MEGA-musical Mamma Mia! will return to the Grand Theatre in Leeds this autumn as part of its latest national tour.

The West End and global hit, based around the music of 70s and 80s pop band ABBA, can be seen from November 24 to December 5.

The tour marks 20 years since Mamma Mia!, with songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, premiered in London.

Producer Judy Craymer staged the sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads unfolding on a Greek island idyll.

To date, the show has been seen by over 65 million people in 50 productions in 16 different languages.

In 2011 it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Mandarin in the People’s Republic of China.

Mamma Mia! became the eighth longest-running show in Broadway history, where it played a record-breaking run for 14 years.

The show is still in the West End at the Novello Theatre where it celebrated its 20th Anniversary on April 6 last year.

Mamma Mia! The Movie became the highest grossing live action musical film of all time upon its release in 2008, while a second film, Mma Mia! Here We Go Again opened in July 2018 and became the most successful live musical movie sequel of all time.

Visit leedsgrandtheatre.com or call 0844 848 2700 to book tickets for the Leeds performances.

ABBA were formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, taking their name from the first letters of their first names.

They went on to become one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982.

ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving Sweden its first victory in the contest, and most successful group to have ever taken part in the competition.

During the group’s main active years, it was composed of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson.

As their popularity increased their personal lives suffered, eventually causing the collapse of both marriages.

The relationship changes were reflected in the group’s music, with latter compositions featuring darker and more introspective lyrics.

After ABBA disbanded, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage, especially the musical Chess with lyricist Tim Rice.

ABBA were formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, taking their name from the first letters of their first names.

According to Wikipedia, they went on to become one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982.

ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving Sweden its first victory in the contest, and most successful group to have ever taken part in the competition.

During the group’s main active years, it was composed of two married couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson.

As their popularity increased their personal lives suffered, eventually causing the collapse of both marriages.

The relationship changes were reflected in the group’s music, with latter compositions featuring darker and more introspective lyrics.

After ABBA disbanded, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage, especially the musical Chess with lyricist Tim Rice.

Lyngstad and Fältskog pursued solo careers. 10 years after their disbanding, a compilation, ABBA Gold was released, which became a worldwide bestseller.