Mamma Mia! celebrates 25th anniversary in the West End

This past weekend, the West End production of Mamma Mia! celebrated its 25th anniversary.

At the curtain call on Saturday evening, the cast were joined on stage by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, alongside Judy Craymer (creator and producer), Catherine Johnson (book writer), Anthony van Laast (choreographer), Siobhan McCarthy (original Donna) and Lisa Stokke (original Sophie) to mark the occasion.

You can read more about the milestones of the musical’s 25-year history here.

Check out a selection of photos from the celebrations below:

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The London production currently stars Mazz Murray as Donna, Kate Graham as Tanya, Nicola-Dawn Brook as Rosie, Haydn Oakley as Sam, Christopher Dickins as Harry, Stephen Beckett as Bill, Stevie Doc as Sophie, Tobias Turley as Sky, Jessie Odeleye as Ali, Olivia Brookes as Lisa, Chay Wills as Eddie and Arcangelo Ciulla as Pepper, with Natalie Langston playing Donna at certain performances.

Completing the company are Aaron Archer, Amy Barker, Matthew Barrow, John-Paul Birss, Daniel J Brian, Sinéad Courtney, Izzy Cross, Ellis Dackombe, Lauren Dawes, Léa Desjacques, Lawrence Guntert, Samantha Ivey, Jennie Jacobs, Luke Jasztal, Nicole Lupino, Flyn Mullins, Hayley-Jo Murphy, Bradley Perret, Jacob Ritzema and Ella Tweed.

Mamma Mia!, which opened in the West End in 1999, has been presented in 16 different languages – grossing more than $4 billion at the box office over its quarter-century lifespan (not including its two titanic films).

Opening first on 6 April 1999, the ABBA-infused musical ran at the Prince Edward Theatre, before moving to the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2004 and the Novello Theatre, which it currently calls home, in 2012.

With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Ulvaeus, the show is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and designed by Mark Thompson, with lighting by Howard Harrison, sound by Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch.

Mamma Mia! has become the third musical in the history of the West End to accomplish a 25th anniversary – after Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera – and is the first musical written and directed by a woman to reach the milestone.