Here we go again: Mamma Mia! extends in the West End as its 20th birthday approaches

07 Sep
2018
Posted in: Theatre News
Author: Staff
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(left to right) Kate Graham, Sara Poyzer & Ricky Butt in Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre. Picture: Brinkhoff & Mögenburg

Audiences keep thanking Abba for the music as Mamma Mia! opens up a new booking period at the Novello Theatre from 4 March to 14 September 2019. Twentieth birthday celebration can begin on 6 April! How many times have you seen it?

The London cast of Mamma Mia! stars Sara Poyzer as Donna, Kate Graham as Tanya, Ricky Butt as Rosie, Richard Trinder as Sam, Neil Moors as Harry, Stephen Beckett as Bill, Georgia Louise as Sophie, Alec Porter as Sky, Charlotte O’Rourke as Ali, Leah St Luce as Lisa, Damian Buhagiar as Pepper and Eamonn Cox as Eddie, with Caroline Deverill playing the role of Donna Sheridan at certain performances.

Also in the cast are Chloe Ames, Chloe-Jo Byrnes, Adam Clayton-Smith, Adam Davidson, Luke Hall, Lauren Hampton, Jack Heasman, Jennifer Hepburn, Stuart Hickey, Zoe Humphryes, Mark Isherwood, Tyler Kennington, Robert Knight, Chanel Mian, James Willoughby Moore, Natasha O’Brien, Dean Read, Beth Relf, Annie Southall and Katy Stredder.

From West End to global phenomenon, Mamma Mia! is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the storytelling magic of Abba’s timeless songs with a tale of family and friendship unfolding on a Greek island paradise. The show originally opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 April 1999, before transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2004, and then to the Novello Theatre in 2012. The London production has been seen by over 8.9 million people, played more than 8,000 performances and has broken box office records in all three of its London homes.

With music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, the musical is written by Catherine Johnson, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast.