Mamma Mia! extends booking to 22 Oct 2016

The ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia! has announced that it has extended its booking period to 22 October 2016 at the Novello Theatre in London's West End.

The long running show is currently booking into its 18th year in the West End, and recently closed on Broadway. To date, it has been seen by 60 million people in 49 productions in 16 different languages grossing more than $2 billion at the box office.

Mamma Mia! originally opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 April 1999, before transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2004. The musical re-opened at its current home, the Novello Theatre, in 2012.

Featuring music and lyrics by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, the musical features a book by Catherine Johnson. It is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast with design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce & Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material & arrangements by Martin Koch.

The current cast includes Mazz Murray as 'Tanya' alongside Jo Napthine as 'Rosie', Gabriella Williams as 'Sophie Sheridan', James Darch as 'Sky', Louise Young as 'Ali', Stephanie Fearon as 'Lisa', Dan Partridge as 'Pepper' and Rory Phelan as 'Eddie'. Dianne Pilkington stars as 'Donna Sheridan', with Richard Trinder as 'Sam', Alasdair Harvey as 'Harry' and Charles Daish as 'Bill'.

Mamma Mia! is produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East & Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal.