Mamma Mia! UK and international tour cast announced
Casting has been announced for the Mamma Mia! UK and international tour, which celebrates 20 years since the musical first premiered.
Opening in Edinburgh in September 2019, the production will visit Bradford (30 October to 23 November), Dublin (10 December to 5 January), Newcastle (22 January to 8 February), Southampton (11 to 29 February), Hull (3 to 21 March), Nottingham (24 March to 4 April) and Birmingham (12 to 30 May).
Sharon Sexton (Donna Sheridan), Sarah Harlington (Alternate Donna), Nicky Swift (Rosie), Helen Anker (Tanya), Rob Fowler (Sam Carmichael), Daniel Crowder (Harry Bright), Jamie Kenna (Bill Austin), Emma Mullen (Sophie Sheridan), Toby Miles (Sky), Marie Finlayson (Ali), Mariella Mazzilli (Lisa), James Willoughby Moore (Pepper), Eamonn Cox (Eddie) and Matthew Ronchetti (Father Alexander) will star in the production from 3 March 2020.
Completing the cast are Taylor Bridges, Ambra Caserotti, Martin Dickinson, Billy Downes, Katie Dunsden, Matt Kennedy, Lewis Kidd, Emma Odell, Blair Robertson, Kaine Ruddach, Ellie Rutherford, Chiara Sparkes, Amy Thiroff, Cameron Vear, Sarah Wilkie and Robert Knight.
Mamma Mia! originally opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 April 1999 and transferred to the Prince of Wales in 2004. It opened at the Novello Theatre in 2012.
With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the musical is written by Catherine Johnson, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast.
The production is designed by Mark Thompson, with lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch.
From West End to global phenomenon, Mamma Mia!is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs with a sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads unfolding on a Greek island idyll.
To date, it has been seen by over 65 million people in 50 productions in 16 different languages. In 2011 it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Mandarin in the People’s Republic of China. Mamma Mia!became the 8th longest running show in Broadway history where it played a record-breaking run for 14 years. Mamma Mia!continues to thrill audiences in London’s West End at the Novello Theatre where it celebrated its 20th Anniversary on 6 April 2019.
Produced by Judy Craymer, Mamma Mia! The Movie became the highest grossing live action musical film of all time upon its release in 2008. A second film, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, opened in July 2018 and is the most successful live musical movie sequel of all time.
TOUR DATES
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
19 – 28 SEPTEMBER 2019 BOOK NOW DETAILS
LA SEINE MUSICALE, PARIS
4 – 20 OCTOBER 2019 BOOK NOW DETAILS
THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD
30 OCTOBER – 23 NOVEMBER 2019 BOOK NOW DETAILS
BORD GÁIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
10 DECEMBER 2019 – 5 JANUARY 2020 BOOK NOW DETAILS
THEATRE ROYAL, NEWCASTLE
22 JANUARY – 8 FEBRUARY 2020 BOOK NOW DETAILS
MAYFLOWER THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON
11 – 29 FEBRUARY 2020 BOOK NOW DETAILS
HULL NEW THEATRE, HULL
3 – 21 MARCH 2020 BOOK NOW DETAILS
ROYAL CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM
24 MARCH – 4 APRIL 2020 BOOK NOW DETAILS
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME, BIRMINGHAM