West End Musical
Mamma Mia Tickets
The feel-good musical that's been making audiences dance for over 25 years
The Story
Mamma Mia! — London
Novello Theatre, Aldwych
Seen worldwide
since 1999
There had been jukebox musicals before Mamma Mia! — but it was the one that kickstarted a trend. In 1999, at the behest of super-producer Judy Craymer, the playwright Catherine Johnson concocted a plot that strung a chunk of ABBA's back catalogue together into a musical score. The result was something new and nostalgic at the same time — and more than 60 million have seen it since, even before one accounts for the film that followed with Meryl Streep in the lead role.
Set on the Greek island of Kalokairi, Mamma Mia! joins 20-year-old Sophie as she's gearing up for marriage. Desperate for her father to walk her down the aisle, she first has to find out who he is. After digging around in her mother's old diary, she identifies three potential candidates — each an old flame — and invites them all along without telling her mother.
"Few musicals have managed to marry pop songs and storylines as seamlessly — or, indeed, as enjoyably — as Mamma Mia!"
Donna, meanwhile, is getting ready with her best girlfriends when, one by one, the three men waltz back into her life: Sam, an American architect; Bill, a British banker; and Harry, an Aussie writer and adventurer. Each comes as a surprise — "Mamma Mia," sings Donna. Not even she knows who Sophie's father is.
It sets up a tangled emotional second half, as old resentments resurface, old flames rekindle, and ABBA's best tunes take on new meanings. Knowing Me Knowing You becomes a song about reconnections, and The Winner Takes It All is one about regrets. Sophie's secret plan sends her fiancé Sky into a fury, and finally, Donna agrees to walk her daughter down the aisle — though it doesn't all go according to plan when the wedding starts.
Mamma Mia!'s big strength is in loading so many anthemic tunes into a single show: Money Money Money, Super Trouper, Chiquita — all the way through to I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do and I Have a Dream. Its innovative form spawned a decade's worth of copycat jukebox musicals, but none have matched the magic of the original.
Notable Songs
Mamma Mia Dancing Queen The Winner Takes It All Super Trouper Honey Honey Knowing Me Knowing You I Have a Dream Money Money MoneyPress Reviews
Irresistible, feel-good fun — audiences are swept away on a tide of Abba classics.The Guardian
A gloriously enjoyable evening — warm, funny and impossible to resist.The Times
This feel-good musical never fails to send audiences home with a spring in their step.Evening Standard
Shamelessly enjoyable — a perfect theatrical escape.Time Out
Mamma Mia! Tickets
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