Mary Poppins

[Courtenay]

Hope you enjoy it, Julie. I'd love to see Mary Poppins on stage myself one day.

[Billy Farmer]

I will be going (with two family members) to Norwich Theatre Royal, this afternoon, to see the stage version of Mary Poppins, I am sure I will enjoy the show.

[Billy Farmer]

I got home from Norwich, a while ago, I very much enjoyed the show, and the scenery was lovely.

[Tony Summerfield]

I think this was probably the same touring production that I saw in Southampton with one of the Strallen sisters as Mary Poppins. I agree that the scenery was great as was the performance as a whole, but what wasn't quite as good was the sound which I hope was better in Norwich, but this wasn't the fault of those on stage.

[Rob Houghton]

I saw it years ago at Birmingham Hippodrome - around 2008 - and it was amazing. I think Scarlett Strallen was in it then, but now it's her sister. It's just been to Birmingham Hippodrome again with her sister in it - the tour that must now be at Norwich - but now at the Hippodrome we have Mamma Mia!

[Tony Summerfield]

You probably know this already, but in the original Famous Five dramatisations on cassette, Scarlett Strallen played Anne.

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In later audio versions Summer Strallen was in The Naughtiest Girl cast!

I have now seen all four Strallen sisters in stage musicals.

[Billy Farmer]

I think this was probably the same touring production that I saw in Southampton with one of the Strallen sisters as Mary Poppins. I agree that the scenery was great as was the performance as a whole, but what wasn't quite as good was the sound which I hope was better in Norwich, but this wasn't the fault of those on stage.

Zizi Strallen, was playing Mary, I didn't have any problems hearing the cast on stage.

[Rob Houghton]

You probably know this already, but in the original Famous Five dramatisations on cassette, Scarlett Strallen played Anne.

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In later audio versions Summer Strallen was in The Naughtiest Girl cast!

I have now seen all four Strallen sisters in stage musicals.

I have the 'full set' of dramatised Famous Five cassettes. Funnily enough, Scarlett Strallen does usually play Anne, but there are at least a couple (Five Go Adventuring Again and Five Fall Into Adventure) feature Scarlett Strallen as George!

I also have the dramatisation of The Naughtiest Girl with Summer Strallen as Elizabeth.

I think I've only seen two of the sisters - in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Top Hat. I only learned recently that they are the nieces of Bonnie Langford.

[Tony Summerfield]

I saw Sasi Strallen about three months ago in a musical with the catchy title of Miss Atomic Bomb. She didn't have a very big part, and the star was Catherine Tate. I didn't know that Bonnie Langford was their aunt - or if I did I had forgotten like so many other things these days. Bonnie Langford is no longer the little girl that she found fame as - she is currently playing a grandmother in EastEnders!!

[Rob Houghton]

Their mother is Cherida Langford, Bonnie's sister.