bird woman
Grainne’s theatre credits include: Demi in
Cappuccino Girls (Grand Theatre); Grizabella in
Cats (UK tour and Hamburg); Woman 1 in There’s
Always a Woman (Bridewell Theatre); Fantine in
Les Misérables (Palace Theatre); Florence in Chess
(Prince Edward Theatre); Giulietta in Aspects of
Love (Prince of Wales Theatre); Ellen in Miss Saigon
(Drury Lane and Musical Hall, Stuttgart); Eva Peron in Evita (Gaiety
Theatre); Cinderella in Into the Woods (Library Theatre); Janet in The
Rocky Horror Show
(UK national tour) and Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar
(European tour). Grainne played the Factory Girl in the 25th
anniversary filmed concert version of Les Misérables at the O2 Arena
and played the role of Fantine in the London production of Les
Misérables on three separate stages of the show’s history, making her
one of the longest holders of that role in the show’s West End history.
As a solo concert artist, Grainne has appeared with the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic, Opera North, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ulster
Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Royal Philharmonic and many others, and has regularly appeared on
BBC’s Friday Night Is Music Night. Grainne has also appeared as guest
artist at Her Majesty’s Theatre in A Grand Night for Singing, as well
as the role of Katherine in Scott Alan’s new song cycle Home at the
New Players Theatre, London.
Recordings include: A Night at the Musicals with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Essentials with the
Munich Symphony Orchestra, and Grainne singing the role of Ellen
on the original cast recording of Miss Saigon (Germany). She can also
be heard live with her three sisters on their CD, simply entitled Sisters!
blair anderson
robertson ay
Blair is a recent graduate from Arts Educational
Schools. He has just finished playing Cosmo in
Singin’ in the Rain (Cork Theatre).
Other credits include: Cat in the Hat in Seussical
(Singapore tour), Vinnie/Jonny in Blockbuster The
Musical (UK tour), Felix in If the Lights Are Too
Bright (Ovalhouse Theatre), Robert in In Lambeth
(Southwark Playhouse), Richard in My Name Is Richard (Edinburgh
Festival-nominated for Best Actor by The Stage), ensemble in The
Olivier Awards (Royal Opera House/ITV), ensemble in Kerry Ellis at the
Palladium (London Palladium) and ensemble in Evita (ArtsEd).
Blair is thrilled to join the cast of Mary Poppins.
Yves Adang
Neleus/Kite Boy/Dance Captain
Yves was born and raised in the Netherlands.
Training: graduated with a BA from the Jazz
Musical department of the High School of
Performing Arts in Amsterdam.
Theatre includes: original Dutch cast for the
following productions: Grease (Doody), Fame
(ensemble, first cover Schlomo and assistant
dance captain), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Benjamin), Mary Poppins (Neleus) and Miss Saigon (swing and
dance captain). These six years of working in the Netherlands were
followed by productions abroad: Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the
Vampires) as ensemble and cover, White Vampire in Berlin, La Belle
et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) – original French cast, as swing
and cover LeFou in Paris and, most recently, Neleus and assistant
choreographer for the Vienna production of Mary Poppins in Austria.
Yves would like to thank James, his family and his friends for their
continuous support, patience and love, and everyone who has
made it possible for him to be a part of this amazing production.
Ryan Anderson
toy soldier
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: most recently Berger in Hair
(Hope Mill Theatre), Galileo in We Will Rock You
(tour), Genie in Aladdin (Odos Entertainment)
and soloist dancer in May the Odds be ever in
your Favour (UK tour).
Credits whilst training include: Robbie in The
Wedding Singer, Joe Casey in Our House, Laine Leaps Ahead, Flying in
at 40 and A Stair(e) at a Time.
JEREMY BATT
VICAR
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Theatre includes: Angel in Kinky Boots (Adelphi),
Joly and understudy Grantaire in Les Misérables
(Queen’s Theatre), understudy Candide in Candide
(Menier Chocolate Factory), understudy Bedini
and ensemble in Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre) and
Jeffrey in Godspell (Union Theatre).
ABBY BEBBINGTON
Kite Girl
Training: Central School of Ballet and Laine
Theatre Arts (Professional Diploma in Musical
Theatre – Trinity, London).
Theatre includes: ensemble in Thursford Christmas
Spectacular. Theatre while training: The Pharaoh’s
Daughter for the Bolshoi Ballet (Royal Opera
House) Movin’ in Time (Epsom Playhouse) The
Spirit of Life (Epsom Playhouse) Judy Turner in A Chorus Line
(LTA Studio Theatre) and dancer for Central School of Ballet (the
Unicorn Theatre, London).
Television and film credits include: ballet dancer for Blue Peter
(BBC TV).
Abby is very excited to be part of the Mary Poppins tour cast and
would like to thank her family and friends for their continued
love and support.
Jabari Braham
DANIELLE DELYS
William/Kite Boy
Training: Jabari trained professionally at Laine
Theatre Arts where he was head boy and
graduated in summer 2013.
Theatre includes: Wheezy In Snow White and
the Seven Dwarves (Alhambra Theatre), ensemble
and understudy Genie and Abanazer in Aladdin
(Wythern Theatre), Nick Bottom in Ballet Shoes
(Peacock Theatre), Mouse King in The Nutcracker (Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre), Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Drum Theatre)
and singer/lead dancer in various productions on board The
MV Voyager.
Workshops include: Fayard Nicholas in the London workshops for the
new Glenn Miller musical Feelin’ In the Mood (Stanhope Productions).
Other work includes: Jabari was also featured in an internet viral
for kids’ cartoon Max Adventures, dancer for rock band Hard–Fi at
the FA cup final (Wembley Stadium) and concert dancer for Kerry
Ellis in The Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall). Jabari has also
commissioned original choreography for international cruise liner
Voyages of Discovery and his work can currently be seen sailing
around the world. Jabari is very grateful for this opportunity and
would like to thank his family, friends and teachers.
Danielle began her theatre and dance training at
Kirkham Henry Performing Arts in North Yorkshire.
At 18 and following the completion of her A-level
exams she worked for two years with Deja Vu
Production Company, as a dancer/vocalist on
cruise-liners, before proceeding to London where
she furthered her professional training at Doreen
Bird College. Since graduating in 2012 with a First Class BA (Hons)
degree in Dance and Theatre Performance, Danielle has been
fortunate enough to enjoy a variety of work, home and away, both
as a performer and as an IDTA Associate Teacher. She is beyond
thrilled to be a part of the Mary Poppins family.
Theatre includes: Hunyak in Chicago (Theatre Des Westens, Berlin),
Dandini/cover Cinderella and Prince in Cinderella (Theatre Royal,
Bury St Edmunds), Hunyak/cover Roxy in Chicago and featured
dancer in Blue Planet (Allure Of The Seas, Royal Caribbean
Productions), dance captain/cover fairy in Dick Whittington (Oxford
Playhouse), Maria in West Side Story (Gardyne Theatre, Dundee),
dancer/vocalist in Deja Vu (Production Company, Fred Olsen Cruise
Lines) and Little Matchseller in The Little Matchseller (Ryedale’s
Professional Theatre Company, North Yorkshire).
emily bull
Glen Facey
Katie nanna
Training: Arts Educational Schools, London. Theatre includes: Jennie Brinker in Allegro
(Southwark Playhouse), Heather in Sunset
Boulevard (ENO, London Coliseum), Anna in
The Stationmaster (Tristan Bates), Sweeney Todd
(ENO, London Coliseum), Fritzie/understudy Sally
Bowles in Cabaret (Bill Kenwright Ltd), Young
Lucy/understudy Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Adelphi and Chichester
Festival Theatre), Cosette in Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre),
Frenchie/understudy Sandy in Grease (Piccadilly Theatre), Bobbie in
The Railway Children (Sevenoaks Playhouse), Belle in Beauty and the
Beast (Devonshire Park Theatre), Princess Mia in Jack and the Beanstalk
and Belle in Beauty and the Beast (The Mercury Theatre Colchester).
Television and film includes: standby Maria Von Trapp in The Sound
Of Music Live! (ITV), London Road (NT, BBC Films and Cuba Pictures),
Accidental Inspiration (MoFilm), I Dreamed A Dream – The Susan Boyle
Story (ITV), The Passions Of Girls Aloud (ITV2), Mosgito! (S4C), This
Morning, Gmtv and The Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV).
Other credits include: How To Succeed In Business Without Really
Trying (Royal Festival Hall), Gaia in Gulliver’s Travels (Another Way
Theatre), Sweeney Todd London Cast Recording 2012, Les Misérables
21st Anniversary Concert (BBC Radio 2) and The Railway Children
(Original cast recording).
SOPHIE CATON
Miss Lark
Training: Arts Educational Schools, London.
