The full cast has been confirmed for the upcoming new UK tour of feel-good musical Mamma Mia!
Launching at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton from 24 October until 8 November, the production will star Jenn Griffin (Donna Sheridan), Ashleigh Jones (Alternate Donna Sheridan), Rosie Glossop (Rosie), Sarah Earnshaw (Tanya), Luke Jasztal (Sam Carmichael), Richard Meek (Harry Bright), Mark Goldthorp (Bill Austin), Lydia Hunt (Sophie Sheridan), Joe Grundy (Sky), Bibi Jay (Ali), Eve Parsons (Lisa), Joseph Vella (Pepper), Ethan Casey-Clothier (Eddie) and William Hazell (Father Alexander).
As previously announced, the tour will visit the Bristol Hippodrome (11-22 November), New Theatre Oxford (25 November to 4 December) and Edinburgh Playhouse (9 December 2025 to 4 January 2026).
The tour will then head for Swansea Building Society Arena (13-24 January 2026), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (27 January to 7 February 2026), Newcastle Theatre Royal (11-28 February 2026), Palace Theatre Manchester (3-21 March 2026), Curve, Leicester (24-29 March 2026), Hull New Theatre (7-18 April), Venue Cymru, Llandudno (21–25 April), Blackpool Opera House (28 April to 3 May), Birmingham Hippodrome (12-30 May), Hall for Cornwall, Truro (2-13 June), Leeds Grand Theatre (16-27 June), Norwich Theatre Royal (30 June to 11 July), Eastbourne Congress Theatre (14-19 July) and Bournemouth Pavillion Theatre (28 July to 2 August).
Announcing the first 2025 venues and dates last September, the musical phenomenon’s creator and producer Judy Craymer said: “It’s fabulous that Mamma Mia! will be returning to Southampton, Bristol, Oxford and Edinburgh. Mamma Mia!’s much-loved story inspired by ABBA’s irresistible hits is celebrating 25 years in the West End and continues to thrill audiences around the world. We can’t wait to again visit these great cities with the new UK tour and welcome back audiences to our Greek island idyll!”
Since its premiere in London’s West End in 1999, Craymer’s inventive musical inspired by the hits of Swedish supergroup ABBA has been seen live by over 70 million people in 50 different productions in 16 different languages. In 2011 the show became the first Western musical to be staged in Mandarin in China. The musical has also been turned into two record-breaking movies – Mamma Mia! The Movie which became the highest grossing live action musical film of all time upon its release in 2008 and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again which opened in July 2018 is the most successful live musical movie sequel of all time.
The show originally opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre in 1999, before moving into the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2004 and then reopening in its current London home, the Novello Theatre in 2012. The London production has broken box office records in all three of its London homes.
With music and lyrics by ABBA’s 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.
Angela Thomas
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