MAMMA
MIA RETURNS TO NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL – FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR UK TOUR
As the winter continues, balmy summer days
might seem a long way off. But that’s all about to change when the sunniest musical
of them all Mamma Mia! bursts onto
the Newcastle Theatre Royal stage to well and truly banish away the January
blues.
Following a spectacular run in 2017, the sensational
feel-good musical Mamma Mia! makes a
triumphant return (Wed 22 Jan – Sat 8 Feb 2020) as part
of its UK tour celebrating 20 years since its London premier in April 1999.
From West End to global phenomenon, 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 and proved a huge hit with North East
audiences playing to packed out houses throughout its previous three week run.
Full
casting has been announced with 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) set to star in the production.
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.
To date, Mamma
Mia! 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.
Mamma Mia! is at Newcastle Theatre Royal
for a three-week run between Wed 22 Jan and Sat 8 Feb 2020 playing evenings at
7.30pm and matinees Tue 2pm (28 Jan only), Thu 2pm, and Sat 2.30pm.Tickets from
£26.00 can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone
company’s access charge) or book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