Theatre includes: Claus (Landor Theatre, London),
Romeo & Juliet (Greenwich Theatre, London), Oliver!
(UK & Ireland tour), The Bugle Boy (Garrick Theatre,
West End & UK tour), Into The Woods (Regent’s
Park Open Air Theatre), Olivier Awards – Into The
Woods (Drury Lane, West End), Les Misérables 25th
Anniversary Concert (O2, London), Mary Poppins (UK Tour 2008-09),
Company (Derby Playhouse), Peter Pan (Royal Festival Hall, London),
Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), Carousel (UK tour); Martin Guerre
(West Yorkshire Playhouse & UK tour), Scrooge (Dominion Theatre,
West End & UK Tour).
Cast Recordings: Martin Guerre (First Night Records).
Television includes: Paul O’Grady Live (ITV), Casualty and
Crimewatch (BBC).
Sophie is also a certified Bikram yoga teacher.
SWING
valentine/kite boy
Training: Glen graduated from Arts Educational
Schools in 2015.
Theatre includes: Brad and understudy Link Larkin
in Hairspray (National Tour), The Olivier Awards
(Royal Opera House), Friday Night Is Music Night
(BBC) and Michael Dork in Loserville (YMT UK).
Credits whilst training include: Billy Smith in
Defect, Rexford/Danny in Wonderful Town, Junior in Crazy For You,
John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, George Bloomings in Buds and Sir
Ruthven Murgatroyd in Ruddigore.
Most recently: Pip in Moby Dick! The Musical (New Union Theatre).
bradley gibbins-klein
adonis
Bradley started his vocational training at Tring
Park School for the Performing Arts before
continuing his training at Bodywork
Performing Arts in Cambridge, graduating with
a Diploma (Distinction) in Professional Dance and
Musical Theatre.
Bradley’s credits include The Boy in The Snowman,
ensemble in Swan Lake and Freddie in The Nutcracker for English
National Ballet, as well as performing with Northern Ballet and
American Ballet Theatre. Most recently Bradley was a backing dancer
on Beverley Knight’s Soulsville tour and played the Toy Soldier in
Nutcracker Sweets for MAC Cosmetics.
Bradley is delighted to be making his musical theatre debut in
Mary Poppins.
HANNAH GRACE
Fannie
Training: The Arts Educational Schools, London,
graduating with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
She was awarded the Kath Topping Award for
Vocal Studies 2011.
Theatre includes: Ellen/Cover Gertie in Oklahoma!
(Music & Lyrics UK tour), Sister Berthe/cover
Elsa Schraeder/dance captain in The Sound of
Music (Leicester Curve), swing/cover Jessie and Nellie in Annie Get
Your Gun (ATG UK tour), Lady Edith in Lost Boy (Finborough and
Charing Cross Theatres), Love Beyond (SSE Arena, Wembley and The
Brighton Centre), Maid/ensemble in My Fair Lady (Kilworth House
Theatre), swing/cover Madame Giry in the 25th Anniversary Tour of
The Phantom of the Opera, Edith in The Pirates of Penzance (Kilworth
House Theatre), London Philharmonic Choir member in Dr Who
Proms (Royal Albert Hall), ensemble in UK Production’s Aladdin
(Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells), choir member for Christmas in
New York (Lyric).
Recordings include: Bluebird (Concept Cast Recording).
Hannah would like to thank God, her family and friends for their
continued support.
Twitter:@HannahGrace1008
Lucy Harrison
Swing
Training: Laine Theatre Arts College in Epsom.
Theatre includes: ensemble in We Will Rock You
(Berlin and Stuttgart), Frenchy and Cha Cha in
Grease (European tour), ensemble/Silly Girl in
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, ensemble in Jack
and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose and Cinderella.
Television and film credits include: for the BBC,
The Impressionist and the Bollywood film Salaam-e–Ishq.
Choreography includes: On Christmas Spectacle, (Göttingen Lokhalle).
Other credits include: playing a variety of roles in Line S1 (St. Pauli
Theatre, Hamburg).
Graham Hoadly
Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman
Graham Hoadly was born in Hornchurch, Essex,
and commenced his career there at the Queen’s
Theatre in 1977.
West End theatre includes: the whole run of Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium), Lumley
in Mr Cinders (Fortune), Dexter in Singin’ in the
Rain (London Palladium), Francis and Grant
in Elegies (Criterion) and Abe Greenbaum in Some Like It Hot (Prince Edward). He may be heard on the original cast recordings
of these productions.
Recent theatre includes: Lord Cromer in Mrs Henderson Presents
(Theatre Royal Bath), Franz in The Sound of Music (International
tour), Lord Augustus Loring in Lady Windermere’s Fan (King’s Head
Theatre), Mr Pinky and Mr Spritzer in Hairspray (International
tour), Captain Brackett in South Pacific (Kilworth House Theatre),
Dr Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest (English Theatre
of Hamburg) and Major General Stanley in The Pirates of
Penzance (Kilworth House Theatre).
Tours include: Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady, Bert Barry in 42nd Street, Everett in Crazy for You, Simeon in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof,
Colonel Mustard in Cluedo, Uncle Augustine in Salad Days and Just
a Verse and Chorus, along with numerous roles in repertory all
over the country. He has toured frequently with Opera della Luna,
playing Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow, Dick Deadeye/Auntie in
HMS Pinafore, Mrs Partlet (don’t ask…!) in The Sorcerer, Pooh-Bah
in The Mikado and Fingers McFidget in The Burglar’s Opera.
Graham is a regular pantomime dame/ugly sister, having previously
appeared at Richmond, Wimbledon, Woking, Stoke, Milton Keynes
and Glasgow.
A frequent voice-over artist and radio broadcaster, he voiced most
of the men who weren’t Marx Brothers in Flywheel, Shyster and
Flywheel (often repeated on Radio 4 Extra), amongst many other
programmes for the BBC.
Television and film includes: Jack in YAH BATI (a spoof Turkish
Western!), London Road, directed by Rufus Norris for the National
Theatre, Lieutenant Stewart in the short film True Glory, Horace
Carter in The Escapist, Baptiste in The Snow White File and
Jimmy in Blunt with Anthony Hopkins and Ian Richardson.
Twitter:@GrahamHoadly
james hume
park keeper/von hussler
Training: Royal Academy of Music (Winner of
Toni Fell competition and Hilda Deane Award for
Outstanding Achievement), Royal Central School
of Speech and Drama.
Theatre includes: Bamatabois (understudy Javert)
in Les Misérables (International Tour), Mr Etches in
Titanic (original London cast and Toronto), Michaud
in Thérèse Raquin (Park Theatre) Gringoire in Quasimodo (King’s Head
Theatre). As Director, Bye Bye Birdie (All Star Productions) and Morker
(Southwark Playhouse). As Assistant Director, Carousel (Arcola) and Bat
Boy (Southwark Playhouse). Recordings: Thérèese Raquin (Jay Records). Workshops: Daniel in Babylon (Solid Rainbow).
Concerts: Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration (Windsor
Castle), Berlin The Musical (Bloomsbury Theatre), You Are Home (St James’s
Studio), BBC Radio Anniversary Concert (Radio House Theatre) and
Anya Hindmarch: The Handbag Chorus (London Fashion Week). jason kajdi
ernest
Training: Bird College, The Actor’s Class,
National Youth Theatre and Betty Wivell Academy.
Theatre includes: action/understudy Riff in
West Side Story (Kilworth House), Mickey/
understudy Jason in 27: The Rise of a Falling Star
(The Cockpit), Derek in the European premiere
of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump St (From
Page to Stage 2016).
Credits whilst training include: Bobby Child in Crazy For You, Mal
Beineke in The Addams Family, Jim Haller in All Shook Up (Bird
College) and Zachary in Pope Joan (National Youth Theatre, St James’s
Church, Piccadilly).
charlie kendall
pan
Training: The Bird College, Kent.
Theatre includes: ensemble in Tarzan
(Stage Metronom Theater, Oberhausen),
Heuy in Loserville (Union Theatre, London),
Ensemble/Dance Captain in Cinderella
(Garrick Theatre, Lichfield).
Credits whilst training include: Bert Barry in 42nd
Street French, dancer/character roles in CRE8, dancer/ensemble in
Joie De Vivre, Albert in Bye Bye Birdie, Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly
Modern Millie, featured dancer and singer in Hooray for Hollywood
(Bird College) and dancer in The Secret Gala (Guildhall, London).
sam lathwood
swing
Training: The Arts Educational Schools, London. Theatre includes: Swing in Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane),
Disaster! (Charing Cross Theatre), Jim/ensemble in
Elf the Musical (European Premiere), Mark/Lynch in
Damn Yankees (Landor Theatre), Cinderella (Palace
Theatre, Mansfield), assistant dance captain/swing
in Hairspray (UK/Ireland tour), ensemble/understudy Samuel in The
Pirates of Penzance (Hackney Empire/Australian tour), Momentous
Musicals (New Wimbledon Theatre), Cinderella (Assembly Hall
Theatre, Tunbridge Wells), Christmas in New York (Prince of Wales
Theatre, West End).
