![First-look Video & Photos: Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream coming to ITV, Premiere date announced [Updated]](https://www.westendtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mamma-Mia-I-Have-a-Dream-ITV.jpg "First-look Video & Photos: Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream coming to ITV, Premiere date announced [Updated]")
ITV has dropped the first full trailer for its new West End TV talent show, Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, featuring the contestants and the TV show’s hosts and judges – Zoe Ball, Samantha Barks, Amber Riley, Alan Carr and Jessie Ware.
The talent show sees wannabe West End stars compete to win a role as Sophie or Sky in the West End’s long-running production of ABBA musical Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre in London.
The series will start on Sunday 22 October at 6pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
The host of the show is radio and TV presenter Zoe Ball, and the judges are West End star of Frozen The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Samantha Barks; Olivier Award-winning TV and stage star Amber Riley (Glee, The Wiz, Dreamgirls); comedian Alan Carr; and singer songwriter Jessie Ware.
Samantha Barks is currently on maternity leave from Frozen, and Jenna Lee-James is playing the role of Elsa.
On hand to mentor the contestants and offer her expertise to the judges will be Mamma Mia!’s creator and global producer Judy Craymer.
The show is actually be set on an idyllic Greek island, which is the setting of the stage musical – and the blockbuster movies starring Meryl Streep. The contestants will be judged and mentored by guest industry stars through unique musical theatre workshops in singing, dancing and acting, and perform for the judges, as they vie for the coveted lead roles of Sophie and Sky in the show. The competition will culminate in a live grand-finale, broadcast from a theatre in London’s West End, where two winners will win the roles of Sophie and Sky in Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre, as it celebrates its 25th year – the show turns 25 on 6 April 2024.
This ITV show was originally announced back in December 2022, and will be similar to previous TV shows that set out to find new West End stars. That includes Any Dream Will Do!, which searched for a star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolr Dreamcoat, How do you Solve a Problem like Maria?, looking for the lead to play Maria in The Sound of Music, I’d Do Anything, searching for a Nancy to star in Oliver! and Over the Rainbow, casting Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
The West End production of Mamma Mia! currently stars Mazz Murray as Donna, with Meg Hateley as Sophie, and Miles Henderson as Sky. Plus theatre and dining experience Mamma Mia! The Party starring Antony Costa of boyband Blue continues to play at London’s O2.
The TV show is produced by Fremantle’s Thames, and Littlestar, and will launch on ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday 22 October at 6pm.
This article was originally posted on 7 October 2023, and updated with new photos and date information on 9 October 2023.
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