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New London cast and new 2026 extension for Mamma Mia!

Feel-good musical Mamma Mia! will welcome new cast members to the stage of the Novello Theatre early next month.

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West End’s Mamma Mia! to celebrate 25-year milestone on 6 April 2024

Feel-good musical Mamma Mia! will celebrate its 25th anniversary on 6 April 2024, becoming only the third musical in West End history to reach the milestone.

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Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream: The Final – Novello Theatre

So that’s it – Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley get the life-changing, money-can’t-buy prize, the roles of Sophie and Sky in the 25th anniversary edition of Mamma Mia! after a tense final screened live by ITV from the Novello Theatre in London’s West End.

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New cast for West End’s Mamma Mia!

Producer Judy Craymer has unveiled the new cast for the London production of multi-award-winning feel-good musical Mamma Mia! alongside the announcement of an extension to the booking period to 30 September 2023. The West End production which celebrated its 23rd birthday in London at the Novello Theatre earlier this year will continue to star Mazz […]

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Mamma Mia! – Novello Theatre

Mamma Mia! continues at the Novello Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ ABBA-inspired Mamma Mia! celebrated its 23rd birthday recently and at the same time announced a new West End booking period, taking the hit show up to 5 March 2023. Since premiering in London in 1999, the feelgood musical […]

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Mamma Mia! celebrates 23 years in London and extends booking into March 2023

Multi-award winning feel-good musical Mamma Mia! marked its 23rd birthday in London by announcing a new booking period at the Novello Theatre, taking the hit show up to 5 March 2023. Celebrating the latest milestone in the show’s success story, producer Judy Craymer said: “When we opened the show back in 1999, I never imagined […]

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Full cast announced for West End return of Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! will return to London’s West End at the Novello Theatre on 25 August 2021. Returning to the cast will be Mazz Murray as Donna, Richard Trinder as Sam, Neil Moors as Harry, Stephen Beckett as Bill and Sophie Matthew as Lisa. They will be joined by Josie Benson (Camila Rosario in original London […]

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INTERVIEW: ‘It’s such a privilege to be a part of such a historic event every night’ – Meet Mamma Mia’s Lucy May Barker

Since premiering in London in 1999, ABBA-inspired Mamma Mia!, the epitome of a feel-good musical, has captured the hearts of millions around the globe. The London production has been seen by more than nine million people, played over 8,000 performances and, now in its 21st year, the musical’s success shows no sign of waning. After […]

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West End Bares – Ruby Strippers – Novello Theatre

West End Bares – Ruby Strippers was performed at the Novello Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Glittering shoes and friends of Dorothy took over from the legends of Camelot as David Grewrock and Mélanie Tranter, together with the amazing team behind last year’s sell-out Excalibare, chose to gave us […]

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West End Bares is staged at the Novello Theatre in October

Burlesque-flavoured fundraiser West End Bares will return to the Novello Theatre for two shows on Sunday 29 October. Tickets are now on sale for the annual event which is staged in aid of the Make A Difference Trust, the UK-based charity involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS. An ‘Early Bird’ offer of 20% off the […]

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London’s Mamma Mia! – June cast changes

Full details have been announced for the 12 June cast changes for Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre. Alishia-Marie Blake, Stuart Hickey, Mark Isherwood, Matt Jordan-Pidgeon, Tyler Kennington, Madeleine Leslay, Natasha O’Brien, Alice O’Hanlon, Alexanda O’Reilly, Adam Paul-Robertson, Oli Reynolds and Katy Stredder will join the previously announced Sara Poyzer, Kate Graham, Jacqueline Braun, Richard […]

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Mamma Mia! West End cast changes – Sara Poyzer to play Donna

Sara Poyzer will follow up her success as Donna Sheridan in the first tour of Mamma Mia! by reprising the role as part of the cast at London’s Novello Theatre from 12 June. Poyzer, whose previous West End credits include playing Billy’s Mum in Billy Elliot, will take to the stage alongside fellow Dynamos Kate Graham […]

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West End Bares – Excalibare – Novello Theatre

West End Bares – Excalibare at the Novello Theatre, London. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is happy news indeed that West End Bares has been staged in a legitimate theatre for the first time. It’s where it belongs, like its Broadway equivalent. True, the first six years at the legendary Café de […]

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Julian Ovenden to host Sondheim Society student award gala

Stage and screen actor Julian Ovenden will host a special event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and the Stiles & Drewe Prize. The Downton Abbey actor, who has just released his latest album as a solo singer, will take to the stage to present the 2016 competition gala show […]

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Linzi Hateley rejoins Mamma Mia! London cast

Linzi Hateley will return to the role of Donna Sheridan for the third time in the multi-award winning Mamma Mia! at London’s Novello Theatre from 13 June. Hateley, who played Donna in the capital from 2007-2009 and in 2010, has also appeared in the national tour of Barnum and at the Queen’s Theatre in Les […]

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