Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Group are delighted to announce 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 Tuesday 18 November 2025.
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 Sunday 16 November 2025.
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.
Lyn Paul is an international recording artist and star of stage and screen. She was a member of The New Seekers in the 70s, whose iconic recording of the Grammy nominated song “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)” sold over 28 million copies and remains one of the 100 bestselling singles in the UK. Further hits include “Beg, Steal or Borrow,” and “You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me”. After leaving the group, Lyn enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist before she transitioned into musical theatre. Lyn made her debut in the West End taking the lead role of Mrs Johnston in Willy Russell’s hit musical Blood Brothers. She has been voted the definitive Mrs Johnston and reprised the role regularly over 23 years both on tour and in the West End where she was a member of the final cast. Her other stage credits include Calendar Girls, Cabaret, and Taboo. On screen Lyn has appeared in ITV’s Emmerdale and BBC’s Holby City.
The cast is also led by Michael D. Xavier (Olivier nominee for Into the Woods and Love Story, Sunset Boulevard on Broadway) as George Banks, Lucie-Mae Sumner (West End production of Mary Poppins and Barnum at Menier Chocolate Factory) as Winifred Banks, Rosemary Ashe (original casts of the West End productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Olivier nominee for The Witches of Eastwick) as Mrs Brill, Wendy Ferguson (Mary Poppins UK Tour, Les Misérables, West End, The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall) as Miss Andrew, Sharon Wattis (The Pyjama Game and Book of Mormon, West End) as Mrs Corry, Ruairidh McDonald (Matilda, West End) as Roberston Ay and David Burrows (West End productions of Half a Sixpence, My Fair Lady and Oliver!) 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.
