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Post by Lynda on Jul 7, 2008 10:51:06 GMT
Mary Poppins at Birmingham Hippodrome for the summer
from Thurs 10th July - 27th September.
with the lovely talented Matthew Barrow (ex Miss Saigon)
more cast news to follow.
Lynda xxx
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Post by Lynda on Jul 7, 2008 12:23:12 GMT
review from Plymouth:
MARY POPPINS CONJURES UP A PERFECT SPOONFUL
Theatre audiences can be very blas??. Well-used to spectacle and opulence on stage and screen, it takes a lot to get an emotional response.
It also takes a lot to keep an audience, peppered with young children, occupied and entertained for two hours and 45 minutes.
And it takes something really special to win a five-minute standing ovation.
But on Wednesday night all it took to bring these three ingredients together was Mary Poppins.
After a week of preview shows at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh returned to take his place in the stalls, along with some VIP guests. It was clear from his exuberant mood afterwards that he enjoyed it every bit as the other members of the audience who leapt to their feet as the curtain fell.
Sir Cameron says that this show - a co-production with Disney and in association with the Theatre Royal Plymouth - is his favourite production. And it's easy to see why.
The economic and practical necessities of creating a show which is capable of touring have done something magical to this West End smash hit.
Bob Crowley's set presents the Banks's home in Cheery Tree Lane which looks like a pen-and-ink drawing in a storybook, but it opens up to reveal the house inside.
Simple illusions - a touch of CGI here, a lighting effect there, a bit of sleight of hand - are a great success and there were lots of appreciative gasps as statues and toys came to life in front of our eyes.
But no amount of spectacle can replace the essential ingredients. Great music, good story and winning performances made this the most perfect example of musical theatre I've ever seen - and I've seen a lot.
Caroline Sheen is a confident and very funny Mary, while retaining that "spit, spot" attitude that children both fear and adore.
Daniel Crossley won over the audience as Bert with his sheer enthusiasm and energy, and Martin Ball played father George Banks, not as the grouch you usually see but as an adult desperate to be a naughty boy.
Louise Bowden is charming as his wife, Winifred.
So much of the production revolves around the children, Jane and Michael, and Liberty Cheesman and William Pearce were absolute stars. Simple as that.
And as Mary flew off, up through the auditorium, it was over a sea of smiling faces.
Mary Poppins was at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth.
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Post by Lynda on Jul 10, 2008 12:06:19 GMT
yay I am seeing Mary Poppins on 16th and 30th July
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Post by Lynda on Jul 16, 2008 20:04:39 GMT
Mary Poppins was superfraga.......................xpealidocous There is a review in tonights Birmingham Mail and some video footage. www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/07/16/mary-poppins-flies-into-birmingham-hippodrome-97319-21350671/ Now that saves me having to write a review. It was very weird seeing myself in the programme pictured with John Barrowman. Encouraging people to become members of the Hippodrome. I loved it and if it comes to a town near you I urge you to go and see it.
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Post by Tanith Messenger on Jul 16, 2008 20:43:56 GMT
;D glad u enjoyed the show hun! Sounds fab! x
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Post by Lynda on Aug 9, 2008 11:13:18 GMT
Kids go free - One week only. Birmingham Hippodrome
Book one child free with every full paying adult when booking for performances between Monday August 18 and Friday August 22 (evening performances only) on 2nd and 3rd price bands
To take advantage of this special offer quote "MAIL" when you call the Birmingham Hippdrome ticket sales number on 0844 338 5000.
offer was in the Birmingham Mail on friday 8th August
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