Workshops include: Groundhog Day (Old Vic Theatre) and Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory (Pre-Broadway).
Choreography includes: Grim: A New Musical which transferred to
The Charing Cross Theatre, London after a successful premiere at
The Rose Theatre.
sean lopeman
swing
Sean trained at the Royal Central School of
Speech and Drama, graduating in July 2015.
Theatre includes: Phillip in Kiss me Kate
(Luxembourg and Châtelet, Paris), Snowboy in
West Side Story (Salzburg Festival) and Richard in
Luck of the Draw (RADA Festival).
Credits whilst in training: Riff (West side story),
Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd), Sandy
Tyrell (Hayfever). Sean would like to thank everyone who has helped
him get here especially his family, those at the Royal Central School
and those at the Betty Wivell academy.
bryan mottram
swing
Training: The Hammond, Chester (Professional
Diploma in Musical Theatre). Theatre includes: cover Amos Hart in Chicago
(RCCL), Harry in Chicago Das Musical (Stage
Palladium Theatre), assistant dance captain
and Skimbleshanks in Cats (RCCL); Singin’ in
the Rain (Gordon Craig Theatre), West End Bares
(Novello Theatre). Television and film includes: Dancer in Looking for Eric (Ken Loach),
dancer in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4). Bryan is very excited to be part of Mary Poppins cast and would like
to thank us Family, friends, fiancee and agent for their love and
continued support. Anu Ogunmefun
Kite Girl
Training: The Urdang Academy. Credits inlcude: principal dancer in Classically
British, Horoscopes, The Serco Pulse Awards, Strictly
Come Dancing (for The Wanted) and Alex in the
feature film The Tutor. She has also appeared in
music videos for various artists.
Anu would like to thank all of her friends and
family, especially her Nan and Granddad for their continual love
and support.
JO LUCY RACKHAM
kite girl
Training: Arts Educational Schools, London,
graduating with BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
Theatre includes: Dance Captain, swing, cover
Miss Lark in Mary Poppins (Ronacher, Vienna),
ensemble in Hey, Old Friends! Sondheim’s 85th
Birthday Concert (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane),
ensemble in South Pacific (Kilworth House), dance
captain in Rumpleteaser, cover Victoria/Demeter in Cats (European
tour), Gertie Cummings in Oklahoma! (UK tour).
Television includes: Tiller Girl in John Bishop’s Christmas Special. Jo is delighted to be joining the Poppins team again and would
like to thank her family for their wonderful support.
anna shircliff
swing/assistant dance captain
Anna trained at Elmhurst School for Dance
Upper School (in association with Birmingham
Royal Ballet). As a student she worked with BRB,
performing in their Winter Ball and Firebird.
Upon graduating she gained a contract with the
Vanemuine Ballet, Estonia where her repertoire
included Sleeping Beauty (soloist), Queen in The
Nutcracker (soloist), Giselle, Onegin, Peter Pan, Petrushka, Kevade, the
musical Chess and the opera Die Fledermaus. Theatre includes: covered/played Meg in Phantom of the Opera
(Her Majesty’s), ensemble in The Phantom of the Opera 25th (Royal
Albert Hall) and 30th Anniversary, cover Alice and Dick in Dick
Whittington (Hexagon, Reading), cover Cinderella in Cinderella
(Hexagon, Reading).
Television and film includes: Love Shudda, Welcome to Karachi
and Doctors.
She would like to thank Armand, her friends and family for
their continued support.
Christine Tucker
nanny
Training: Bird College, graduating July 2015
Theatre includes: Martha Cratchit in A Christmas
Carol (Rose Theatre), Louisa Von Trapp in
The Sound of Music (London Palladium) and
Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(London Palladium).
Credits whilst training include: Polly Baker in
Crazy For You, Sandra in All Shook Up and Julie Jordan in Carousel.
Recordings includes: original cast recording of the 2006 London
Palladium revival of The Sound Of Music.
Television and film includes: The Inbetweeners Movie and Rhonda in
Hut-13 Disney.
Wreh-asha Walton
Mrs Corry
Policeman/Northbrook
John most recently appeared as the Ringmaster
in the Barnum UK tour.
Theatre includes: Stephen Ward (Aldwych Theatre),
Max Ganzenlicker in The Pajama Game (Chichester),
Top Hat (Aldwych), My Fair Lady (BBC Prom at
The Royal Albert Hall), Scrooge (UK tour), Bernie
in Lend Me a Tenor (Theatre Royal Plymouth and
Gielgud Theatre), Me and My Girl (Sheffield Crucible), Hello, Dolly!
(Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Victoria Wood’s Mid Life Christmas
(BBC), Fame (UK tour), Mamma Mia! (international tour), Guys and
Dolls (Donmar tour), Acorn Antiques – the Musical! (Theatre Royal
Haymarket), Anything Goes (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), My Fair
Lady (NT and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Hard Times (Theatre
Royal Haymarket), Les Misérables (Palace Theatre), the original cast
of Saturday Night Fever (London Palladium), Guys and Dolls (NT),
the original cast of Martin Guerre (Prince Edward Theatre) Cats
(New London) and Fiddler on the Roof (London Palladium), and A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and High
Society (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).
Regional theatre includes: Cinderella (Bristol Old Vic), Evita (Beirut),
Guys and Dolls (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Grease (European and
Scandinavian tour), The Adventures of Mr Toad (Watermill Theatre,
Newbury), Pickwick (UK tour), Watership Down and A Step in Time
(Redgrave Theatre, Farnham).
Wreh-asha, a singer, songwriter, actress, starred
in The Lion King while writing and releasing retro
soul EP Classic. As an independent artist, Wreh-asha
has made an impact with regular BBC Radio
airplay, as well as performances at noted festivals
and venues including Glastonbury and The Jazz
Cafe. Having co-produced Crash with Drew Horley
(Estelle, Wu-Tang Clan) and co-directed/performed in a music video
for the release, Wreh-asha also featured in music documentary God
Save The Queen alongside Motown legend Martha Reeves (Nick
Donnelly/Urban Kingdom). Wreh-asha returned to theatre in 2014
with the UK tour of Avenue Q.
Theatre includes: Gary Coleman understudy and ensemble in Avenue
Q (UK tour), Shenzi and Sarabi understudy and ensemble performer
in The Lion King (Disney/West End), Nina Simone in Nina and Shaz
(Laura McCluskey/The Brockley Jack Theatre), Mary Prince and
ensemble in Nobody Knows (Mervyn Weir/UK tour) and Maddy
in Booty Call (Segun Lee-French/UK tour).
Television and film credits include: JuJu in Devil Makes Work (Guy
Soulsby/Park Village), featured actress in Littlewoods Christmas
(Very.com advertisement), featured actress in Worth Talking About
(NHS advertisement), The Alan Titchmarsh Show with the cast of The
Lion King (ITV) and The Olivier Awards with the cast of The Lion King.
Workshops include: Bo and Ree, in Ettiene Sisters formerly Sisters
3 (Che Walker/Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East
respectively), Sonia in Lil Benny (Che Walker), A Village Without Lights
(Stephen Luckie/Decibel), Wailer and ensemble in Rita (Leah Chillery/
Nottingham Playhouse & Eclipse) Radio credits include: Naomi in Reans Girls (BBC Radio drama).
www.wreh-asha.com
LUCIE-MAE SUMNER
Scott Waugh
JOHN STACEY
ANNIE/GLAMOUR DOLL
Training: National Youth Theatre and the Royal
Academy of Music.
Theatre includes: cover Sarah in Guys and Dolls
in the West End, understudy Maud/Alice in
Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of A
Damsel in Distress, Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut
in the UK Tour of Avenue Q, understudy Jenny/
Chairy in the Chichester Festival Theatre/Cameron Mackintosh
production of Barnum, first cover Sister Mary Roberts in the UK
Tour of Sister Act, Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington.
Credits whilst training include: Young Belle in Little Me, Celia in
The Philanthropist and Sally Durant Plummer in Follies. Lucie-Mae
has also been involved with workshops for new musicals Mort and
Goodbye Barcelona.
Concerts include: Kerry Ellis’ Anthems, Danny Elfman’s Music
From the Films of Tim Burton and BBC Prom Sondheim at 80
(Royal Albert Hall). william/Messenger Boy
Training: Guildford School of Acting (BA (Hons)
in Musical Theatre), graduating in 2013, and
preparatory/musical theatre course at the Dance
School of Scotland.
