Mamma-Mia! Singalong where is the audience?
August 26, 2008
As reported on our main site, it is just when you thought this summer’s Abba-mania was starting to die down, producers have announced they are releasing an exclusive sing-a-long version of the recent box-office smash musical Mamma Mia! at cinemas nationwide. Special subtitled screenings of the film, which features hits such as Dancing Queen, S.O.S, Money, Money, Money and the title song, are due to begin later this week at participating cinemas
One of those cinema is the Odeon, Silverlink but at the Saturday showing there were only 16 people and last night (August 25th Bank Holiday) 21. Our party made up 8 of the audience and varied in ages from two seven year olds to someone the rightside of 50! But despite the lack of an audience, we all clapped, sang along and waved our arms in the air. At the closing “Waterloo” number we stood up and danced, soon followed by the six people was behind us. No one left until they had clapped and sang through the closing credits and then one female voice rang out from the darkness at the back of the cinema thanked everyone for joining in and making her night.
This is a great night out and as the stage show has bypassed our area (nearest theatre the tour played was the Edinburgh Playhouse) it is possibly the only chance to catch this feel good show in the North East for some time.
Having seen the movie in both “straight” and now singalong versions, I can recommend either as a great night out. I would really like to witness this singalong with a packed cinema as I am sure the place would be electric. The Odeon had only one showing per day at 21.20 , so maybe audiences were going elsewhere in the region as coming out at 11.30 p.m. is a bit late.
Despite the fact it was only released last month (10 July), Mamma Mia! has already become the biggest selling musical in UK cinema history, and recently surpassed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as this year’s highest grossing film. It features a stellar cast including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters, and is adapted from the hit stage musical which premiered in 1999.
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