, John and I found a very very reasonably priced restaurant just a few steps from the Prince Edward Theatre. For a mere £21 we consumed between us: minestrone soup, beef strogonoff with rice chips & veg, canelloni with chips & salad, treacle pudding with custard, apple crumble with custard, half a bottle of red wine, a lemonade, a bottle of beer & a cup of tea. Amazing value & very nice too!The musical Mary Poppins began at 7:30 & we had good seats in the middle of the stalls in row O. Despite being knackered from the day's events so far & all the miles of walking, as soon as the show started, that was all forgotten. The scenery was fantastic, the cast were superb, and the songs were of course feet-tappingly great! It was all very cleverly done & one of the highlights was when Bert walked up the side of the stage, along the top upside-down & down the other side. Another was at the end when Mary Poppins glided over the rooftops on the stage & then came overhead above the audience & then finally disappeared into the blackness. The encores of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious at the end certainly left the audience clapping along in appreciation & made sure you went home with a broad smile on your face. Certainly, for the rest of the night, I couldn't stop humming the tunes of 'Step in Time', 'A spoonful of Sugar' and 'Chim Chim Cheree'.
I've got to say that compared to the film, although it is an all-time classic, the musical was far far better and I would recommend it to everyone. I would certainly love to see it again someday.
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