Re: February Reviews Malmö
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:23 am
I've seen the show a second time on wednesday 17 Feb
Billy : Jacob Hermansson
Michael : Uno Elger
Debbie : Isabella Maga
SB : Oliver Palm
TB : Casper Maga
PB: André Persson Gintner
Dad : Erik Gullbransson (George)
George : Johan Wikström (Big Davey)
Big Davey : Joel Zerpe (Ensemble)
Ensemble : Miles Hoare (Swing)
Older Billy : Paul James Rooney
It was interesting to see another Dad tonight:
Erik, decidedly younger than Lars, played the role of Dad very convicing, bitter-funny in the scene where he finds Billy taking ballet lessons and also with a lot of humor especially in the RBS scene.
Now again I learned a little more swedish: trångsynt = bigoted.
Jacob and Uno, decidedly smaller than Grim and David, were owning the stage like old pros.
Strong acting from both. Sprightly, frolicsome in Express. Excellent comic timing by Uno. Jacob has a strong sonorous voice with a soft smoky layer on it.
Again Born to Boogie is where all three, Billy, Mr.B. and Mr.W. show that they've got it.
Grandma's Song: Billy and Grandma aren't alone at home. The scene starts with Tony sliding a sofa with sleeping Dad to the rear scenery wall and walks over to the upstairs living room. Just like decoration. Dad doesn't move at all through the whole number nor would he leave the scene walking off on his own feet at the end of this number.
I like the V- formation sequences in Angry Dance where Billy is leading the police / miners. Nice bit in the choreography!
Once we were Kings: Grandma sits upstairs in a spotlight combing her hair like the princess in the tower in some other fairy tale waiting for the hero to rescue her.
Billy123 found this article already nearly 4 month ago:
http://vlt.se/kulturnoje/ttkultur/1.323 ... t-tar-form
With the orchestra at the back and with the extra dancers between that and the scene, there's suddenly such a depth before the audience's eyes that contrasts the 'normal' scenes.
Gud bevare Maggie Thatcher
God jul och gott nytt år
Vi ska måla hela julen röd
Gud bevare M.T.
vi vill fira dig idag
det är én dag närmare din död
God forbid! M.T.
Good(merry) Xmas and good(happy) new year
We'll paint the whole Christmas red
God forbid! M.T.
We will celebrate/honor you today
It's one day closer to your death
I wonder if to paint Christmas red is an idom or just a random line to match the rhyme?
Btw. all the lyrics of all songs match perfectly the music and do at no point disturb the rhythm nor seem pressed into it. Again a shame they don't have the rights to make a recording!
Billy : Jacob Hermansson
Michael : Uno Elger
Debbie : Isabella Maga
SB : Oliver Palm
TB : Casper Maga
PB: André Persson Gintner
Dad : Erik Gullbransson (George)
George : Johan Wikström (Big Davey)
Big Davey : Joel Zerpe (Ensemble)
Ensemble : Miles Hoare (Swing)
Older Billy : Paul James Rooney
It was interesting to see another Dad tonight:
Erik, decidedly younger than Lars, played the role of Dad very convicing, bitter-funny in the scene where he finds Billy taking ballet lessons and also with a lot of humor especially in the RBS scene.
Now again I learned a little more swedish: trångsynt = bigoted.
Jacob and Uno, decidedly smaller than Grim and David, were owning the stage like old pros.
Strong acting from both. Sprightly, frolicsome in Express. Excellent comic timing by Uno. Jacob has a strong sonorous voice with a soft smoky layer on it.
Again Born to Boogie is where all three, Billy, Mr.B. and Mr.W. show that they've got it.
Grandma's Song: Billy and Grandma aren't alone at home. The scene starts with Tony sliding a sofa with sleeping Dad to the rear scenery wall and walks over to the upstairs living room. Just like decoration. Dad doesn't move at all through the whole number nor would he leave the scene walking off on his own feet at the end of this number.
I like the V- formation sequences in Angry Dance where Billy is leading the police / miners. Nice bit in the choreography!
Once we were Kings: Grandma sits upstairs in a spotlight combing her hair like the princess in the tower in some other fairy tale waiting for the hero to rescue her.
Billy123 found this article already nearly 4 month ago:
http://vlt.se/kulturnoje/ttkultur/1.323 ... t-tar-form
Now I get it why the scenery is so neutral, non-authentic (apart from the hidious wallpaper inside the rooms on the right side)! Apparently it's meant to spread even more dullness than the lovely, authentic coloured uglyness of brickwalls and worn out furniture.The musical will be played out in a single place that gathers all the scenes; a gymnasium with two floors and an elevator that takes miners down below the earth. A sort of Roy Andersson aesthetic that stands for the realistic elements. The Swedish version gives more space to the dreamy sequences where music, dance and song breaks the grey everyday life through a rear wall.
With the orchestra at the back and with the extra dancers between that and the scene, there's suddenly such a depth before the audience's eyes that contrasts the 'normal' scenes.
Gud bevare Maggie Thatcher
God jul och gott nytt år
Vi ska måla hela julen röd
Gud bevare M.T.
vi vill fira dig idag
det är én dag närmare din död
God forbid! M.T.
Good(merry) Xmas and good(happy) new year
We'll paint the whole Christmas red
God forbid! M.T.
We will celebrate/honor you today
It's one day closer to your death
I wonder if to paint Christmas red is an idom or just a random line to match the rhyme?
Btw. all the lyrics of all songs match perfectly the music and do at no point disturb the rhythm nor seem pressed into it. Again a shame they don't have the rights to make a recording!