Immersive Mamma Mia! The Party musical to be adapted by Sandi Toksvig

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Immersive Mamma Mia! The Party musical to be adapted by Sandi Toksvig
The Bake Off presenter will pen the story for the piece
AuthorAlex WoodLocationsLondon28 September 2018






Bake Off and QI presenter, writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig will adapt the book for the brand new immersive Abba dining experience at the O2.

Mamma Mia! The Party is set on a Greek island, where guests are treated to a meal while the show unfurls around them, before culminating in a big 1970s disco.

Toksvig said: "This has been a dream job – writing this adaptation mainly because I want to go to it myself and I got to hang out with the legend that is Björn."

The piece has music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (some songs with Stig Anderson), and a story by Calle Norlén, Roine Söderlundh and Björn Ulvaeus. It will be directed by Roine Söderlundh, with set design by Bengt Fröderberg, costumes design by Annsofi Nyberg, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe and sound design by Gareth Owen.

The piece, which begins previews on 29 August 2019, is booking until 18 November 2019 with tickets going on sale next Tuesday at 9am.

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/sandi-toksvig-abba-mamma-mia-o2_47697.html


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Sandi Toksvig to adapt Mamma Mia! spin-off show for London audience



Mamma Mia! The Party – pictured in Stockholm – will come to London next year, adapted by Sandi Toksvig. Photo: Dewynters

Newsby Georgia Snow - Sep 28, 2018
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Sandi Toksvig will adapt the story for the Mamma Mia! spin-off show when it opens at the O2 in London next year.

The writer and broadcaster will adapt Calle Norlen, Roine Soderlundh and Bjorn Ulvaeus’ original story into English for the immersive theatrical and dining experience, Mamma Mia! The Party.

The show has been running in Stockholm since 2016.

Set in a Greek taverna, Mamma Mia! The Party will take place in a venue within the O2 which is being adapted by Steve Tompkins of Haworth Tompkins.

It will seat 500 audience members, who will experience the show alongside a Mediterranean meal.

The show has been created by Abba’s Ulvaeus, with producer Ingrid Sutej, and features music and lyrics by Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

Toksvig said of her involvement: “This has been a dream job – writing this adaptation mainly because I want to go to it myself and I got to hang out with the legend that is Bjorn.”

Mamma Mia! The Party previews from August 29, 2019, and opens on September 19.

It will be directed by Soderlundh, with set by Bengt Froderberg, costumes by Annsofi Nyberg, lighting by Patrick Woodroffe and sound by Gareth Owen.


https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/sandi-toksvig-to-adapt-mamma-mia-spin-off-show-for-london-audience/