Mamma Mia! (West End) London Reviews and Tickets

84%

(218 Reviews)

Positive

88%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Entertaining, Delightful, Great singing, Funny, Enchanting

About the Show

Olivier Award-nominated jukebox musical featuring the hits of Swedish pop group, ABBA.

Set on a small Greek island, bride-to-be Sophie dreams of a perfect wedding where her father will give her away. The only problem is that she has three possible dads and is unsure who her real father is!

When Sophie learns from her mother's old diary that her father might be either: Sam, Bill, and Harry, she secretly invites them all to the wedding, certain that she'll know who her real father is. But when she finally sees them, Sophie struggles to know which of the three men is the actual one.

Catherine Johnson's jukebox musical inspired the hit film adaptation and features the timeless songs of the Swedish pop group, ABBA including 'Dancing Queen', 'The Winner Takes It All', and 'Mamma Mia'. Nominated for the 2000 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

Member Reviews (218)

Audience pleaser!, Lively, Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful

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.

Romantic, Must see, Great staging, Great singing, Dizzying

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

Fluffy

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

Banal, Overrated

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

Overrated, Romantic, Fluffy, Entertaining, Banal

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

Funny, Great songs, Entertaining

See it if you like feel-good and abba

Don't see it if you hate abba

Slow, Funny

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

Disappointing, Cliched, Ambitious

See it if You love abba music

Don't see it if You are expecting a masterpiece

Critic Reviews (4)

“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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