A scene from Mamma Mia!, visiting Blackpool in summer 2014 as part of the show’s international tour
The producers of Mamma Mia! have announced the full cast for the exclusive UK summer season of the musical’s international tour at the Blackpool Opera House, opening in June 2014 (20 June–31 August). This will be the only UK venue outside of London to host the hit musical next year.
Real-life husband and wife, Richard Standing and Sara Poyzer, will rejoin the cast with Poyzer playing Donna Sheridan and Standing in the role of Sam Carmichael. The former also played Donna in the West End production of Mamma Mia! and the part of Mam in the West End musical Billy Elliot. The touring version will also star Geraldine Fitzgerald (Tanya), Sue Devaney (Rosie), Michael Beckley (Bill Austin), Keiron Crook (Harry Bright), Victoria Serra (Sophie Sheridan), Bart Edwards (Sky), Sally Frith (Ali), Jasmin Colangelo (Lisa), Kade Ferriaiolo (Pepper) and Ashley Luke Lloyd (Eddie). The role of Donna will be played at certain performances by Natalie Langston.
Also in the cast are Craig Anthony-Kelly, Laura Benazaize, Jay Bryce, Matthew Collyer, Frances Dee, James-Royden Lyley, Gemma Lawson, Megan Louch, Scott Mobley, Aaron Ashley Parker, Ashley Russell, Robbie Scotcher, Tom Stanford-Wheatley, Anna Stolli, Lucy Wilkerson, Sarah Wilkie and Jamie Wilkin.
Mamma Mia! has been seen by more than 54 million people in 38 productions in 14 different languages, grossing more than $2 billion at the box office. It is one of only five musicals to have run for more than ten years both on Broadway and in the West End, and, in 2011, it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Chinese in the People’s Republic of China.
With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! 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.
The Mamma Mia! international tour is produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, Stage Entertainment and NGM.
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