Mamma Mia Musical, Novello Theatre tickets | Official London Theatre (original) (raw)
First Performance 06/09/2012
Running Time 2h35, inc. interval
The hit ABBA musical that still has West End audiences taking a chance on it more than two decades after it first premiered, Mamma Mia! continues to deliver the feel-good factor to London in spades.
Still drawing in the crowds 24 years after its London premiere, having begun its London theatre journey at the Prince Edward Theatre in 1999, Mamma Mia! now plays at the Novello Theatre, where it delights and entertains audiences over and over again!
Written by Catherine Johnson, Mamma Mia! tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of a young woman and her mother who find themselves re-living past events on the eve of the daughter’s wedding.
Set in sun-soaked Greece, the story centres on Sophie, who is about to be married to Sky. While her mother Donna prepares her guest house for the wedding, Sophie is focussing on things other than her husband-to-be. She’s on a mission to find the identity of her real father. Behind her mother’s back she has invited three possible suspects from Donna’s free-loving past life to the wedding.
To Sophie’s shock – and her mother’s surprise – they all turn up. But which one will take her down the aisle and will any of them rekindle relations with Donna?
Mamma Mia! is directed by Phyllida Lloyd, whose directorial credits include The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie at the National Theatre and is produced by Judy Craymer and Richard East.
The 2008 film of the same name, starring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Julie Walters was written, directed and produced by the same creative team, and went on to become the highest grossing live action musical film ever.
The musical features some of ABBA’s most famous songs, including Does Your Mother Know, Dancing Queen, Money Money Money, Take A Chance On Me, Super Trouper, The Winner Takes It All and, of course, the title song Mamma Mia!.
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Cast
Donna - Mazz Murray
Ensemble / Alternate Donna - Natalie Langston
Tanya - Kate Graham
Rosie - Nicola-Dawn Brook
Bill - Stephen Beckett
Sam Carmichael - Haydn Oakley (Until 5 Oct)
Sam Carmichael - Luke Jasztal (From 7 Oct)
Harry Bright - Christopher Dickins
Sophie Sheridan - Stevie Doc (Until 5 Oct)
Sophie Sheridan - Izi Maxwell (From 7 Oct)
Sky - Tobias Turley (Until 5 Oct)
Sky - Ben Irish (From 7 Oct)
Ali - Jessie Odeleye (Until 5 Oct)
Ali - Harriet Samuels (From 7 Oct)
Lisa - Olivia Brookes (Until 5 Oct)
Lisa - Zaynah Ahmed (From 7 Oct)
Pepper - Arcangelo Ciulla (Until 5 Oct)
Pepper - Thomas Walton (From 7 Oct)
Eddie - Chay Wills (Until 5 Oct)
Eddie - Jamie Landmann (From 7 Oct)
Ensemble - Matthew Barrow, Aaron Archer, John-Paul Birss, Daniel J Brian, Izzy Cross, Ellis Dackombe, Léa Desjacques, Samantha Ivey, Luke Jasztal, Jennie Jacobs, Hayley-Jo Murphy, Bradley Perret and Ella Tweed (Until 5 Oct)
Swing - Amy Barker, Sinéad Courtney, Lauren Dawes, Flyn Mullins and Jacob Ritzema (Until 5 Oct)
Swing / Dance Captain - Lawrence Guntert
Swing / Assistant Dance Captain - Nicole Lupino (Until 5 Oct)
Ensemble - Matthew Barrow, Lawrence Guntert, Samantha Ivey, Flyn Mullins, Hayley-Jo Murphy, Ella Tweed, Mia Anthony Coffield, Franky Attard, Jack Bromage, Maddy Cameron, Dennis Cousins, Timmy Driscoll, Andrew Gallo, Lauren Hall, Genevieve Jameson, Emma Odell, Tom Parsons, Adam Scotland, Jonah Sercombe and Maisie Waller (From 7 Oct)
Creative
Director - Phyllida Lloyd
Producer - Judy Craymer, Richard East and Bjorn Ulvaeus in association with Polygram
Designer - Mark Thompson
Choreographer - Anthony Van Laast
Lighting Designer - Howard Harrison
Sound - Bobby Aitken & Andrew Bruce
Book By - Catherine Johnson
Lyrics By - Benny Andersson & Bjorrn Ulvaeus
Music By - Benny Andersson & Bjorrn Ulvaeus
Musical Supervisor, Additional Material and Arrangements - Martin Koch
Advisory Content
Please be advised the show contains sexual references, mild vulgar language and flashing lights. Parental discretion is advised.
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