Mamma Mia Cast Sings The Song For You, Lockdown Style

There is no stopping the current West End Mamma Mia! cast amidst the lockdown as they have found a way to cheer and reach out to their fans. In a recent YouTube video, the cast can be seen performing the musical’s title track from isolation and from different places; within the house, from the garage, rooftops, or sofas.

Actress Mazz Murray, who plays the role of Dona says at the beginning of the video, “While these are all very scary times, the company – who are currently all in isolation obviously – thought we would do something for you that could help lift your spirits. So enjoy!”

Key Takeaways

• Amidst the lockdown, West End's current Mamma Mia! cast posted a special performance of YouTube.

• In the video, the cast can be seen performing the musical's title track from isolation.
• Actor Mazz Murray says in the video that the cast wanted to "lift" everyone's spirits.

This video has the current West End Mama Mia! cast performing the musicals’ title track from isolation and performing from different places within the house be it from garages, rooftops, or sofas.

The musical, which runs at Novello Theatre, has recently celebrated its 21^st anniversary, although due to the lockdown. its shows remain canceled. It is centered on the music of famous pop group ABBA and is about a mother and daughter entangled in a series of romantic trysts. With this video, the casts have surely managed to raise the spirits of their fans and other people and made this lockdown an engaging and entertaining one.

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This musical and comedy show is known to bring back the much loved and feel-good songs of ABBA such as Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love On Me, Dancing Queen, Take A Chance on Me, The Winner Takes It All and of course Mamma Mia.

The musical comedy

The first show of Mamma Mia! the musical was performed in 1999, in the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre, but after September 2012, it shifted to NovelloTheatre.

Written by Catherine Johnson, it revolves around a woman named Donna who has a daughter, Sophie who is about to get married. Donna in the past had three lovers and the confusion arises when she does not know out of the three who is the father of her daughter and this goes on to create a lot of confusion.

Such is the popularity of the play that it has been adapted into a film by the same name, that released in 2008, starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Amanda Seyfried.

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This musical-comedy show is known to bring back the much loved and feel-good songs of ABBA such as Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love On Me, Dancing Queen, Take A Chance on Me, The Winner Takes It All and of course Mamma Mia.

Shreya is an intern with SheThePeople.TV.