Mamma Mia

Forget about pomp and circumstance. Forget about class and dignity. You know what I said about having elegant chamber music playing with a sexy tenor tickling the ivories while the guests whisper in a low, genteel murmur?

Turns out that's just not me! Well, not totally.

I need Abba! When I get married, I want super troupers, dancing queens and cute boys in boardies as far as the eye can see. Flowers in the garden, broken glasses, dancing in the hallways. Mamma Mia indeed!

But I wouldn't go all the way to their Waterloo! Certainly wouldn't want the cracked floors, the garish 70s glitter or even three blokes crashing the party claiming to be my dad. That's what poor Sophie Sheridan had and I'd find that absolutely nightmarish. Sequins and platform heels? Ugh.


Dominic Cooper who plays the groom in the show!
But bring on the Abba for sure :)

If you haven't already seen this high-spirited romp Mamma Mia, what are you waiting for? The musical tells the tale of Sophie's search for her hitherto unknown birth father - writing a wedding invitation to the three men her hippie mother dallied with in the past. A big fat Greek wedding to be held on the island of Kalokairi, where her mother runs a charmingly crumbling hotel that’s perched above the sparkling blue sea. All interspersed beautifully with various Abba hits from Chiquitita to Take a Chance on Me.

And an amazingly gorgeous cast of Greek boys moving in and out of the background. Seriously. Damned distracting.

But we're here for the music of course! I felt like dancing in the aisles but I already had more than one member of the audience staring me down as I bust out a move from Super Trouper. Wet blankets!



And to think I had a colleague who has never even heard of Dancing Queen! Sacrilegious!