Theatre includes: Richie Cunningham in Happy
Days (UK tour). Credits whilst training include:
Rory/ensemble in Footloose, soloist in And the
World Goes ‘Round, Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone, stage
manager/ensemble/dance captain in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
Jock in Water Babies and ensemble in Sweet Charity.
Scott is delighted to be joining the cast of Mary Poppins and
would like to thank his family and friends for their constant love and
support.
Matt Lee is appearing with the support of UK Equity,
incorporating the Variety Artises’ Federation pursuant to
an exchange programme between the Australian Media,
Entertainment and Arts Alliance and UK Equity.
creatives
P L TRAVERS
AUTHOR OF THE MARY POPPINS STORIES
Pamela Lyndon Travers was born
Helen Lyndon Goff in
Maryborough, Queensland,
Australia, on 9 August 1899, in a
residence over the Australian Joint
Stock Bank, of which her father
was branch manager. Her father
died when she was seven years
old and the bereaved family moved to Bowral, in New
South Wales.
In 1907, Lyndon went to live with an aunt in Sydney,
where she attended high school. Reading Shakespeare
and taking part in school theatricals led to a passion
for theatre-going and a longing to act. Her aunt and
mother resisted this ambition (it was considered too
risqué); but, in her 20s, after a spell as a secretary with
the Australian Gas Light Company, Lyndon joined
a travelling theatre group, taking a stage name by
which she would be known for the rest of her life.
She chose Pamela because she thought it pretty and
actress-like; kept her own name, Lyndon, with its Irish
associations; and, for a surname, took Travers, the first
name of her late father.
While touring in Australia and New Zealand, Pamela
began publishing poems, articles and stories. A career
in journalism eventually led her out of the theatre,
although her love of drama – and especially dance
– never left her.
It was as a journalist that she travelled to London in
1926, leaving Australia forever. In later life, Travers
did not admit to being Australian, preferring to
identify with what she saw as her ‘true home
beyond the Irish Sea’, although something of the
mysterious Dreamtime of her native land is discernible
in her writings.
Making the first of many pilgrimages to Ireland,
she became a friend and protégé of George William
Russell, editor of The Irish Statesman, who published
her poems and introduced her to the Russian
thinker Gurdjieff, whose philosophy became a
significant influence.
It was in 1934, while living in Pound Cottage in
Mayfield, Sussex, that she wrote the book that was to
make her famous. In publishing Mary Poppins, the first
of six books of stories about an enigmatic nanny and
the Banks family, Pamela used only her initials, hiding
her gender to avoid being dismissed as an archetypal
female author of children’s books.
Travers did not think of them as such. They contained
universal themes, and Mary Poppins was in one
person a pretty young woman, a nurturing mother,
and a wise old woman. Plain looking and plain
speaking, Mary Poppins permits neither disorder
nor disharmony in her nursery, but she is also a
magician, whisking the children into a world of fantasy
and misrule, presided over by her mystical friends
and relations.
‘If you are looking for autobiographical facts,’ Pamela
once said, ‘Mary Poppins is the story of my life.’
Indeed, much in the books was inspired by memories
from her Australian childhood, such as the family
maid who had a parrot-headed umbrella, while a
strange little storekeeper in Bowral with two towering
daughters would become Mrs Corry, the ancient
vendor of curious, magical sweets.
During the war, Travers worked in America for the
Office of War Information, at a time when Hollywood
was beginning to show an interest in filming Mary
Poppins. Samuel Goldwyn and MGM pursued
the property, but it was finally Walt Disney who
tenaciously courted Pamela for nearly 20 years until
she eventually agreed to his proposals.
Although some aspects of the film did not satisfy her
exacting standards for her beloved character, she
adored Julie Andrews, the financial arrangements gave
her security and the film continued to reintroduce her
literary character to generation
after generation.
Although famous as the author of the Mary Poppins
stories, Travers wrote a number of other adult books,
including The Fox at the Manger, a fable in which the
newborn Christ-child receives, from a foxy visitor
to the stable, the gift of cunning; Friend Monkey, a
novel (her best, she always thought) inspired by the
character of Hanuman, the monkey god of Hindu
mythology; and About the Sleeping Beauty, in honour
of her favourite fairy tale (and the one in which, as a
pantomime, she had made her professional debut as a
dancer, a lifetime and half a world away).
Pamela remained fascinated by myth and fairy tales
and travelled widely, living for a time with the Navajo
Indians. She was a regular contributor to the magazine
Parabola: the Magazine of Myth and Tradition (later
collected in a volume entitled What the Bee Knows).
In 1977 she was awarded the OBE and, in 1978,
was delighted to be given an honorary Doctorate in
Humane Letters by Chatham College in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. From then on she called herself
Dr Travers, a form which pleased her Poppins-like
vanity. She also universally answered to Mrs Travers,
for, although unmarried, in 1939 she had adopted
a child, Camillus, from an Irish family, and raised him
as her own. She had three grandchildren.
In 1993 she met Cameron Mackintosh and the two
liked one another enormously. Cameron Mackintosh
had given her a cherry tree and she felt that she had
found someone she could entrust with the rights to
produce a stage musical version of Mary Poppins that
would respect her original work. She was by that
time very frail and died on 23 April 1996, before her
dream of a stage show could be realised.
She lives on, however, through her spit-spot,
no-nonsense, practically perfect nanny: on the page,
on film, and now on the stage – working strange,
memorable magic and dispensing, in equal measure,
wisdom and love.
The cherry tree Cameron Mackintosh gave her
flourishes in the garden of a friend.
Cameron Mackintosh
producer & co-creator
For nearly 50 years Cameron
Mackintosh has been producing
more musicals than anyone else
in history, including the three
longest-running musicals of all
time, Les Misérables, The Phantom
of the Opera and Cats, which are
still running extraordinarily
successfully across the world. Uniquely, Cameron,
to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Les Misérables,
The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon, has
mounted new versions of these classic musicals which
are now proving as successful as the original.
Following its huge recent success in the West End, his
new production of Miss Saigon will open on Broadway
in March 2017 and also commence a national tour in
the United Kingdom later this year.
Joining this list of legendary titles, his co-production
with Disney of Mary Poppins, currently a smash hit
all over again on a UK national tour, continues to
disperse her magic globally. His latest West End
show is a new version of the classic British musical,
Half a Sixpence, which has opened to huge acclaim
from audiences and critics. As well as original
musicals, Cameron enjoys producing new versions
of such classics as Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Stephen
Sondheim’s legendary Follies and Barnum. Other
original musicals he has produced include Little Shop
of Horrors, Side By Side By Sondheim, Martin Guerre,
The Witches of Eastwick and Betty Blue Eyes.
Les Misérables remains the longest-running musical
in the world and the original is now in its 31st year
in London. Over the next three years he has over 30
new productions of his musicals due to open around
the world.
In 2013, Cameron produced his first hugely
successful musical film in conjunction with Working
Title Films and Universal – the Oscar, Golden Globe
and BAFTA award-winning Les Misérables. The same
producing team are collaborating and preparing
film versions of Oliver! and Miss Saigon. A film of
the 25th Anniversary performance of the new stage
production of Miss Saigon is being screened in
cinemas worldwide.
Cameron owns eight historic theatres in London’s
West End, seven of which have undergone spectacular
refurbishment, whilst his recent acquisition of the
Victoria Palace Theatre is due to have a major
refurbishment this autumn prior to reopening in the
autumn of 2017 with the Tony Award and Pulitzer
Prize-winning American musical, Hamilton, which he
is co-producing with the original American producers.
He is the co-owner of Music Theatre International,
the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of the
greatest musicals. Cameron was knighted in the 1996
New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre
and he is the first British producer to be elected to the
Broadway Theatre Hall of Fame.
thomas schumacher
producer and president disney
theatrical group
Thomas Schumacher was
intensely passionate about
theatre from an early age. Before
coming to Disney in 1988, he
spent time at the Mark Taper
Forum, the Los Angeles Ballet,
the Olympic Arts Festival
and the LA Festival of the Arts
where he presented the American premiere of Cirque
du Soleil and the English-language premiere of Peter
Brook’s The Mahabharata.
His Broadway and West End credits include King
David, The Lion King, Elton John and Tim Rice’s
Aida, TARZAN®, Mary Poppins, in a co-production
with Cameron Mackintosh, The Little Mermaid, Peter
and the Starcatcher, Newsies, Shakespeare in Love, in
partnership with Sonia Friedman, and his newest
Broadway hit, Aladdin. On tour and internationally,
he produced On The Record, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame and High School Musical.
Also for Disney, he oversaw some 21 animated
features, including The Lion King, Rescuers Down
Under, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Pocahontas, Tarzan, and The
Nightmare Before Christmas.
