Due to extraordinary demand, Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY, London’s premier dining experience is extending to 31 December 2025 at The O2, London with tickets on sale now.
As previously announced, Ian Kelsey will join the cast from 5 February 2025 in the role of Nikos, taking over from Antony Costa who played his final performance on 15 November 2024. Fed Zanni (A View From The Bridge, Haymarket, West End), who originated the role in 2019, returns to the cast to play Nikos until 2 February.
A regular on television screens for many years, Ian’s extensive screen/TV work has seen him play the roles of Vinnie Ashford in Coronation Street (ITV), Howard Bellamy in Doctors (BBC), Jack Clayton in Where The Heart Is (ITV), Dr. Patrick Spiller in Casualty (BBC) and Dave Glover in Emmerdale (ITV). No stranger to theatre, Ian has played many iconic roles including Billy Flynn in Chicago (China Tour 2024 & 2019), Danny in Grease (Cambridge Theatre, West End), Ray Say in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (UK Tour), Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde (The Curve Leicester), and Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption (UK Tour).
Kelsey joins the current cast which includes: Lucinda Lawrence as Kate, Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah as Debbie, Inês Fernandez as Konstantina, Henryk Firth as Adam, Oscar Balmaseda as Fernando, Georgia Morgan as Nina, Dawn Spence as Grandma, Allie Ho Chee (at certain performances) and Rosie Rowlands (at certain performances) as Bella, Kelly Aaron as Sue/Swing, Emanuel Alba as Carlos/Swing, Claudia Bradley as Loretta/Swing, Deschenes Graham as Joyce/Swing, Robban Hogstrom as Robin/Swing and Ollie Llewelyn-Williams as Ruben/Swing along with the musicians John Donovan, Luke Higgins, Luke Roberts, Steve Rushton and Flo Blue.
April 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s iconic song Mamma Mia! whilst 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s legendary winning performance of Waterloo at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. Originating in Stockholm in 2016, MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY celebrated its fifth anniversary in London this year. Since opening at The O2, London in 2019, the critically acclaimed experience has welcomed over 500,000 guests from 110 countries.
Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, with the English book by Sandi Toksvig, MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY is London’s premier theatrical dining experience, bringing ABBA’s hits to life more vividly than ever before. As the sun sets in Skopelos, guests take their seats at Nikos’ family-run taverna where they enjoy a delicious four-course Greek feast whilst a romantic and heartwarming story unfolds all around them. Following the performance, which is filled with timeless ABBA anthems such as Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen and Waterloo, guests are encouraged to sing and dance the night away at a glittering ABBA disco.
