Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! tickets
Smash-hit ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia! has been entertaining audiences for several years at London's Novello Theatre. Packed full of ABBA classics, such as "Honey, Honey", "Super Trouper", "Voulez-Vous", "Does Your Mother Know", amongst many others! Set on a Greek island, young Sophie prepares for her wedding whilst looking to invite her estranged father to the ceremony. Although Sophie does not know who he is, she does find her mother's diary, which can point her towards three very different men! A fantastically fun tale of love, lust and passion, set to the soundtrack of one of the world's biggest bands, Mamma Mia! is sure to provide the best night out!
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Booking until 29 March 2025

Box Office Contacts

Box Office:0344 482 5151
Access Booking:0344 482 5137
Group Booking:0344 482 5100
Stage Door:020 7759 9611
The Novello Theatre’s box office is located within the theatre building on Aldwych and is open on performance days from 2 ours 30 minutes before the show begins, until 15 minutes after curtain up. The box office remains open between shows on matinee days. Pre-purchased tickets can be arranged for collection at the box office and may be picked up on the day within the hour before the performance starts. You will need to take both the credit or debt card you paid with and your booking reference number as proof of purchase. You may also require identification Visit the official website

History

Built by W.G.R. Sprague as a pair alongside the Aldwych Theatre, the building originally opened as the Waldorf Theatre in 1905, before being renamed the Strand Theatre in 1909 and later the Whitney Theatre 1911, before reverting back to the Strand Theatre once more in 1913. In 2005, Delfont Mackintosh renamed the venue the Novello Theatre, in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived above the theatre for almost forty years.

Early productions included Lights Out (1905), starring Harry Irving, followed by Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard (1909), Aren’t Men Beasts (1936) and Spotted Dick (1939). Throughout the 1940's the theatre hosted comedies such as Arsenic and Old Lace which ran for 1,337 performances, Sailor Beware! (1955), which ran for 1,231 performances and Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963-1965).

1971 saw Michael Crawford star in No Sex Please, We’re British!, which ran at the Novello Theatre for ten years before transferring to the Garrick Theatre to continue its run. Following productions included The Real Thing (1982-1985), Cabaret (1986-1987), Someone Like You (1990), Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love (1993), Buddy (1995-2002) and The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas (2003-2005).

After several successful shows, the Royal Shakespeare Company arrived at the venue in 2005 and remained until 2007, with a brief interlude of Footloose - the Musical (2006), starring Cheryl Baker. RSC productions included Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Anthony and Cleopatra and The Tempest.

A brief interlude of musicals followed, including The Drowsy Chaperone (2007), Desperately Seeking Susan - A New Musical (2007), featuring music by Blondie and Deborah Harry and starring Emma Williams and Kelly Price. After receiving less than rave reviews, the musical lasted for only eight weeks and was replaced with Shadowlands (2007-2008), which transferred from Wyndham's Theatre.

The RSC returned once more between 2008-2009, presenting Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew. A revival of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening (2009) followed, as well as An Inspector Calls (2009), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2009-2010), Tap Dogs (2010), Betty Blue Eyes (2011), Crazy for You (2011-2012) and a new production of Noises Off (2012), starring Celia Imrie, followed by a brief Derren Brown show.

Since 2012, the Novello Theatre has made its name hosting worldwide ABBA sensation Mamma Mia!, which transferred to the venue from the Prince of Wales Theatre.