Colleen Furlan’s played a London nanny on Rainbow Stage before, but not the umbrella-toting, sugar-spooning, toe-tapping one you’re picturing. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Colleen Furlan’s played a London nanny on Rainbow Stage before, but not the umbrella-toting, sugar-spooning, toe-tapping one you’re picturing. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Colleen Furlan’s played a London nanny on Rainbow Stage before, but not the umbrella-toting, sugar-spooning, toe-tapping one you’re picturing.
In 2013, Furlan made her Kildonan Park debut as Katie Nanna, the caretaker who quits and forces the Banks family to search for someone practically perfect in every way to take care of little Jane and Michael. ● Rainbow Stage ● Aug. 14 to Sept.
11 ● Tickets: starting at $48 for adults and $29 for children at “I had my little debut scene and then played various other roles throughout the show, but it was pretty cool to have a feature in my first Rainbow show,” says Furlan, who has since played lead roles in and for the country’s longest-running outdoor theatre company. Furlan revelled in her first taste of the Rainbow, which brought her close to two childhood idols: Julie Andrews, who originated the Poppins role in the original film adaptation, and local actor Paula Potosky, who put her own spin on author P.L.
Travers’ creation in that 2013 run. “I knew one day that I wante.