Mr. Schumacher is the author of the book How Does
the Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater as well
as a member of the Board of Trustees for BC/EFA, the
Tony® Administration Committee, the Actors Fund
Board and the Advisory Committee of the American
Theatre Wing. He is a mentor for the TDF Open
Doors program and serves as an adjunct professor
at Columbia University.
richard m. sherman
& Robert B.SHerman
original music & LYrics
The Sherman Brothers’
career as leading
composer/lyricists in
family entertainment
spans almost 50 years
and includes two
Academy Awards for
Mary Poppins, Best Score and Best Song for Chim
Chim Cher-ee. Already famous throughout the world
for their songs and films, the work of the brothers
Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman is
currently enjoying a fresh chapter of success in
musical theatre. The brothers composed several
brand-new songs for the stage version of Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang, which opened in the West End in 2002,
going on to become the longest-running musical
ever to play the London Palladium. Following its
acclaimed Broadway run, it enjoyed a long and
successful UK tour, a nationwide tour of the United
States and a tour of Australia. The stage production
of Mary Poppins, co-produced by Disney and
Cameron Mackintosh, opened to huge critical acclaim
in London at the end of 2004, immediately winning
two coveted Olivier Awards and playing to packed
houses, while the Broadway production enjoyed a
six-year run and further tours and other productions
are planned throughout the world. In summer 2013,
The Jungle Book, another huge Shermans/Disney
favourite, was brought to life onstage at the
Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
The Sherman Brothers gained recognition in popular
music with several top-ten hits, among them You’re
Sixteen, Let’s Get Together and Tall Paul.1960 marked
the start of a phenomenal ten-year association with
Walt Disney, during which time they composed over
150 songs for his films, TV shows, Disneyland and
other theme parks. Their Disney credits include the
films The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and
Broomsticks, The Sword in the Stone, The Aristocats, The
Happiest Millionaire, the Winnie the Pooh series and, of
course, Mary Poppins. They also wrote the most
translated and performed song on earth, It’s a Small
World (After All).
They went on to compose song scores for Snoopy
Come Home, Charlotte’s Web, the Broadway hit
musical Over Here! and the ‘fantasmagorical’
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – with its Oscar-nominated
title song.
The Sherman Brothers created screenplays and song
scores for Tom Sawyer (their music won First Prize at
the Moscow Film Festival), Huckleberry Finn, the 1976
Royal Film Performance The Slipper and the Rose (with
co-author Bryan Forbes) and The Magic of Lassie,
which also earned them their ninth Academy Award
nomination for Best Song. More recent credits
include the book Walt’s Time, a wonderful
autobiographical and pictorial journey through their
songwriting years, the Disney hit animated feature
The Tigger Movie, the stage musical Busker Alley,
starring Tommy Tune in the United States, and
Beverly Hills Cop 3.
In addition to their Oscars, other honours awarded
to the Sherman Brothers include three Grammys,
24 Gold and Platinum Albums, as well as a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Robert Sherman died peacefully in London in
March 2012.
julian fellowes
book
Julian Fellowes was catapulted
into Hollywood’s A-list of writers
when he received the Academy
Award for Best Original
Screenplay for Gosford Park
(2002), his first produced film.
His work was also honored by
the Writers Guild of America, the
New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society
of Film Critics for Best Screenplay.
As creator, sole writer and executive producer
of the smash-hit series Downton Abbey, Fellowes
has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards. He
received Emmy Awards for Writing and Outstanding
Miniseries or Movie in the first season.
In 2005, Fellowes made his directorial debut with
the critically acclaimed Separate Lies and received
the Best Directorial Debut Award from the National
Board of Review. His second feature as both writer
and director was From Time to Time, starring Maggie
Smith, which won Best Picture at the Chicago
Children’s Film Festival and the Fiuggi Family Festival
in Rome.
Other writing credits for film include: Romeo and Juliet
(2013), The Tourist (2010), The Young Victoria (2009),
Vanity Fair (2004) and Piccadilly Jim (2004); and, for
television, the four-hour mini-series Titanic (2012)
and the upcoming three-part drama Doctor Thorne.
He also wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
School of Rock – the Musical, which premiered on
Broadway in December 2015.
Fellowes has authored three novels: the international
bestseller Snobs (2005) and Past Imperfect (2008/
2009), and recent Belgravia, and the children’s book
The Curious Adventures of the Abandoned Toys (2007).
Educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and
Magdalene College, Cambridge, Fellowes studied
at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
He completed his training in repertory theatre at
Northampton and Harrogate before making his
West End debut in A Touch of Spring.
Prior to his writing and directing career, Fellowes
was known for his portrayal of the incorrigible
Lord Kilwillie in the BBC’s Monarch of the Glen. Other
acting credits include the BBC’s For the Greater Good
and Aristocrats, and, for film, Shadowlands, Damage,
Place Vendôme and Tomorrow Never Dies.
In January 2011, Fellowes was given a peerage and
entered the House of Lords as the Lord Fellowes of
West Stafford.
Fellowes lives with his wife, Emma, and their son,
Peregrine, in London and Dorset, England.
george stiles
new songs & additional music, dance
and vocal arrangements
anthony drewe
new songs & additional lyrics
Stiles and Drewe are a
multi award-winning
musical theatre writing
partnership. They have
written the scores for the
Olivier Award-nominated
Betty Blue Eyes, Soho
Cinders, Honk!, Just So, Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure,
Tutankhamun. Since winning the Olivier Award for Best
New Musical, Honk! has been seen by more than six
million people all over the world in over 8,000
productions in more than 20 languages.Recent
projects include The Wind In The Willows with Julian
Fellowes for the West End, which opens at the London
Palladium in June 2017, Graham Greene’s Travels With
My Aunt with Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, and a
new version of Half A Sixpence for Cameron Mackintosh
and Chichester Festival Theatre. In development they
have Soapdish for Broadway, and a new project with
director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell.
Stiles and Drewe have also completed a trilogy of
50-minute musicals for younger audiences, Goldilocks
And The Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and
Three Little Pigs, which recently enjoyed a run at
London’s Palace Theatre.
Independently, George composed the musicals Moll
Flanders, The Three Musketeers and Tom Jones, and the
music for Sam Mendes’ productions of Twelfth Night
and Uncle Vanya. His 2007 score for Troilus And Cressida
at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre was nominated for a
Jefferson Award.
Anthony has written lyrics for the musicals The Card and A Twist Of Fate. As a director Anthony’s work
includes Snoopy (Watermill Theatre), Honk! (South
Africa, Chicago, Tokyo and Singapore), Just So
(North Shore Music Theatre, Massachusetts and
Chichester Festival Theatre), The Thing About Men
(London’s King’s Head Theatre), You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown (Tabard Theatre) and The Three Little
Pigs (Singapore and London’s Palace Theatre),
Goldilocks And The Three Bears and The Three Billy Goats
Gruff (Singapore).
Stiles and Drewe have written two revues and have
contributed songs to a variety of theatre, TV and radio
shows including the RSC’s Shakespeare Revue, the
National Theatre’s Chain Play and Dame Edna
Everage’s Look At Me When I’m Talking To You.
Stiles and Drewe’s many awards include The Laurence
Olivier Award for Best New Musical (Honk!), three of
the top prizes at the International Musical of the Year
Awards for Peter Pan and The Three Musketeers, the
TMA Best Musical Award (Moll Flanders), The Straits
Times Award for Best Musical (A Twist of Fate), the first
ever Vivian Ellis Prize (Just So). Mary Poppins has won
45 major theatre awards around the globe including
Tony, Olivier, Helpmann and London Evening
Standard Awards.
Stiles and Drewe recognise new musical theatre writing
via the annual Stiles and Drewe Prize for Best New
Song, now in its ninth year, and in 2016 launched
their new Mentorship Award supported by Music
Theatre International (Europe). They are also founding
board members of Mercury Musical Developments
(MMD).
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Richard Eyre
Director
Theatre includes: Hamlet, Kafka’s
Dick and Edmond (Royal Court);
Comedians, Guys and Dolls, The
Beggar’s Opera, The Government
Inspector, The Changeling, The
Voysey Inheritance, Racing Demon,
Richard III, The Night of the Iguana,
White Chameleon, Skylight, Napoli
Milionaria, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Absence of War,
John Gabriel Borkman, Amy’s View, King Lear, The
Invention of Love, Vincent in Brixton, The Reporter, The
Observer, Welcome to Thebes and Liolà (National
Theatre); The Crucible (Broadway); Mary Poppins (West
End/Broadway); Private Lives (West End/Broadway); A
Flea in Her Ear (Old Vic); The Last of the Duchess and Mr
Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead Theatre); The Judas Kiss
and Quartermaine’s Terms (West End); The Last
Cigarette and The Pajama Game (Chichester Festival
Theatre and West End); Betty Blue Eyes and Stephen
Ward (West End); his own adaptations of Ghosts
(Almeida, West End and BAM), Les Mains sales and
Hedda Gabler (Almeida and West End) and The Dark
Earth and the Light Sky (Almeida).
