Ararat Regional Theatre Society, ARTS, will stage Mamma Mia! next year, under the direction of Emily Friedrichsen.

Friedrichsen is known to Wimmera audiences – she directed ARTS’ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 2021, and shared the role of the narrator in this year’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Friedrichsen said it was ‘pure enjoyment’ working with ARTS.

“I’ve been lucky enough to be involved with ARTS for a couple of shows now, including directing and on stage, and it’s just pure enjoyment working with these guys,” she said.

“When the directors of the past few years said they needed a break, I put my hand up straight away. 

“I didn’t even know what the show would be for sure, but it didn’t matter.

“Getting to hang out with this group and knowing they supported me was all I needed to say yes.”

Mamma Mia! humorously tells the story of a young woman’s search for her biological father on the eve of her wedding, on the same Greek island her mother and three men from her mother’s past last visited 20 years earlier.

Mamma Mia! will be staged at Ararat Town Hall in June next year – information on auditions and rehearsals will be released later this year.

ARTS continues to rehearse its end-of-year production Cruise Club before it is staged in November. Tickets will be on sale soon.

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