STAGE TUBE: Zizi Strallen And Cast Of MARY POPPINS On Royal Variety Performance!

Zizi Strallen and the cast of the UK tour of Mary Poppins starred at this year's Royal Variety Performance!

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.

The magical story of the world's favourite Nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane has been triumphantly and spectacularly brought to the stage with dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs. The stage version of MARY POPPINS is brilliantly adapted from the wonderful stories by PL Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film.

The stage production of MARY POPPINS is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh and has a book by Oscar-winning screenwriter and "Downton Abbey" creator, Julian Fellowes. It has a timeless score by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman including the songs Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds with new songs and additional music and lyrics by the Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. The producer for Disney Theatrical Productions is Thomas Schumacher.

The internationally renowned and multi award-winning creative team assembled for MARY POPPINS is led by stage and film director Richard Eyre. Co-direction and Choreography is by Matthew Bourne, with Co-choreography by Stephen Mear. Set and Costume Design is by Bob Crowley with Lighting Design by Natasha Katz, Sound Design by Paul Groothuis and Orchestrations by William David Brohn. The International Tour of MARY POPPINS is Directed by James Powell with Original Choreography adapted by Geoffrey Garratt. Musical Supervision is by Stephen Brooker.