Richard Standing, Sara Poyzer and More Cast in MAMMA MIA! UK Tour - Full Cast Announced!

The producers of MAMMA MIA! have announced the full cast for the exclusive UK Summer Season of the MAMMA MIA! International Tour at the Blackpool Opera House, opening in June 2014. This will be the only UK venue outside of Londonto host the worldwide hit musical next year.

Real-life husband and wife, Richard Standing and Sara Poyzer, will rejoin the cast of the MAMMA MIA! International Tour, withSara playing Donna Sheridan and Richard playing Sam Carmichael. Sara also played Donna in the West End production ofMAMMA MIA! and the part of Mam in the West End musical Billy Elliot. The MAMMA MIA! International Tour will also starGeraldine Fitzgerald as Tanya, Sue Devaney as Rosie, Michael Beckley as Bill Austin, Keiron Crook as Harry Bright, VictoriaSerra as Sophie Sheridan, Bart Edwards as Sky, Sally Frith as Ali, Jasmin Colangelo as Lisa, Kade Ferriaiolo as Pepper and Ashley Luke Lloyd as Eddie. The role of Donna will be played at certain performances by Natalie Langston.

Also in the cast of the MAMMA MIA! International Tour are Craig Anthony-Kelly, Laura Benazaize, Jay Bryce, Matthew Collyer,Frances Dee, James-Royden Lyley, Gemma Lawson, Megan Louch, Scott Mobley, Aaron Ashley Parker, Ashley Russell, RobbieScotcher, Tom Stanford-Wheatley, Anna Stolli, Lucy Wilkerson, Sarah Wilkie and Jamie Wilkin.

MAMMA MIA! is Judy Craymer's ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs with an enchantingtale of family and friendship unfolding on a Greek island paradise. To date, it has been seen by more than 54 million people in 38productions in 14 different languages grossing more than $2 billion at the box office. MAMMA MIA! The Movie is the highestgrossing musical film and one in four households in the UK has the DVD, which is now Amazon UK's biggest selling DVD ever.

From West End to global phenomenon, the London production of MAMMA MIA! has now been seen by more than 10% of the entireUK population. It is one of only five musicals to have run for more than 10 years both on Broadway and in the West End, and in2011, it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Chinese in the People's Republic of China.

With music & lyrics by Benny Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, MAMMA MIA! is written by Catherine Johnson, directed byPhyllida Lloyd and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast. The production is designed by Mark Thompson, with lighting designby Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce & Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material & arrangementsby Martin Koch.

The MAMMA MIA! International Tour is produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East & Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association withUniversal, Stage Entertainment and NGM.

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