Mamma Mia!

~~~~~Gimme Gimme Gimme a plan before midnight....~~~~~~ So there I was on a wet and washed out Tuesday in early July, having to endure yet another miserable hotel work night far away from home. Despite trawling through an endless collection of unique gift and personalized pampering experience type web sites late into the evening, my desperate search for an inspired surprise present to mark our forthcoming 11th wedding anniversary seemed destined for failure. ~~~ I have a dream...~~~~ Then at last that light bulb moment - given we now only live an hour and a quarter from London by train, how about trying to get hold of tickets ...  Read the complete review

Just a few minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus tube station and surrounded by several restaurants this is ideally located for a wonderful night out. We started the evening at Planet Hollywood oposite the theatre but had many others to choose from. The seats were very comfortable with lots of leg room and space for shopping bags! The staff very friendly and extremley helpful as one lady came over and gave the children cushions to sit on to help them see a bit better. The theatre was lovely and although you had to go up and down stairs for toilets there were numerous so the queue was not too bad. Now on to the play, I was not too sure I would enjoy it, was a bit ...  Read the complete review

Here is an ethical and moral thought experiment for all you budding Mamma Mia philosophers out there. Imagine that you have just seen an emergency news broadcast detailing the certain obliteration of Earth by an unstoppable asteroid in just two short hours. Now imagine also that due to the strict "no mobile phone" policy in the Prince of Wales theatre, everyone but the cast has received the ominous news. Do you tell the cast and give them a chance to say their prayers, or do you keep them blissfully ignorant of their impending doom? I vote for blissful ignorance, "a noble lie" (sin of omission if you will). I will explain the philosophical ...  Read the complete review

Often I’m not a fan of newer musicals and find that, much like newer ballets, they’re not a patch on the oldies. But, I really like Abba songs and when I discovered the Mamma Mia tour was coming to town, I quickly bought tickets. There are lots of unusual things about Mamma Mia. One is that the music wasn’t written for the show, and has existed in its own right for many years. All the Abba classics from Dancing Queen to Super Trouper and of course the title song, Mamma Mia, are featured. In total there are 22 songs, most of which are mainstream Abba (there were only 2 that I was unfamiliar with) and there was only one song I could think of that wasn’t featured ...  Read the complete review

Mamma Mia is a musical based on the songs by Abba. This is a review of the CD which has the original cast recordings from the musical. Before I start, I would like to say only get this CD if you have seen the musical. If you like Abba music then get an Abba CD. Listening to this CD before watching the musical would spoil it. That said, if you have seen the musical then this CD is a must buy. This is a chance to relive those amazing memories of what is an amazing musical. ~~~THE MUSICAL~~~ As I have said, Mamma Mia is a musical based on the songs of Abba. If you have not seen the musical then I would thoroughly recommend ...  Read the complete review