“Wind’s in the East,
there’s a mist coming in
like something is brewing
and ‘bout to begin...”
Our adventure today started out early Wednesday morning. My sons and I boarded a train to meet up with my husband to watch a matinee performance of the highly acclaimed and popular family musical “Mary Poppins”. We arrived at our destination and met up with my husband, while our boys talked over each other greeting and hugging their daddy. We walked towards Capitol Theatre where the musical was showing and on the way stopped at Cupcakes on Pitt to buy several boxes of their delicious different flavoured macaroons and treated the boys with their favourite choice of the yummy cupcakes.
When we got to the theatre, there were already a lot of people outside the theatre taking pictures in front of the many framed “Mary Poppins” posters, which we did ourserlves and since it was still a little over 2 hours before the musical started, we headed off to World Square to have lunch at one of the many selections of cafes and small restaurants the modest food court had to offer.
After our fulfilling lunch, we headed back to the Capitol Theatre and my boys and I went straight to the Merchandise area where we bought a program, a rather large mug and a magnet. There were so many other items we would have liked to have purchased, especially the umbrellas, but they were rather expensive. 
Instead, the boys requested I buy them something much yummier from the bar, which was a blue lemonade flavoured slushie served in a collectable “Mary Poppins” cup. 
Then we took our seats which were located in the Stalls section 3rd row from the stage, smack bang in the middle. They were great seats where the boys could easily see the stage. While we waited for the curtain to rise and the show to start, the boys were curious enough to go towards the stage and have a look at the orchestra pit where the many musicians were finely tuning their instruments. Then the boys came back to their seats and promptly said, “that so cool!” :D 
Then the curtain rose up and we were greeted by Matt Lee as Bert, starting off the show. Pretty soon a stage prop house opened up to reveal the inside of 17 Cherry Tree Lane and to the occupants of the household, Mr. Banks (Philip Quast) and Mrs. Banks (Marina Prior), their children Jane and Michael, and of course the housekeeper and servant. Soon after and seeming to appear out of thin air, was Mary Poppins, portrayed by Verity Hunt-Ballard. She was beautifully costumed, make-up and made up as the “Practically Perfect” and lovable nanny we all know as Mary Poppins.
Time went by so quickly that Act One was suddenly over. It was filled with songs and scenes of some of our favourites from, “Jolly Holiday”, “A Spoonful Of Sugar”, “Feed The Birds” to one of the all time favourite song with the longest word in the world, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”. 
My entire family and I could not help but sing along during these scenes and the boys absolutely loved and laughed at so many scenes, that during the intermission break they had big grins on their faces and couldn’t wait to see what Act Two had to offer.
The choreography of the dancing and tapping was awesome! Matt Lee as Bert showed that he was a marvellous and brilliant dancer, and at one point he was upside down, dancing and tapping from the ceiling! The whole scene was awesome we wanted it to keep going! 
As the show neared its end, we were treated to another magical scene where Mary Poppins flew over the audience, and many eagerly waved at her and gasped as she flew above their heads then disappeared. Moments later, the entire casts were taking their bows to the loud clapping and cheers and whistling from the audience. Finally, appearing last was Mary Poppins, where she was warmly and loudly applauded for her wonderful performance. Then as an extended treat, the whole cast reprised the song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, before finally having the curtains falling down ending a most enjoyable, fun, fantabulously, awesome musical! =D>
I highly recommend, and my family will agree, that you go and see this musical, if you can. Take yourself, your partner, your child and/or children, because this is a show for all ages and one which will leave you smiling and grinning and humming and possibly singing, long after the end of the musical!!
