THE big West End hit Mamma Mia! is heading for Southampton, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal today.
The first ever Mamma Mia! UK Tour will come to the city's Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday September 13 to Saturday October 8, 2016.
Tickets for the show at the Mayflower Theatre go on sale next month.
The sunniest of shows Mamma Mia! features Abba’s greatest hits from Dancing Queen to Take a Chance on Me.
It was first staged at the West End in 1999 before being turned into a blockbusting film featuring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters and Hampshire’s own Colin Firth in 2008.
Mamma Mia! is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of Abba’s timeless songs with an enchanting tale of family and friendship unfolding on a Greek island paradise.
To date, it has been seen by more than 60 million people in 49 productions in 16 different languages.
Mamma Mia! The Movie is the highest worldwide grossing live-action musical film of all time and in the UK is the highest selling DVD of all time.
Christine Baranski (Tanya), Meryl Streep (Donna) and Julie Walters (Rosie) star in Mamma Mia!
From West End to global phenomenon, the London production of Mamma Mia! has now been seen by more than 10 per cent of the entire UK population.
It is one of only five musicals to have run for more than 10 years both on Broadway and in the West End, and in 2011, it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Mandarin in China.
With music & lyrics by 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.
Cast for the UK tour will be announced in due course.
The Mamma Mia! UK Tour is produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal and NGM.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on September 22 with advance booking for Mayflower Theatre Executive Members from September 2.
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