Opera includes: La traviata (ROH); Le nozze di Figaro
(Aix-en-Provence); Manon Lescaut (Festspielhaus,
Baden-Baden) and Carmen, Werther and Le nozze di
Figaro (Metropolitan Opera).
TV includes: The Imitation Game, The Insurance Man,
Country, Tumbledown, Suddenly Last Summer, Changing
Stages, Henry IV parts I and II, and The Dresser.
Film includes: The Ploughman’s Lunch, Iris, Stage
Beauty, Notes on a Scandal and The Other Man.
Books include: Utopia and Other Places, a memoir,
National Service, a journal of his time at the National
Theatre, Talking Theatre, conversations with theatre
people, and What Do I Know?, a collection of essays
and journalism, published in 2014. He was Director
of the National Theatre from 1988–1997 and has
received numerous awards. He was knighted in
1997 and was made a fellow of the Royal Society
of Literature in 2011.
Matthew Bourne
CO-DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Matthew Bourne OBE is widely
hailed as the UK’s most popular
and successful choreographer
and director. Matthew is the
creator of the world’s longest
running ballet production, a
five-time Olivier Award winner,
and the only British director to
have won the Tony Award for both Best
Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical.
Matthew started his dance training at the
comparatively late age of 22. He danced
professionally for 14 years, creating many roles
in his own work. As Artistic Director of his first
company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, from 1987
until 2002 Matthew created many award-winning
works. Further hit productions were created when
New Adventures was launched in 2002, becoming
the UK’s busiest and most successful dance company
and the major exporter of British dance across
the world.
In 2008 he established his charity Re:Bourne to
increase opportunities that inspire young people
with a passion for dance and in 2010 created the
New Adventures Choreographer Award to showcase
the talents of emerging choreographers.
Matthew is a Companion of his former college,
Trinity Laban and the Liverpool Institute of
Performing Arts. He has five Honorary Doctorates
from The Open University, and the Universities of
De Montfort, Plymouth, Kingston and Roehampton.
He is a proud patron of many organisations
including The Arts Educational School, Laine Theatre
Arts, CREATE and Shoreditch Youth Dance.
In 2013 he was awarded the De Valois Award
for Outstanding Achievement at the Critics Circle
National Dance Awards.
Matthew is also a West End and Broadway
choreographer; a more than 20-year relationship
with producer, Cameron Mackintosh, has resulted
in the globally successful musicals Mary Poppins,
My Fair Lady and Oliver!.
Matthew was awarded an OBE in 2001 and a
knighthood in 2016, for services to dance.
STEPHEN MEAR
CO-CHOREOGRAPHER
Stephen is associate
choreographer for Chichester
Festival Theatre and has
choreographed the following
shows: Mack and Mabel (and UK
tour, 2015), Gypsy (and Savoy
Theatre, 2015), Amadeus, The
Pajama Game (and Shaftesbury
Theatre), Kiss Me, Kate (and the Old Vic – Olivier Award
nomination for Best Choreography), The Grapes of
Wrath, The Music Man, How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying, Putting It Together, Just So (and
North Shore Music Theatre, USA), Funny Girl and
director/choreographer for She Loves Me (all at CFT).
Further theatre credits include: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(West Yorkshire Playhouse/UK tour), Singin’ in the Rain
(Châtelet, Paris), City of Angels and The Vote (Donmar
Warehouse), Die Fledermaus (Met Opera, NY), Stephen
Ward (Aldwych Theatre), co-choreographer with
Matthew Bourne on Mary Poppins (London, Broadway
and world tours – Olivier Award for Best
Choreography, Tony Award and Drama Desk
nominations for Best Choreography and LA Drama
Critics Award for Best Choreography), Anything Goes
(National Theatre and Theatre Royal Drury Lane),
Hello, Dolly! (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – Olivier
Award for Best Choreography), Crazy for You (Regent’s
Park and Novello Theatre – Olivier nomination for Best
Choreography), Singin’ in the Rain (West Yorkshire
Playhouse and National Theatre – Olivier nomination
for Best Choreography), Sweet Charity (Menier
Chocolate Factory and Theatre Royal Haymarket –
Oliver nomination for Best Choreography), Sinatra
(London Palladium and UK tour – Olivier nomination
for Best Choreography), Soul Train (West End and UK
tour – Olivier nomination for Best Choreography),
Acorn Antiques – the Musical! (Theatre Royal
Haymarket), The Witches of Eastwick (Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane), Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre), Shoes
(director/choreographer – Sadler’s Wells and Peacock
Theatre), On the Town (ENO), Don Giovanni (Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden), The Little Mermaid
(Broadway), and Ragtime and Dreamgirls (Milwaukee
Repertory Theater).
JAMES POWELL
Tour DIRECTOR
James was an actor for 12 years
and was appearing in Les
Misérables at London’s Palace
Theatre, when he was asked to
take over the position of resident
director in 1996. Since that time,
he has worked on a variety of
productions and, during that
time, he was staff director at the West Yorkshire
Playhouse, assisting Jude Kelly on a number of
projects including the Olivier Award-winning Singin’
in the Rain, which transferred from Leeds to the Royal
National Theatre in London. On returning to London,
he joined Cameron Mackintosh’s production of The
Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
as resident director. He then went to Melbourne,
Australia, to direct its first foreign production for
Jacobsen Entertainment. James returned from
Australia to take on the position of associate director
on Les Misérables and oversaw the show’s move from
its home of many years, the Palace Theatre, to the
Queen’s Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. He was also
invited to direct a concert version of the show in
Scandinavia and a full-scale production in Berlin.
2009 saw James working on Cameron’s brand-new
production of Les Misérables, which opened in Cardiff
and toured the UK, and which celebrates the 25th
anniversary of a show he was involved in originally as
an actor and is now part of a new creative team.
Whilst maintaining his position as associate director
on Les Misérables, James also worked on Cameron’s
new presentation – Mary Poppins – originally in
Bristol and then in London’s West End and on
Broadway. In June 2008, he directed the UK tour of
Mary Poppins and has since directed the production in
Holland. James was delighted to renew his
association with the Jacobsen Entertainment Group
when they asked him to direct their production of
Dirty Dancing in London’s West End, a partnership
that has seen him direct the show in Toronto, Utrecht,
Chicago, a US tour and Berlin. In 2010, James
directed the Australian production of Mary Poppins,
where it opened to great success in Melbourne,
followed by further co-directing Les Misérables in
London, at the Barbican, a tour in the UK, a
production in Madrid and on tour in the United
States – culminating in the 25th anniversary concert
of Les Misérables at the O2 Arena. In 2011, James
worked on moving Mary Poppins to Sydney and, later
in the year, he co-directed the international arena
tour of Batman, which opened in Manchester and
moved to London and onward internationally. Over
the last two years, James has worked on Les
Misérables in Spain, the US, Australia, Japan and
Canada. He did manage to fit in directing a
production of Half a Sixpence at his old alma mater,
Mountview Drama School in London. James recently
co-directed the new production of Les Misérables on
Broadway and then travelled to Australia to again
work on Les Misérables. He has recently directed the
new production of Dirty Dancing in the US, which will
tour prior to Broadway.
GEOFFREY GARRATT
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER & Additional
Choreography Adaptation
Geoffrey trained at the Bird
College of Performing Arts. He
has worked extensively in Musical
Theatre both as a performer and
as a choreographer. As a
performer, Geoffrey has appeared
in Cats, Fiddler on the
Roof, Matador, Mr Cinders, Martin
Guerre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Oliver! and numerous
appearances in West End Galas, Royal Variety
Performances and the Laurence Olivier Awards.
Geoff’s most recent work includes Additional
Choreography for the current West End hit revival
of Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre) and Musical
Staging for the current Broadway revival of Les
Misérables (Imperial Theatre, New York), which
opened in Toronto. Geoff has subsequently worked
on further productions of Les Misérables in Australia,
Japan and Korea. Geoff has worked on Mary Poppins
since the original production in London’s West End,
and subsequently in the USA (both on Broadway and
the national tour), Holland, Australia, Mexico and in
2016 in Brazil. Similarly he has worked as Associate
Choreographer on Oliver! – in the West End at the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the UK national tour,
the USA national tour, Holland, Australia and Toronto,
and as additional choreographer for productions
of Miss Saigon in Japan, Holland, Australia, Korea,
Brazil and the UK Tour. Other Associate Choreography
credits include The Witches of Eastwick (West End and
Australia) and Betty Blue Eyes (West End).
