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BJÖRN ULVAEUS Björn Kristian Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg on April 25, 1945. When he was six years old the family moved to the small town of Västervik, and this is where Björn grew up. In the mid-Fifties Björn fell in love with rock’n’roll and skiffle. By the early Sixties he was a member of a folk group called the West Bay Singers. In 1963 they entered a talent contest arranged by Swedish radio. This led to discovery by songwriter and publisher Stig Anderson and his partner, Bengt Bernhag. Stig and Bengt had recently started a record company called Polar Music. The band acquired a new name, the Hootenanny Singers, and quickly became one of Sweden’s most popular groups of the Sixties. In 1966, Björn had a chance meeting with Benny Andersson, himself a member of Sweden’s number-one pop group, The Hep Stars. They hit it off and wrote their first song together, ‘Isn’t It Easy To Say’.Björn recorded a couple of solo singles in the late Sixties, at which point he also started concentrating more on his collaboration with Benny Andersson. In 1970 the pair started releasing records as a duo and also staged a cabaret show together with their fiancées, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. On July 6, 1971, Björn and Agnetha got married. From 1972 and a decade onwards Björn was occupied by his work with ABBA. In 1983 Björn and Benny started writing the musical Chess with lyricist Tim Rice. A concept album was released in the autumn of 1984, and in May 1986 the musical opened in London’s West End. In 1988 Chess received its Broadway première. A reworked version of the musical opened in Stockholm, Sweden in 2002. By 1990, Björn and Benny had decided to write a new musical. This time they wanted to write exclusively in Swedish, and they chose the Emigrants novel series by author Vilhelm Moberg as basis for their work. The musical Kristina från Duvemåla (Kristina From Duvemåla) opened in October 1995. The show ran for three and a half years at various theatres in the Swedish cities of Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm. Björn and Benny’s most recent musical is Hjälp sökes (Help Wanted), a collaboration with playwright Kristina Lugn and Kristina director Lars Rudolfsson. Björn writes many of the lyrics for the Benny Andersson Orchestra, and has involved himself in the stagings of MAMMA MIA!, as well as the 2008 movie version. Björn is one of the producers for MAMMA MIA! The Party, which opened in Stockholm in January 2016. GÖRAN BROR BENNY ANDERSSON Born 16 December 1946 in Stockholm.1952 Received accordion lessons from his father and grandfather. 1964-68 Member of the Hep Stars, Sweden’s most popular rock band in the 1960s. During this time, he began composing music. ‘Sunny Girl’ and ‘Wedding’ were huge hits for the Hep stars. 1972-82 ABBA. 1982-84 Composed the music (together with Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice) for the musical, Chess. 1987 Began collaborating with Orsa Spelmän. Recorded three albums deeply rooted in Swedish folk music: Klinga Mina Klockor, November 1989 and Fiolen Min. In 2001, this collaboration led to the formation of Benny Andersson’s Orchestra, a 16-man constellation with vocalists, Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg. Thus far, this has resulted in seven CD albums and several summer tours. 1990-95 Composed the music to Kristina from Duvemåla. Premiered in October 1995. 1995 Received the title of professor from the Swedish government. Inducted to in the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2007. Appointed Honorary Doctor of the College of Humanities at Stockholm University in 2008, and at Luleå University of Technology in 2012. Benny Andersson is married to former TV producer, Mona Nörklit. They have one child, Ludvig Andersson. Benny also has two children from a previous marriage, Peter Grönvall and Helene Odedal. He has five grandchildren: Charlie, Felix, Fabian, Malin and Viola. Photograph by Torbjörn Andersson / Pressens Bild
THE PRODUCTION TEAM CATHERINE JOHNSON BOOK Theatre includes: Rag Doll, Renegades, Suspension (Bristol Old Vic), Too Much Too Young (Bristol Old Vic and London Bubble), Boys Mean Business, Dead Sheep, Little Baby Nothing (Bush Theatre, London), Shang-a-Lang (Bush Theatre and UK tour) and MAMMA MIA! (worldwide). Also, Through the Wire and A Letter to Lacey (NT Connections). Film includes: Catherine wrote the screenplay for the MAMMA MIA! movie released in July 2008. Television includes: Casualty, Byker Grove, Love Hurts, Gold, Linda Green, original screenplays for Rag Doll and Where’s Willy? (HTV) and Sin Bin (BBC), the series Love in the 21st Century (Channel 4) and Dappers (BBC3). Other work includes: Creative Consultant on ABBA the Museum, Stockholm. Awards include: Catherine has won the Bristol Old Vic/ HTV Playwriting Award, Thames Television’s Writer-in-Residence Award and Thames Television’s Best Play Award and was nominated in 2002 for a Tony Award for Best Musical Book for MAMMA MIA! ANTHONY VAN LAAST CHOREOGRAPHER Anthony trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, later joining the company as both performer and choreographer. Theatre includes: Side Show (Broadway), MAMMA MIA! (worldwide – Dora Mavor Moore award and Helpman award nomination), Sister Act (worldwide – Olivier nomination), Bombay Dreams (London/Broadway – Tony nomination), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (worldwide – Olivier award nomination, Dramalogue award), Jesus Christ Superstar (London/Broadway), Whistle Down the Wind (London) and also for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance (Green Room award), Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods and A Little Night Music, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide (Olivier award) and Hair (Old Vic). He has made many shows for people including Ant and Dec, Mika, Kate Bush, Sarah Brightman, Barry Humphries (Dame Edna) and in Las Vegas, Siegfried and Roy and Michael Crawford. Creative Director for Batman Live! (world arena tour). Film includes: Beauty and the Beast (Disney), MAMMA MIA!, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Sex Pistols’ Great Rock and Roll Swindle, Never Say Never Again, Excalibur, Hope and Glory, Jesus Christ Superstar (Emmy award) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. In 1999 he was awarded the MBE for services to Dance. PHYLLIDA LLOYD DIRECTOR London theatre: Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse/St Ann’s Warehouse NY), Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse/St Ann’s Warehouse, NY), Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse, Apollo and Broadway – Tony nomination), The Threepenny Opera, Boston Marriage (Donmar Warehouse), Josephine and I (Bush Theatre/Public Theatre, NY), MAMMA MIA! (London, Broadway and worldwide), Six Degrees of Separation, Hysteria, Wild East (Royal Court), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Old Vic Tunnels), The Way of the World, Pericles, What the Butler Saw, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Duchess of Malfi (Royal National Theatre), Artists and Admirers and The Virtuoso (RSC). Film includes: The Iron Lady (Pathe/DJ Films/Film Four), MAMMA MIA! (Universal) and Gloriana a Film (Illuminations Films). Opera includes: La Boheme, Medea, Carmen, L’Etoile, Gloriana, Albert Herring, Peter Grimes (Opera North), Macbeth (Paris/ROH) and The Handmaid’s Tale (Copenhagen, ENO and Toronto). MARK THOMPSON PRODUCTION DESIGNER Theatre includes: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), MAMMA MIA! (worldwide), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (worldwide), Doctor Doolittle (Hammersmith Apollo), Bombay Dreams (London/Broadway), Art (worldwide), The Children’s House (Comedy), The Lady in the Van (Queen’s), La Bête (Comedy/NY) and God of Carnage (Gielgud/ Broadway). For the National Theatre: Three Days in the Country, One Man, Two Guvnors (West End/Broadway), London Assurance, She Stoops to Conquer, England People Very Nice, What the Butler Saw, The Rose Tattoo, The Madness of George III, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Alchemist, The Duchess of Malfi, Life x 3, Arcadia, Once in a Lifetime, Henry IV parts I and II and The Wind in the Willows. For the Donmar Warehouse: Welcome Home, Captain Fox!, The Blue Room (also Broadway), Company (also West End), Insignificance, The Front Page and Uncle Vanya/Twelfth Night (costumes only, also BAM). For the Royal Court: Tribes, Birthday, Mouth to Mouth, Wild East, Hysteria, Six Degrees of Separation and The Kitchen. Other theatre includes: Rope, Betrayal, Party Time, Volpone (Almeida), The Unexpected Man, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, The Wizard of Oz, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors (RSC) and Funny Girl (Chichester). Opera includes: Macbeth, The Queen of Spades (The Metropolitan, NY), The Mikado (Lyric, Chicago), Peter Grimes (Opera North), Montag aus Licht (La Scala, Milan), Hansel and Gretel (Sydney Opera House) and Carmen (Opera Comique, Paris). Film includes: Costume Design for The Madness of King George. Awards include: Five Olivier Awards, two Critics’ Circle Awards and five nominations for Tony Awards. HOWARD HARRISON LIGHTING DESIGNER Current and recent theatre credits include: West End: MAMMA MIA! (worldwide), Mary Poppins (also Broadway), The Importance of Being Earnest, Harvey, Neville’s Island, The Pajama Game, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, VIVA FOREVER!, Loserville, Abigail’s Party, Relatively Speaking, Backbeat, Butley, Glengarry Glen Ross, Love Story, Guys and Dolls, Ragtime, The Witches of Eastwick, Oleanna, Donkeys’ Years, Heroes, Macbeth (also Broadway), Rag Time and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Royal Court and Broadway). For the Donmar Warehouse: City of Angels, Anna Christie, Creditors (NY) and Tales from Hollywood. Opera and ballet incudes: The Barber of Seville (Lyric Opera Chicago), Die Fledermaus (Welsh National Opera) and Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! and Edward Scissorhands (Sadler’s Wells, UK and US tours),
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