Filmed: Monday 11 July 2011
Location: Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, China
Broadcast: Monday 11 July 2011, China
Release status: Unreleased
Shown in: China
Chief Operating Officer of UMGI (Universal Music Group International), Max Hole, launched the Chinese language version of Mamma Mia! iat a cocktail party in Shanghai along with Björn, who also said a few words. Björn was seen signing a poster of Mamma Mia! with his wife Lena; posing with the chinese cast and toasting the success of the musical alongside chinese dragons dancing to ABBA music chinese style.
He said, "I can tell you it's been a dream with me for seven years, this moment, to be here to watch the Chinese version of Mamma Mia! tonight. Well, seven years ago roughly was the first non-English version of Mamma Mia!, that was in German and that was in Hamburg and that's when I realised that this musical works not only in English but in other languages too and the first country I thought of then I wanted to go to was China."
Footage was shown on:
There was also some private footage on YouTube with Björn taking to the stage - see VIDEO section.
Images from all (apart from the private footage) are above. To see which is which, click on the ( i ) on the top left-hand corner of the picture gallery.
Thanks to Erik Liebstaedter and Pepe.
YouTube links c/o mlstirland1 and shenxiaocendotcom