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The theaters in Sweden are closing one by one for the season and will not open again until mid september. But instead the open air theaters starts to open. Theater lovers will bring their picnic baskets and sometimes even their own chairs. The theaters/concerts arenas are sometimes very spectacular as the Dalhalla https://www.dalhalla.se/evenemang/ arena or very small and local as Sund Nergarden. Both capture the Swedish spirit very well. You can find open air theaters and concert arenas in several places in Sweden. Dalhalla is an old limestone quarry which now is an amazing open air arena in stunning setting and the summer program has artist like Iggy Pop, Peter Joback, The Hives, Pink Floyd and New Order.

Made in Dagenham premiered in London November 9, 2014. Almost 4.5 years later it has it´s opening night Stockholm, Sweden as the adult students at the Musical section at the school Kulturama has chosen it as their spring musical. I think it is fun and very wise to do a musical which has been done before in Sweden as everyone will be able to create their roles without an influence of how it been done before. Although I have seen many musicals in London, I haven't seen this one before. Already at the first tones I thought that this is a musical that I will like as is has happy and positive feeling in the music. The music is written by David Arnold with lyrics by Richard Thomas and the translation into Swedish was made by Johan Schildt.

A spoiled prince (played by Fred Johanson) has turned into a beast as a punishment for his rudeness and stinginess. To regain human form, he must learn to love - and deserve to be loved. And he must do it before the time runs out ... To his aid he has all the enchanted inhabitants of the castle.

The Musical All Shook Up will premier in November 2019. There will be about 10 - 12 performances in Stockholm. The start-up is June.

Peter Joback to star in Christmas movie 'I'll be home for Christmas' The recording of the drama. ¨I'll be home for Christmas¨ (Jag kommer hem till Jul), has started. It is based on an idea by Peter Joback and directed by Ella Lemhagen. In the roles we see, besides Joback himself, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Suzanne Reuter, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Loa Falkman, Anja Lundqvist and Rennie Mirro. The film is produced by Miso Film in co-production with Film i Vast and TV4.

Wermland Opera produces the musical Groundhog day with an estimated premiere February 15, 2020. We are looking for both male and female professionals musical artists and singing actors of all ages to roles and ensembles. The musical is a comedy and is written by Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin and is based on the movie of the same name.

Songs From the Shows, 3S Company, 30th of March in the English Church, Stockholm

The Musical Concert tour 'From Broadway to Duvemala' goes on for another season through Sweden with a new Spring 2019 Edition which premiered on March 15 in Eskilstuna. The concert this afternoon in Linkoping is the third stop. The concerts are normally sold out despite the fact that the artist may not be the most famous musical artist. But the audience seems to like the concept From Broadway to Duvemala as the main thing is the mix of songs from various musicals performed by great musical artits. However even if the artist may not be well know by the average audience they all have a strong CV. Victoria Tocca has performed around the world, for example Christine in Phantom of the Opera in Denmark and have received several international awards. Laila Adele has among other played in Jekyll and Hyde, Hairspray and Jesus Christ Superstar. Malena Tuvung is known among other things for playing Grizabella in Cats. Niklas Asknergard (former Andersson) has for example played Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Chris in Miss Saigon and Maurius in Les Miserable on West End in London. Joachim Bergstrom is participating for the first time in this tour. Most recently he played in Bridges of Madison County with Victoria Tocca and he is also on of the singers in High Society where he sings with Karl Dyall and Rennie Mirro. In total five musical artists with really good voices and extremely good stage presence. The choir JoyVoice participated and strengthened where it was necessary. The band under direction of Carina E Nilsson included Conrad Boqvist, Fredrik Bergstrom and Magnus Eugenson.

'The Witches of Eastwick' is a novel by John Updike, which was filmed in the 80s and became one of the decade's greatest cult films of the same name. The story was rebuilt into musical and was first put on London's West End. We can now proudly present the 'Witches in Eastwick' on Circus this fall which is something very unique in its kind, never before has this award-winning musical been made in Sweden. The premiere is on September 19th at Circus in Stockholm.

Drose & Norberg, Sweden's largest family music producer, gives new life to another classic! First came the Wizard of Oz, then Snow White The Musical, the adventure Aladdin and the Jungle Book The Musical.

In 1919 the women in Sweden got the right to vote in the Swedish parliament. Uppsala Stadsteater is celebrating this in the theatreyear 2019/2020.

Preview of An Intervention (Ingripandet) 5th of March 2019 The intervention (Ingripandet) is a drama comedy written by Mike Bartlett, who also wrote the play Bull which recently was played at Stadsteatern.

The feelgood musical Sisters Act come to Sweden! The premiere will take place on September 11 at the China Theater. It is a divine rap, funny and musical comedy, based on the 1992 Blockbuster movie, Sister Act, featuring Whoopi Goldberg. The musical was nominated in the US for five Tony Awards for 'Best Musical' and of course 'Best Music'. The captivating music is made by composer Alan Menken, a numerous Oscar winner, is known as the man behind many of Disney's greatest hits, eg 'Can you feel the love tonight' and 'Beauty and the beast'. In this swinging monastery, Menken has created a rosary of hits ranging from 70's disco in Barry White's spirit to perfectly tuned ballads. Of course, the musical also contains a huge dose of pat-friendly power gospel. The performance Sister Act proves once again that singing nuns definitely belong to the big musical scenes.

When a musical is as good as the 'Hunchback at Notre Dame' at the Operahouse in Gothenburg it is hard to know where to begin. Anyone I knew who had seen it before has said it is outstanding so my expectations were quite high and everything and more was actually fulfilled.

As if in heaven is running on it second season and the producer Vicky von der Lancken is not ruling out even a fourth season for it due to high ticket demand. It just celebraited show no 100.