Mary Poppins London

Mary Poppins at The Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London
Mondays to Saturdays at 7.30pm, Thursdays and Saturdays at 2.30pm
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The critically acclaimed stage adaptation of the beloved classic Mary Poppins, based on the stories by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Walt Disney film.

Mary Poppins includes many of the original songs from the film with music and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman. The new stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes who has written the book, and the Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe who have written the new songs and additional music and lyrics.

Mary PoppinsOver ten years ago Cameron Mackintosh was introduced to Pamela Travers and together they talked about her wish for her greatest creation to become a stage musical. "I was very touched that she entrusted me with the stage rights to her books, but equally aware that the only possibility of making her dream come true would be a real collaboration between myself and Disney, so that we could create a new work out of the original Travers' stories and yet retain the essence of the extraordinary magic of the film. From the outset of my meetings with Tom Schumacher last year, it was apparent that we were both searching for the same show. We very much hope that we will achieve Pamela's dream and create an equally enjoyable, but different, musical Mary Poppins to delight a modern audience.

It took Walt Disney twenty years to make the film of Mary Poppins, from the time he first tried to secure the film rights to its triumphant premiere in 1964. The film was an immediate and phenomenal success earning universal acclaim for its story-line, score, performances and pioneering mix of live action and animation. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won five, including 'Best Music', and 'Best Song' for Chim Chim Cher-ee in a score which also included such favourites as A Spoonful of Sugar, Feed The Birds and, ofcourse, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Mary Poppins played to an estimated 200 million people when it was released, engendering extraordinary affection in its audiences and has remained one of Disney's most enduring and best-loved films.

Pamela Travers was as mysterious, magical and extraordinary as her creation, the practically perfect nanny Mary Poppins. Born Helen Lyndon Goff in Queensland Australia in 1899, Travers became an actress, a journalist, a poet, and, finally, the writer of one of the 20th Century's most enduring fables. She travelled widely, knew many of the famous characters of her generation and died in 1996 at the age of 96. The books, following her adventures with the Banks family, were published between 1934 and 1981 and have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into 24 languages.

Diana Rawstron of Goodman Derrick, one of the trustees of the estate of the late Pamela Travers, said, "The Trustees are delighted that Mrs. Travers' long held ambition of a stage musical based on her stories about the famous nanny is about to be realised. We are very confident that the collaboration between Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher will result in a marvellous show."

Parental Advice: Mary Poppins is recommended for children 7 years and up. The running time is approximately 2 hours 50 minutes with one interval. In the interests of other patrons, parents with children are reminded that they may be asked to remove any consistently noisy children. Children under 3 years of age will not be admitted to the theatre. Everyone attending Mary Poppins will be required to have their own ticket.