It is very carefully concealed wires. Trust me, with enough money you can do anything these days. Always be open to anything (didn't you see the prestige?)

Even more concealed than in Chitty? Cos some of the wires in that were near invisible, but some, like the Baloon Seller at the funfair were really strikingly obvious

Chitty didn't use wires It was a mecanical arm under the car

So, did it actually look like he was walking upside-down? (I haven't seen it).

All three shows I saw used flying (BatB - Gaston falling, WICKED - Monkeys, TLK - Scar falling) and they used painfully obvious black wires every time.

No, I mean when the kids fly, when the balloon seller flies etc. Some wires were good, some were blatant!

And yes, it does look like he's walking/dancing upside down!

Hello

I saw the show sometime in March 2006. I enjoyed it very much, and i thought that Scarlett was "Practically Perfect" . Gavin Lee was excellent as well.
The "Supercali........" number was amazing, and the theatre joined in clapping. It was really great stuff.
As for the wires. Yes, there are wires, and i actually saw them because i was sitting fairly close to the stage. It is impressive neverhtless. But if you don't see them it is even better.
Mary flew within a touching distance from me.
Chim Chim Cheree is probably the best tune of the show.

Does she fly with it then?

Before I go to see this (and I'm thinking of using my Theatre Tokens for it), are there any explosions/sudden loud noises during the show? I know that in the original movie the Step In Time number has fireworks going off in the background ...

One for certain: when Miss Andrew disappears, there's an explosion

thats rad i want to see it now...i think im gonna move to london so i can see mary poppins and also so i can see daniel radcliffe exposed

Whenever I saw Beauty and the Beast, I never saw Gaston use wires for his fall, he just fell backwards over the side of the wall and seemingly landed on a cushion stage right behind a bit of scenery.

The black wires thing I dunno, in Chitty, the kids flying looked amazing, couldnt see the wires, but in the fairground scene, a balloon seller comes on, and both times I saw the show, when he comes on, you immediately see two ugly wires right obviously behind them, highlighted by a stage light, so it spoils the magic.

I think the walking thing works in MP. Sure, you can see he has wires but it's a different set up to normal wire work, I don't know how to describe it properly.