Welcome to Swansea Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Team

Fundraising

£1000 DONATION TO

Swansea paediatric cystic fibrosis ward, SINGELTON.

Ohio-born Gavin Creel, CO-STAR AS (BERT) IN MARY POPPINS, IN THE PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE WEST
END, ON A WEEKEND VISIT TO SWANSEA, MR CREEL WAS SO MOVED BY THE ENDURANCE OF CHILDREN WITH
C.F. (cystic fibrosis), that on is return to the CAPITAL, he Forward a cheque for a £1000 pound to the collection FOUNDS OF Swansea paediatric cystic fibrosis ward, SINGELTON

Getting the part in Mary Poppins happened very suddenly for Creel.

” I’m really excited to be a part of the show and I wanted to play this part so I’m really glad it worked out.” Though it’s his first West End debut, 30-year-old Creel is a seasoned musical theatre performer who has racked up many credits in major US shows since graduating from drama school. Thinking about it, he’s amazed that his parents let him “major” in musical theatre at the University of Michigan. “I think it was the fact that all these professional institutions all accepted me and that sort of proved to them ‘well, he must be good’. And they’re supportive. They probably just said ‘follow your dream’. It sounds cheesy but it’s so true.” Since graduating in 1998 he has performed in the US in Fame, Hair, Bat Boy, the premiere of Sondheim’s new play Bounce and The Mystery Plays, not forgetting two big Broadway shows – as Jean-Michel in the stage version of the hit French comedy film La Cage Aux Folles in 2004, and Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which he picked up a 2002 Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. His hometown of Findlay, Ohio, is very proud of its son’s success – according to Creel’s website, 29 April 2006 was named Official Gavin Creel Day by the town’s mayor. Creel hopes he’ll still be involved when his contract in the London show comes to an end next May, saying: “I hope to be a part of the Poppins family for a long time.

Cystic Fibrosis is the UK's most common life-threatening, inherited disease and affects more than 7500 babies, children and young adults.
Symptoms can include poor weight gain, troublesome coughs, repeated chest infections, salty sweat and abnormal stools.
People with CF are living longer than ever before. Until the 1930s, the life expectancy of a baby with CF was only a few months.
Today the average life expectancy for someone with CF is around 31 years. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects a number of organs in the body
(especially the lungs and pancreas) by clogging them with thick, sticky mucus. At present there is no cure for CF,
but the faulty gene has been identified and doctors and scientists are working to find ways of repairing or replacing it.

The main objectives is to raise funds to purchase equipment for the Swansea Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Clinic.
E: info@ cf-swansea.org.uk
If you wish to make a donation, make your cheque payable to:
swansea paediatric cystic fibrosis clinic

Forward to: Alfredo Ltd, 15/17 belle vue way, Swansea, SA1 5BZ