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Nikos Taverna. Photo: Grant Walker
MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY
LAUNCHES CHARITY PARTNERSHIP
London’s biggest night out, Mamma
Mia! The Party at The O2, London is
celebrating the start of its year-long
partnership with Nordoff and Robbins,
the UK’s largest music therapy charity.
Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, the
production is celebrating its sixth year at
The O2 and has announced an extension
of performances through to April 2027
due to huge demand.
A star-studded gala performance saw
guests including Katherine Ryan, Alison
Steadman and Craig Revel Horwood
transported to the island of Skopelos
within London’s iconic O2 for a fourcourse Greek feast during the extra
special evening. Also in attendance were
Sandi Toksvig, Amy Dowden, Juliet
Mayhew, Lemar, Lioness Bethany
England and Ashley James.
Sophie Arendt, Managing Director of
Mamma Mia! The Party, said: ‘The music
of ABBA holds a special place in the
hearts of millions. Joyful, timeless, and
unifying, it continues to bring people
together across all generations. We
witness that joy at every show of
Mamma Mia! The Party, as guests arrive
for a shared experience of food, fun, and
music – and depart hours later still
uplifted and dancing. That same
transformative power of music lies at the
core of what Nordoff and Robbins does,
and we are honoured that our very first
fundraising gala performance has helped
contribute to their vital mission.’
Mamma Mia! The Party has been a
fan favourite since opening in London in
September 2019 and has welcomed over
600,000 people through its blue doors
for a full evening of dancing, dining and
singing to some of ABBA’s greatest hits.
It is executive produced by Björn
Ulvaeus and Pophouse Entertainment.
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SIX THE MUSICAL: AFTERNOON TEA
FIT FOR A QUEEN
The award-winning global hit SIX has
teamed up with The Soho Hotel to unveil
a regal new SIX the Musical Afternoon
Tea experience, inspired by the six
Queens and the musical that continues
to reign over the West End.
Until the end of the year, Refuel at The
Soho Hotel will serve a limited-edition
Afternoon Tea menu daily, created in
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collaboration with the hit West End show
celebrating the six wives of Henry VIII.
The crowning glory of the Afternoon
Tea is a line-up of six pastries, each
inspired by one of the Queens: Aragon’s
Crown of Honour; Boleyn’s Strawberry
Biscuit; Seymour’s Heart of Stone
Blueberry Choux; Black Forest Cake of
Cleves; Howard’s All You Want is Rice
Pudding; and Parr’s Tudor Rose and
Lemon Curd Macaron.
The Queens currently reigning over
the West End are: Jaz Robinson as
‘Catherine of Aragon’, Thao Therese
Nguyen as ‘Anne Boleyn’, Hana Stewart
as ‘Jane Seymour’, Dionne WardAnderson as ‘Anna of Cleves’, Caitlyn De
Kuyper as ‘Katherine Howard’, and
Amelia Kinu Muus as ‘Catherine Parr’.
From 4 to 9 November, SIX will
welcome cast members from its smashhit Japan production to the West End for
a special one-week run. Across eight
performances, the show will be
performed entirely in Japanese (with
English subtitles provided) for the first
time in the UK.
SIX is written by Toby Marlow and
Lucy Moss, with direction by Lucy Moss
and Jamie Armitage. It is produced by
Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes and
George Stiles.
Currently playing at Broadway’s Lena
Horne Theatre, the tour continues to play
cities throughout the US.
Tickets to all international
productions of SIX are available via
sixthemusical.com
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