Reviews
Reviews
User Review: 11Jan01: [Catherine Johnson]'s witty and ingenious script weaves the famous songs around characters you care about, in an involving story. The tongue-in-cheek way in which Johnson sets up Abba songs to advance the narrative is a delight. {Mamma Mia!::L0749193508} sends you into the night with a grin on your face. A new cast has now taken over. [Louise Plowright] has exactly the right mix of spunky determination and emotional vulnerability, not to mention an exceptionally strong voice. [Julie Atherton] is achingly youthful and genuinely touching as her troubled daughter, and there is strong support from [Louise Gold] and [Lesley Nicol], growing middle-aged disgracefully. But the splendidly delivered songs are the real stars of [Phyllida Lloyd]'s peppy production. At the end the whole audience is on its feet and swaying blissfully along to the hits. User Reviews
The Daily Telegraph (11Jan01): [Catherine Johnson]'s witty and ingenious script weaves the famous songs around characters you care about, in an involving story. The tongue-in-cheek way in which Johnson sets up Abba songs to advance the narrative is a delight. {Mamma Mia!::L0749193508} sends you into the night with a grin on your face. A new cast has now taken over. [Louise Plowright] has exactly the right mix of spunky determination and emotional vulnerability, not to mention an exceptionally strong voice. [Julie Atherton] is achingly youthful and genuinely touching as her troubled daughter, and there is strong support from [Louise Gold] and [Lesley Nicol], growing middle-aged disgracefully. But the splendidly delivered songs are the real stars of [Phyllida Lloyd]'s peppy production. At the end the whole audience is on its feet and swaying blissfully along to the hits.
Set on a Greek island, Mamma Mia! centres on 20-year-old Sophie who, on the eve of her wedding, launches a quest to discover the identity of her father. After reading her single mother Donna's diary, she invites three men from her mum's past back to the island they all last visited 21 years ago to try and find out the truth. Running time 2hrs 30mins. Mamma Mia! website.
