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MAMMA Mia! will return to Leeds Grand Theatre from November 24 to December 5 on the tour to mark 20 years since the Abba musical’s London premiere.
Tickets will go on general sale on January 29 on 0844 848 2700 or at leedsgrandtheatre.com.
Built around the music and lyrics of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus,Mamma Mia!revels in Judy Craymer’s vision of staging the story-telling magic of Abba’s songs with a sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads unfolding on a Greek island idyll.
To date, Mamma Mia! has been seen by more than 65 million people in 50 productions in 16 languages. In 2011, it became the first Western musical to be staged in Mandarin in China.
Mamma Mia!became the eighth longest-running show on Broadway, where it played a record-breaking run for 14 years and it continues to play in London’s West End at the Novello Theatre, where the 20th anniversary fell on April 6 2019.
The first British tour of Mamma Mia! visited Leeds Grand Theatre from May 30 to July 8 in 2017.