The umbrella-wielding supernanny is on her way back! Christmas might have just melted away but Wales Millennium Centre has announced Mary Poppins will be the Christmas 2016 show.
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s show comes to the Wales Millennium Centre from December 14, 2016 to January 14, 2017; the last stop on its current UK & Ireland Tour. Tickets are now on sale.
In the lead role 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.
As the Cockney sweep, 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’.
Mary Poppins , Wales Millennium Centre 14 December 2016 – 14 January 2017.
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