‘Mamma Mia’ London West End comes alive in Colombo
View(s):The sensational and popular musical ‘Mamma Mia’ will come to the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre in Colombo for an eight-day run from 22nd to 30th December as part of the international tour.
‘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 50 productions in 16 different languages. When it was released in 2008, ‘Mamma Mia’- the Movie became the highest grossing live action musical film of all time. A second film, ‘Mamma Mia -Here We Go Again’ had its global release in July 2018.
From West End to global phenomenon, the London production of ‘Mamma Mia’ has now been seen by more than 10% 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 the People’s Republic of China.
The hugely successful International Tour, since premiering in Dublin in September 2004, has visited 85 cities across 38 countries and sold over 5 million tickets.
With music and 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.
The worldwide smash hit musical ‘Mamma Mia’ is presented by Cinnamon Life, an integrated development by Sri Lanka’s premier listed conglomerate, the John Keells Group. Cinnamon Life is envisioned to be the epicentre of modern South-east Asia offering an urban escape into world-class hospitality, entertainment and lifestyle. This iconic project designed by Cecil Balmond will be a city within a city, and will consist of an 800-roomed luxury 5 star Cinnamon hotel, 427 premium residential apartments across two towers, shopping and entertainment spaces,
The ‘Mamma Mia’ International Tour is produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Little star in association with Universal, Stage Entertainment and NGM.
Meanwhile ‘Mamma Mia!’ sing-along movie too returns to Colombo with star-studded sequel premiere amid olive trees and plenty of ABBA tunes, the musical world of ‘Mamma Mia’ took over a London theater for the film sequel’s world premiere with Oscar winner Meryl Streep and pop diva Cher among the attendees.
Tickets are priced at RS.7500/-, RS.10,000/-, RS.15,000/, and RS.20,000/-
