Lyn Paul to star as Bird Woman in MARY POPPINS UK & Ireland tour
It has been announced that international recording artist and actress Lyn Paul will join the UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS, as Bird Woman from 18 November.
Lyn joins the company in Milton Keynes Theatre, before playing the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (3 December 2025 – 10 January 2026) and Liverpool Empire (14 – 31 January 2026).
Patti Boulaye continues her celebrated run as Bird Woman, playing the Birmingham Hippodrome, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, Sunderland Empire and Milton Keynes Theatre until 16 November.
Continuing to lead the company are Australian stars, Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers, who reprise their roles as Mary Poppins and Bert, having previously starred in the Australian production. The pair opened this UK and Ireland tour in Bristol last year, to critical and audience acclaim.
The cast is also led by Michael D. Xavier as George Banks, Lucie-Mae Sumner as Winifred Banks, Rosemary Ashe as Mrs Brill, Wendy Ferguson as Miss Andrew, Sharon Wattis as Mrs Corry, Ruairidh McDonald as Roberston Ay, and David Burrows as Admiral Boom and Bank Chairman.
Olive Harrison, Connie Jones, Yvie Moore, Katie Ryden and Sienna Sibley currently alternate the role of Jane Banks, with Oliver Benson, Charlie Donald, Oli Manning, Joshua Miles and Oliver Noble alternating the role of Michael Banks.
The company is completed by Jay Luca Allan, Marianne Bardgett, Rhys Batten, Lydia Boulton, Ben Culleton, Jasmine Davis, Matthew Dawkins, Lily De-La-Haye, Nathan Elwick, Darcy Finden, Lyndsey Gardiner, Ryan Gover, Emma Harrold, Cameron Thomas Jones, Billy Mahoney, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Roan Pronk, Henry Rhodes, Jacob Ritzema, Scarlet Roche, Callum Rose, Tyler Timmins, Charlie Waddell, Rachael Ward, Jemima-Jane Willcox, James Wolstenholme and Ellie Young.
MARY POPPINS has original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, with new songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The book is by Julian Fellowes and this production is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh. It has orchestrations by William David Brohn and dance and vocal arrangements by George Stiles, with sound by Paul Gatehouse, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, projections by Luke Hall and illusions by Paul Kieve & Jim Steinmeyer. The set and costume designs are by Bob Crowley, with co-choreography by Stephen Mear, co-direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne, and direction by Richard Eyre. The UK & Ireland tour is directed by James Powell, with choreography recreated by Richard Jones, and musical supervision by Stephen Brooker.
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