Choreographic credits also include The Witches of
Eastwick (UK Tour), Jack and the Beanstalk (Barbican),
Encore! Mr Producer and Hey! Mr Producer (Jean Ann
Ryan Productions USA), Blues in the Night (West
Yorkshire Playhouse), Fascinating Aida (UK Tour,
London), Little Shop of Horrors (West Yorkshire
Playhouse), Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera House,
Belfast). He was assistant to Matthew Bourne on South Pacific (National Theatre) and dance captain
for Martin Guerre and Cats in the West End.
Television includes: Children in Need, Blue Peter, This
Morning and celebrations for The Queen’s 80th
Birthday. Geoff was also featured on I’d Do
Anything for the BBC.
Film: The Other Man, directed by Richard Eyre.
BOB CROWLEY
SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Recent productions: Skylight
(Wyndham’s), Aladdin
(Disney – Toronto and
Broadway), The Glass Menagerie
(American Rep Theatre, USA, and
Broadway), The Audience (Gielgud
Theatre and Apollo), Once
(London), People (NT), The Dark
Earth and the Light Sky (Almeida); Disney’s The Little
Mermaid (Netherlands, Russia) and Once (Broadway
– Tony Award).
He has designed numerous productions for the
National Theatre including, most recently: Travelling
Light, Collaborators, King James Bible, and Juno and the
Paycock (Abbey Theatre, Dublin), The Habit of Art,
The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Every Good Boy Deserves
Favour, Gethsemane and Fram (which he also
co-directed with Tony Harrison), The History
Boys (Broadway – Tony Award), His Girl Friday
and Mourning Becomes Electra, plus more than
25 productions for the RSC, including Les Liaisons
Dangereuses and The Plantagenets (Olivier Award).
For the Donmar Warehouse: Into the Woods and
Orpheus Descending.
Other credits include: Mary Poppins (Prince Edward
Theatre, UK tour and Broadway – Tony Award),
Disney’s Aida (Broadway – Tony Award), Disney’s
Tarzan, which he also directed (Broadway, Germany
and the Netherlands), The Year of Magical Thinking
(Broadway and NT), The Coast of Utopia (New York
– Tony Award), Carousel (New York – Tony Award),
The Seagull (Public Theater, New York), Paul Simon’s
The Capeman, Sweet Smell of Success and An American
in Paris (Châtelet, Paris and Broadway).
Opera and dance include: The Winter’s Tale, Alice in
Wonderland (ROH and Canadian Ballet), Don Carlos
(MET, NY), Pavane and Anastasia (Royal Ballet),
La traviata (ROH) and The Cunning Little Vixen
(Châtelet, Paris).
Film includes: Othello, Tales of Hollywood, starring
Jeremy Irons and Alec Guinness, Suddenly Last
Summer, directed by Richard Eyre and starring
Maggie Smith for the BBC, plus costume design for
the film of The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
and Winona Ryder.
He is the recipient of the Royal Designer for Industry
Award and Robert L B Tobin Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Theatrical Design at the TDF/Irene
Sharaff Awards in New York.
Natasha Katz
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Natasha Katz has designed
extensively for the theatre, opera
and dance. She is thrilled to have
designed Mary Poppins in the UK,
after having designed the show
throughout the world. She is a
five-time Tony award winner,
including this year’s Tony for
An American in Paris.
Recent Broadway credits include: Once (Tony
Award), Skylight, Aladdin, The Glass Menagerie (Tony
Award), Sister Act, Motown, Follies, Coast of Utopia:
Salvage (Tony Award), A Chorus Line revival, Aida
(Tony Award), Sweet Smell of Success and Beauty and
the Beast. She recently designed the lighting for
Skylight in the West End and A Winter’s Tale and Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland at the Royal Ballet,
choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Her work with ballet and opera companies includes:
The Royal Ballet in London, American Ballet Theatre,
NY City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National
Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, The Metropolitan
Opera and The NY City Opera. She has designed
concert acts for Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret and
Tommy Tune. Her varied career has led her to design
lighting for all aspects of entertainment including
Off Broadway, regional theatres, dance and opera
companies, concerts, international theatres, Las Vegas,
some TV and permanent lighting installations.
Paul Groothuis (Apollo Victoria, Madrid Teatro Coliseum and UK
tours), Zorro – The Musical (Garrick, Folies Bergère,
Paris), Scrooge – The Musical (UK tours), Der Schuh des
Manitu (Theater des Westens, Berlin), Ich War Noch
Niemals in New York (Operettenhaus, Hamburg and
Coliseum, Stuttgart), Hair (The Gate), Whistle Down the
Wind (Palace), Starlight Express (UK tours), The Phantom
of the Opera (London and Broadway sound re-designs,
Hamburg, Paris), Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular
(Venetian, Las Vegas), Sister Act –The Musical (London
Palladium), the new Cameron Mackintosh 25th
Anniversary Production of Les Misérables (International
tours, Madrid, US first national tour, Spanish tour)
and Phantom Of The Opera (National tour), Love Never
Dies (Adelphi and Australia), Michael Grandage’s
production of Evita (first National US tour), Miss Saigon
(Netherlands, Japan).
Paul associate designed and mixed Les Misérables in
Concert: The 25th Anniversary at The O2 Arena and the
25th anniversary production of The Phantom Of The
Opera at the Royal Albert Hall.
Recordings include: mixing singles and albums for
Janet Devlin, Nell Bryden and Sarah Walk, amongst
others, with international airplay and chart
classification. Recent projects include mixing Miss
Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording at the Prince
Edward Theatre and the Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary
Performance (5.1 theatrical cinema release and Blu-ray).
Sound Designer
Born in Holland, and originally
trained as a fine mechanical
instrument-maker, Paul studied
stage management at Central
School of Speech and Drama,
leaving in 1981. Having spent six
months touring with a David Wood
play called The Ideal Gnome
Expedition, Paul spent four years working in a recording
studio, working his way up from tape operator to
resident engineer. He joined the National Theatre
sound department in 1984 where, in the following 17
years, he designed the sound for over 120 productions
in its three auditoria. Leaving in 2001 to pursue a
freelance career, he has been lucky enough to work in
all genres of performing arts, equally enjoying plays,
musicals and dance.
Credits include: Anything Goes (NT and Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane), His Dark Materials, Edmond, Henry V, The
Coast of Utopia, My Fair Lady (NT and Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane, UK and US tour), Hamlet (1987), The
Oedipus Play, Summerfolk, The Merchant of Venice, The
Rose Tattoo, Rafta, Rafta…, Candide, Oklahoma! (NT,
Lyceum and Gershwin, New York), Oh! What a Lovely
War, A Little Night Music, Lady in the Dark, Guys and
Dolls (NT), Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney
Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (NT), The King
and I (London Palladium, UK tour), Endgame (Albery),
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, Dorian Gray, The Car Man,
Edward Scissorhands, Highland Fling, Cinderella, Sleeping
Beauty and Carousel (NT, West End and Tokyo), Oliver!
(Palladium, Drury Lane and UK tour), Mary Poppins (UK,
Holland and USA tour), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum, Marguerite (West End and Tokyo), The
House of Bernarda Alba, Buried Child, Henry IV parts I and
II, Acorn Antiques – the Musical!, Hamlet (NT, 2011), All
My Sons (NT and West End), The Cherry Orchard (2011),
Children’s Hour, Flare Path, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Are Dead, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber
of Fleet Street (2012 Chichester and West End), Loyalty,
55 Days, Chariots of Fire and Good People (Hampstead
and West End), The Pajama Game (Chichester and
West End), Private Lives and Neville’s Island (Chichester
and West End), Stephen Ward (London), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (West End and UK tour), Amadeus, Guys and
Dolls, Gypsy, Damsels in Distress, and Mack and Mabel
(all in Chichester), Women on the Verge of a Nervous
Breakdown (West End), the Young Chekhov season
(Chichester) and Mack and Mabel (UK tour).
Future projects include: Show Boat (Sheffield Crucible)
and Guys and Dolls (UK tour).
Paul was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2013 for
his work on Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet
Street, is creative associate with Matthew Bourne’s New
Adventures Company and associate (sound) for the
Chichester Festival Theatre. William David Brohn
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STEPHEN BROOKER
sound designeR
Theatre includes: as sound mixer
Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane), The Lion King (Lyceum),
Saturday Night Fever (UK tour).
