MAMMA MIA! ALL THEY WANT IS TO SING IT OUT LOUD!

ALL-SOUTH AFRICAN STAR STUDDED CAST ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD’S NUMBER 1 SHOW

From sets to costumes and its multi-talented 31-member company and six musicians, MAMMA MIA! 2010 is proudly South African.  Boasting a cast featuring South Africa’s finest talent starring many highly acclaimed stars of stage, film and the small screen, MAMMA MIA! is next year’s hottest ticket for fun-filled family entertainment. 

Opening at Artscape, Cape Town from Sunday, 15 August 2010, continuing to The Teatro at Montecasino from Tuesday, 05 October 2010 the SA cast of this global smash hit musical will be “singing out loud” for “somewhere in the crowd, there’s you”.

Award winning actress Gina Shmukler stars as the mother of the bride, Donna Sheridan. Joining her on stage is South Africa’s youngest theatre sensation, 19 year old Carmen Pretorius cast as the bride-to-be, Sophie; theatre and television award winning actress, Ilse Klink is the no-nonsense Rosie and acclaimed stage and television star, Kate Normington plays the role of the wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya.  Cape Town actor and 2008 IDO Hip Hop World Championships team finalist dancer, Stephen Jubber plays Sophie’s fiancée, Sky.

Popular Afrikaans actor and soapie-star Anrich Herbst who began his television career as the young son, “Wimpie” in the hit series Orkney Snork Nie and went on to play major roles in Egoli and Isidingo, will delight audiences in the role of the charismatic, Sam Carmichael, one of Sophie’s three possible fathers.  Murray Todd is Bill Austin, another possible father of the bride.

Sophie’s friends Ali and Lisa are played by Christel Mutombo and Gemma Donnelly with Karabo Maithufi and Christopher Jaftha as Sky’s friends, Pepper and Eddie.