Abba star hopes show lifts the Brexit ‘gloom’

Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus has said his new show in London will provide an antidote to the “gloom” of Brexit.

The 73-year-old first launched the immersive theatrical and dining experience in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2015 and is now bringing it to the UK.

With a plot based around a fictional taverna bar on the Greek island of Skopelos, where the exteriors of the first film were shot, Mamma Mia! The Party turns from dinner into a 70s themed disco over the course of an evening.

Ulvaeus said: “Yes, there are some tough times ahead of us.

“But maybe, you know, during the Great Depression in the US, people were looking for entertainment more than 0 Bjorn Ulvaeus is bringing his new show to London

any other period in history. During bad times people want to escape the gloom, if only for a few hours. I think Mamma Mia! The Party would be that.

“Mamma Mia! is a very British project. I am hoping still that Britain is part of Europe, which I think it is and should be. I don’t see why it shouldn’t be.”