Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson has been a British playwright since 1987, best known for her script for the musical Mamma Mia!. She currently lives in Bristol, but spends time in her second home in Pimlico, London.

Theatre credits

* "Rag Doll" (Bristol Old Vic Studio) (Winner BOV/HTV Playwriting Award) 1988
* "Boys Mean Business" (Bush Theatre) 1989
* "Dead Sheep" (Bush) (Co-winner Thames TV Best Play Award) 1991
* "Too Much Too Young" (Bristol Old Vic Studio and London Bubble) 1992
* "Where’s Willy"? (Bristol Old Vic Studio) 1994
* "Renegades" (Bristol Old Vic) 1995
* "Shang-a-Lang" (Bush Theatre & tour) 1998
* "Mamma Mia!" (LittleStar) 1999: (London, New York, 2 US Tours, Las Vegas, Toronto, Australia, Germany, Holland, Japan): (Nomination for Tony Award for Best Musical Book 2001)
* "Little Baby Nothing" (Bush Theatre) 2003
* "Through The Wire" (Shell Connections, RNT) 2005'Through The Wire' (new version) (Myrtle Theatre, Bristol 2006)

Television series credits

* [http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=10,1295,0,0,1,0 Casualty (Series 7, 1992, eps 5 & 13)]
*"Love Hurts" (Series 2 & 3, Alomo)
*"Band of Gold" (Series 3, Granada)
*"Byker Grove" (Series 9, Zenith North)
* [http://www.redproductioncompany.com/lovein21century/index.asp Love in the 21st Century (Red Productions/C4, 1999, eps 2, 3 & 5)]
* [http://www.redproductioncompany.com/lindagreen/index.asp?sec=past Linda Green (Red Productions, 2002, eps 3)]

Television film credits

*"Rag Doll" (HTV)
*"Just Like Eddie" (HTV)
*"Where’s Willy"? (HTV)
*"Sin Bin" (BBC)
*"Mamma Mia!" - screenplay

External links

* [http://www.mamma-mia.com/ustour/creativeteam.asp Mamma Mia!]