As Associate Sound Designer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The
Woman in White (London and
Broadway), The Sound of Music
(London, Toronto and UK tour), Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (Adelphi), Saturday Night Fever
ORCHESTRATOR The orchestrations for Mary Poppins
rank high on a list of commissions
of Cameron Mackintosh for the
work of William David Brohn, since
the first Miss Saigon in 1989
(Theatre Royal, Drury Lane). He
has happily continued the role of
orchestrator for 25 years,
working on the productions of Oliver! in 1994 (London
Palladium) and also 2008 (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane),
the original Mary Poppins (Prince Edward) in 2004,
Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre) in 2011, Barnum
(Chichester Festival Theatre) in 2013 and the West End
revival of Miss Saigon (Prince Edward, 2014). Other
musicals he has orchestrated for the West End and
Broadway include: Crazy for You, The Secret Garden,
Martin Guerre, Hey, Mr Producer!, The Witches of
Eastwick, Ragtime, Wicked, and Porgy and Bess, as well
as the transfers from the Royal National Theatre of
Carousel, Oklahoma! and, at the Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane, My Fair Lady. In the ballet, concert and
symphonic realms he has enjoyed collaborations with
singers Plácido Domingo and Marilyn Horne,
choreographers Agnes de Mille, Kenneth MacMillan,
Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon and Matthew
Bourne; the violinist Joshua Bell, and conductors
André Previn and John Williams.
MUSICAL SUPERVISOR
Stephen was musical director and
conductor for Universal Pictures’
film of Les Misérables, starring
Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe.
He is currently musical supervisor
of Les Misérables (London, New
York, Tokyo and Sydney) and
Mary Poppins (Vienna and UK
tour). He was musical director of The Woman in White,
My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Lautrec, Cats,
The Secret Garden and South Pacific.
Musical supervision includes: Miss Saigon (London
and Tokyo), Barnum (CFT and UK tour), Les Misérables
(Toronto), Mary Poppins (Australia, London and UK
tour), The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary
performance (DVD), Betty Blue Eyes, Les Misérables
in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (O2 Arena), Oliver!
(London and UK tour), My Fair Lady (USA and London);
Les Misérables (New York revival, 2006), Cats, Hair, Miss
Saigon, Carmen Jones, The Phantom of the Opera, Grease,
Fame, Saturday Night Fever, Peter Pan and Chess. He was
musical consultant for the 25th Anniversary Production
of Les Misérables tour and conducted the Classical BRIT
Awards (2011).
Stephen was composer and conductor for the original
production of Burn the Floor and has written and
produced music for many corporate clients including:
Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, Ford Motors, Toyota Cars,
Volvo Cars, Sony Ericsson, BMW, British Airways
and Canon.
Orchestral conducting includes: the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, West
Australian Symphony, Haifa Symphony, Bournemouth
Symphony, Hamburg Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, London and Manchester Concert
Orchestras and the Ukraine Opera and Symphony
Orchestra. He conducted the Royal Choral Society
in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen.
Recordings include: Disney Film Classics and Crazy for
Gershwin (BBC Concert Orchestra), studio recording
of Hair, and cast recordings of The Secret Garden, The
Woman in White and South Pacific. He was orchestrator
and conductor for Walt Disney’s award-winning
Animator’s Palate and Cinderellabration (Disneyland
Tokyo). He produced the ‘live’ recording of Oliver!,
starring Rowan Atkinson, the new recording of
Les Misérables (2010) and the Dutch and Australian
recordings of Mary Poppins. Stephen conducted Les
Misérables at the Oscars – the 85th Academy Awards
(2013) and composed the music for the Jaguar XE
global car launch.
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on tour and at The Barbican Centre London.
Also in the West End: Hamlet (Novello), Richard III
(Savoy), The Cherry Orchard (Albery), The Merry Wives
of Windsor & Coriolanus (Old Vic) and The Secret
Garden (Aldwych).
At the National Theatre: Oh! What a Lovely War
(Roundhouse) and The Villains’ Opera (Olivier).
Steve Moss
Musical Director
Steve went to Llandaff Cathedral
School as a chorister in 1985,
where he went on to be head
chorister in 1990. Steve then
gained a scholarship to study
piano and clarinet at Wells
Cathedral School, and completed
his training at the Guildhall school
of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 2000. Theatre conducting credits: Les Misérables (International
Tour 2009/2010 – 3rd MD), The Wizard of Oz (London
Palladium 2011/2012 – 3rd MD); Les Misérables
(Queen’s Theatre 2012-current – Assistant Conductor),
Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre, London 2014-2016
– Assistant Conductor). Other conducting credits include: The Bourne Orchestra
(Musical Director), The Welsh Pops Orchestra (Associate
Musical Director), Orchestrate (Musical Director). Steve has also performed in the following shows
(Clarinet): Miss Saigon (London), Les Misérables (London
and UK tour), Evita (London), Funny Girl (Chichester),
White Christmas (UK tours), Porgy & Bess (London),
West Side Story (UK tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK
tour), Sister Act (UK tour), The Wizard of Oz (London),
War Horse (London), Privates on Parade (London),
Mary Poppins (UK tour 2008/2009). Recordings include: The Wizard of Oz (original cast
album), Les Misérables (25th Anniversary cast album),
Miss Saigon (original cast album 2014), The Heat Is
Back On DVD (2015), The Imposter (2010), Dance Of
The Steelbars (2013) and The Monkey Eating Eagle Of
The Orinoco (BBC2).
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james dodgson
associate musical supervisor
James is based in New York. He
was recently Music Director for
Disney’s Newsies and conductor
for the filming of the show at the
Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Music Director or Supervisor for
Les Misérables in Toronto, London,
Korea, Australia and Spain, and
was involved in casting the recent Broadway revival.
Music Director for Mary Poppins (US tour, London,
Amsterdam and UK tour), The Phantom of the Opera
(Her Majesty’s), Miss Saigon (National tour), Stiles
and Drewe’s Peter Pan with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (Royal Festival Hall).
Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (National tour), On A
Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bridewell), Chicago
(national & European tour), Co-Music Supervisor
for Miss Saigon (Sao Paolo).
He has composed music for productions by the
Oxford Stage Company, Royal National Theatre,
Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Shakespeare
Company, Orange Tree Theatre and The Room.
James began his theatre career with the Royal
Shakespeare Company as Music Director on
over 45 productions in Stratford upon Avon,
THE ORIGINAL
FILM SCREENPLAY FOR
WALT DISNEY’S
MARY POPPINS
BY
BILL WALSH
DON DA GRADI
DESIGN CONSULTANT
TONY WALTON
PRODUCTION STAFF
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER
RESIDENT CHILDREN’S DIRECTOR
COMPANY MANAGER
STAGE MANAGER DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
DEPUTY CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN
HEAD OF AUTOMATION
DEPUTY HEAD OF AUTOMATION/CARPENTER
ASSISTANT AUTOMATION/CARPENTER
HEAD OF SOUND
DEPUTY HEAD OF SOUND
ASSISTANT SOUND
MASTER CARPENTER
DEPUTY MASTER CARPENTER/AUTOMATION
ASSISTANT CARPENTER/AUTOMATION
WARDROBE MISTRESS
DEPUTY WARDROBE MISTRESS
WARDROBE ASSISTANTS
TOURING DRESSER
WIG MISTRESS
DEPUTY WIG MISTRESS
WIG ASSISTANTS
WIGS DRESSER
HEAD CHAPERONE
CHAPERONES
DANCE CAPTAIN
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN
CASTING DIRECTORS
Nick Evans
Richard Jones
Mark Hedges
Neil White
James Lovett
Clint Newland
Ian Jarvis, Francesca Ludlow
Ryan O’Conner, Juliet Ogden, Isabel Taylor
Jim Bristow
Stuart Moorhouse
K T Milne
Tim Follett
Kelvin Strong
Cameron Balfour
Mark Karrie
Richard Pomeroy
Jessica Holmes
Stephen Robbins
Christian Bawtree
Dan Speight
Trish McAuley
Miriam Kingsley
Laura Middleton, Hannah Walker
Lauren Ritchie
Lymara Barber
Jill Murray
Sarah Crawford, Natalie Mitchell
Claire McCaffrey
Sasha Lovett
Gian Carla Pfleger, Sue West Donna Miller,
Clare Williams, Tony Gellman, John Odwell
Yves Adang
Jo Lucy Rackham
Trevor Jackson
Paul Wooller
ORCHESTRA
Under the Direction of Steve Moss
FLUTE/PICCOLO/RECORDER
OBOE/COR ANGLAIS/HARMONICA
CLARINET/EB CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
HORN
TRUMPET/CORNET/FLUGEL
TRUMPET/CORNET/FLUGEL
TROMBONE/EUPHONIUM
KEYBOARD 1
KEYBOARD 2/ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR
DRUMS/PERCUSSION
CELLO
DOUBLE BASS/ELECTRIC BASS
ORCHESTRAL MANAGEMENT
ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATIONS ADAPTED BY
Clare Bennett
Huw Clement Evans
Colin Blamey
Kevin O’Hara
Adam Chatterton
Stephen Gilbey
Michael Feltham
Andy Blakemore
Andrew Corcoran
Dan Bradley
William Harvey
Sandy Suchodolski
Sylvia Addison for Music Solutions
Stephen Metcalfe
The Producers wish to thank ANTHONY LYN for his contribution to this production.