The cast and crew of Mamma Mia! are ready to bring the hit show to Hong Kong
After another hit summer run in England, Mamma Mia! is returning to our shores
There is a moment towards the end of the smash hit stage musical when three of the characters leave the stage in one set of clothes and, exactly one minute and 50 seconds later, return dressed head to toe in tight lycra costumes and platform shoes, with enough breath to sing a full Abba song.
"We have less than two minutes to get stripped off, into the lycra, get the boots on, take a swig of water and sort out our hair," says Geraldine Fitzgerald, who plays the role of Tanya.
"We have three people each to help us," explains Sue Devaney, who plays Tanya's friend, Rosie. "One person doing the shoes, one helping to zip the costume up and I've got someone taking my earrings, handing me my other earrings, sorting my mic ... and me thinking how am I going to get into my shoes when my feet are so puffed up.
"And then we just make it and we run on and the audience says 'Oh my goodness me, look, here they are again and they've changed. How did they manage it?' " Fitzgerald says.
Both actresses have been playing eight performances a week for three months over the summer in Blackpool, England, and will be coming to Hong Kong in mid-September for a six-week run of the same production.
