MAMMA MIA! extends booking to March 2027 as it celebrates 27 years in the West End
MAMMA MIA! will be celebrating its 27th birthday on 6 April 2026 at London’s Novello Theatre and is the third longest running West End musical of all time.
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, and then to the Novello Theatre in 2012.
The musical returned to Broadway, at the musical’s original home, the Winter Garden Theatre, on 2 August 2025 for a highly successful limited six-month run until 1 February 2026. Originally opening in New York in 2001, the production played for a record-breaking 14 years at the Winter Garden and then at the Broadhurst Theatre, making it Broadway’s ninth longest-running show of all time.
A new UK Tour began on 24 October 2025 and will run through to 30 January 2027.
The Story of Mamma Mia!
The sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads on a Greek island idyll, all unfolding to the magic of ABBA’s timeless pop masterpieces, has been seen in over 50 productions in 16 different languages, grossing more than £4.5 billion at the box office, and turned into two record-breaking movies – MAMMA MIA! The Movie and MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again.
The Cast of Mamma Mia!
From Monday 12 October 2026, the global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at London’s Novello Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, welcomes a new cast with Sara Poyzer and Richard Standing returning as Donna & Sam respectively.
The full 2026/2027 London cast stars Sara Poyzer (Come From Away, UK tour) as Donna, Vivien Carter (Anything Goes, Barbican) as Tanya, Laura Medforth (Muriel’s Wedding, Curve) as Rosie, Richard Standing (Faith Healer, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Sam, Daniel Crowder (Gypsy, The Mill at Sonning) as Harry, Rakesh Boury (Matilda the Musical, West End) as Bill, Ellie Gilbert-Grey (Freaky Friday the Musical, Home Manchester) as Sophie, Kyle Cox (&Juliet, UK & Ireland Tour) as Sky, Natorii Illidge (Moulin Rouge! The Musical, West End) as Ali, Foxy Valentine (MAMMA MIA!) as Lisa, Edward Turner (Grease, International Tour) as Eddie and Charlie Garton (Matilda the Musical, UK & Ireland tour) as Pepper, with Emma Odell (Sister Act, West End) playing Donna at certain performances.
Other new cast members include Margaret Atta, Dan Burstow, Will Forgave, Erin-Sophie Halliday, Nicole Ingram, Harry Jack, Imogen Malone, David Nairne, Andy Rees, Julie Repérant, Beth Shaw, and Matt Trevorrow. They join remaining cast members Matthew Barrow, Lawrence Guntert, Laura Jayne-Hardie, Deena Kapadia, Benjamin Kempton, Tom Parsons, Emily Squibb, Ria Turner.
The Creative Team of Mamma Mia!
With music & lyrics by Benny Andersson & 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 & Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material & arrangements by Martin Koch.
West End Wilma Review of London’s Mamma Mia! ★★★★★
Additional information about Mamma Mia!
Booking until
2 October 2027
Show Times
Monday – Saturday: 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday: 3pm
Running Time
2 hours and 35 minutes (including a 15-minute interval)
Theatre
Novello Theatre
Age Recommendation
5+
Access Performances
Captioned performance (StageText): 3.00pm, 16 January 2027
Audio described performance (and touch tour) (VocalEyes): 3.00pm, 23 January 2027
More about the London cast of Mamma Mia!
Sara Poyzer previously played Donna Sheridan in MAMMA MIA! for over 12 years, across the UK, internationally and in the West End; she last played Donna at the Novello Theatre from 2017 to 2019. Other theatre includes the UK Tour of Come From Away as Captain Beverley Bass, Assassins (Watermill Theatre), Rutherford & Son (The Other Palace), Othello (Trafalgar Studios) and Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace). Earlier this year, Sara played Fiona Morley in Coronation Street and other TV credits include Casualty, EastEnders, Doctors, Heartbeat, Dangerfield, Playing the Field and Peak Practice. On radio, she played Leonie Snell in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers.
Nicky Swift previously played Rosie in the UK & International Tours of MAMMA MIA!. Other recent theatre credits include the title role in the UK Tour of Shirley Valentine, the UK Tour of Footloose and Les Misérables in the West End.
Richard Standing, the real-life husband of Sara Poyzer, has starred as Sam opposite Sara in the UK & International Tours of MAMMA MIA!. Richard’s TV credits include Danny Hargreaves in Coronation Street, The Grand, The Bill, Casualty, Doctors, Silent Witness and Holby City. Other recent theatre credits include the title role in Macbeth and Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre.
Daniel Crowder’s recent TV credits include Garth in The Cockfields, Coronation Street and Casualty. His recent theatre credits include the UK Tour of Come From Away, Gypsy at the Mill at Sonning and The Graduate at West Yorkshire Playhouse. He has previously played Harry in the UK & International Tours of MAMMA MIA!.
Tamlyn Henderson’s screen roles include the film The Salt Path and the television series The Tatooist of Auschwitz. Originally from Australia, he’s appeared in the Australian productions of Les Misérables and The Sound of Music and the International Tour of Les Misérables, as well as Sam in the UK & International Tour of MAMMA MIA!. He also starred as Earl in the West End and UK & Ireland Tour of Waitress.
Ellie Kingdon previously played Sophie in the UK & International Tour of MAMMA MIA!. She also starred as Marty in Grease at London’s Dominion Theatre, as well as Sandy in the UK Tour of Grease.
George Maddison previously played Sky in the UK & International Tour of MAMMA MIA!. Other theatre includes Carousel at Kilworth House Theatre and Heathers the Musical at London’s The Other Palace.
