ITTN’s Louise Ducrocq flew to London on Saturday, the 5th of April, to attend Mamma Mia! The Party at London’s iconic O2 with Keith Prowse. She was delighted to experience this with Rosie O’Toole, Aileen Eglington, and Caroline Quigley from Keith Prowse and AE Consulting, Keeley Ryan from Star Chic, Michelle Jackson aka The Novel Traveller, Rebecca Lee from The Sunday World, Andrea Mary Smith, and Philip Nolan from The Irish Daily Mail.
There is so much to say about Mamma Mia! The Party. That said, the one thing that struck me is how wonder-filled this whole experience is.
Before stepping into the O2’s Greek paradise, which the Mamma Mia cast uses as a stage, the merry bunch went for tea and pastries at the InterContinental, conveniently located 3 minutes from the venue. Caroline Quigley told us all about the origin story of The Party, along with Keith Prowse’s great value packages.
Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! The Party is a theatrical dining experience like no other, set to a timeless soundtrack brimming with some of ABBA’s greatest hits. Guests are transported to the island of Skopelos, where they take their seats in a charming taverna for an evening of dining, dancing, and music. A four-course Greek meal is served while a romantic, feel-good story unfolds around them. The performance features beloved ABBA classics like Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, SOS, and Waterloo, and the night ends on a high with a sparkling ABBA disco where everyone is invited to hit the dancefloor.
In 2016, Mamma Mia! The Party opened in Stockholm (still thriving today), and following its success, the production was brought to London. After a lengthy venue search, the team found its current home at The O2 — a former nightclub transformed into a Greek taverna, now able to welcome up to 504 guests. London is The Party’s flagship location. Since opening in August 2019, it has welcomed over 500,000 guests, staged more than 1,000 performances, and drawn audiences from 110 countries — with Irish visitors making up a significant part of the crowd each night. A third site opened in Rotterdam in 2024, with exciting plans underway for further international roll-outs.
Guests can get the ultimate Mamma Mia! The Party experience with VIP upgrades and Platinum packages, which are available on the Mamma Mia! The Party website. Performances run from Wednesday through to Sunday at 6.30 pm, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 12.00 pm. While tickets alone start at €130 per person, Keith Prowse’s exclusive packages offer guests the chance to travel from Dublin to London and back for 2 nights, stay in a 4-star hotel, and enjoy the show in The O2’s premium locations (Tier A & B), starting at €419 per person!
I was lucky to soak up the cast’s amazing talent from one of the best seats in the house, aka Tier A, along with the Platinum Package, courtesy of Keith Prowse and AE Consulting. This gave the merry bunch and me access to the full meal, half a bottle of wine per person, and 5 minutes to meet up with the performers, chat with them, and take a group picture.
The 4-course meal was absolutely scrumptious. It was made even better by the show-stopping performances of the 20 artists singing, dancing, and swaying around the guests throughout the meals. Every part of the show was wonderful, including the mermaid-like aerial dancer appearing out of the centre-stage fountain. However, Inês Fernandez, playing Konstantina in the main cast, performing The Winner Takes It All with as much emotion as one’s voice could possibly contain, was by far the most beautiful moment of the three-and-a-half-hour show for me. My fellow journalists can attest, I got quite choked up.
After the finale, guests get to party for an hour, singing along to ABBA’s most iconic tunes. Between the extravagant guests’ outfits, the lights dancing around the room, and the sheer joy emanating from all attendees, one could not find a theatrical dining experience as mesmerising as this.
I am so grateful to the whole Keith Prowse and AE Consulting team, as well as my fellow journalists, for allowing me to soak up all of that wonderful Mamma Mia goodness from the UK’s best performers.
