See it if you like easy to watch, fluffy plot line, joyous celebration, great music. You dance in your seat & leave the theatre smiling.
Don't see it if you didn’t like the film and/or ABBA songs.
See it if you love a great night out of fun and sing along at the end
Don't see it if you don't like Abba
See it if you’re fan of the movie, enjoy abba or want to sit with an absolutely plastered crowd who sings over the performers.
Don't see it if see above
See it if You are on a hen party, drunk and like ABBA
Don't see it if you are not on a hen party, sober but still like ABBA
See it if You love the music and the film and being swept into a romance
Don't see it if You don't like anything to twee or the music of Abba
See it if you like feel-good and abba
Don't see it if you hate abba
See it if You like abba and enjoy the film
Don't see it if You want to be entertained and see a thought provoking show
See it if You love abba music
Don't see it if You are expecting a masterpiece
“The songs of ABBA take centre stage in this riotously fun musical about a young woman trying to find out who on earth her dad is...The star-studded 2008 film...only bolstered the success of the original source material, which offers a bonding evening for mothers and daughters everywhere. It’s an evening packed with hits that you already know all the words to, from Dancing Queen to Waterloo, but it’s also a heartwarming story of unconventional families and rekindling lost love.”
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“Ten years on, ‘Mamma Mia!’ – a love story set to Abba songs – still doesn't rival Sophocles, but it remains as stonkingly, wonderfully, unbelievably good as the first time I saw it...Apart from having some of the finest pop songs ever written, ‘Mamma Mia!’ is the ultimate feel-good tale of love conquering all. It is completely uncynical and consistently compelling – it's the perfect show for someone who says they don't like theatre, or who ‘doesn't do musicals’.”
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In Mamma Mia! we have a bulletproof jukebox musical that will run and run. The get-up-and-dance finale provides some of the happiest minutes in a London theatre.
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“Some of the songs are oddly static, but when the choreography does get going it's terrific...The current cast appear to have been chosen more for their singing voices than their serious acting ability. But who needs dramatic conviction when you have purest pop to do the convincing for you? Given the songs, a story just about solid enough to stay upright on its platform heels...it's impossible not to fall for 'Mamma Mia!'s’ twinkling charms.”
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