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Wherefore now four theater in Scandinavia it up, but Norway is the first.

It's Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Does anyone know the fourth one?

Billy123 wrote:

Wherefore now four theater in Scandinavia it up, but Norway is the first.

It's Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Does anyone know the fourth one?

Iceland is not part of Scandinavia per se. It is correctly termed a Nordic Country, as are the three Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, plus Finland, the Aland Islands, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard.

The writer may be thinking that The Netherlands is part of Scandinavia (it is not), or that Estonia (whose capital Tallinn has secured rights from MTI to perform BETM in 2015) is. In fact, its status as a Nordic country is under review:

Estonia has applied for membership in the Nordic Council, referring to its cultural heritage and close linguistic links to Finland, although normally Estonia is regarded as one of the Baltic countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

http://www.tv2.no/play/underholdning/go ... ?wf=latest

Kevin, Sebastian (Michael) and other young cast members perform a mash-up of songs on "God Morgen Norge" - Good Morning Norway
This production will certainly be different. I'm looking forward to reviews!

Very good find Lola. I hadn't seen that before. Thank you.

Her is a link to a radio program, "Spillerom" broadcasted in NRK P2 today.: http://radio.nrk.no/serie/spillerom-hov ... 2014#t=25s
It contains an interview with Kevin Haugan (Billy), Marcus Malling (Michael), Nils Ole Oftebro (Dad) and Atle Halstensen (Musical director). The interview is in Norwegian, but it also contains three songs (in Norwegian) from the play, performed live in the studio.
The songs are: Elektrisk (Electricity), Dypt under jord (Deep into the ground) and "Vær deg selv" (Expressing yourself)
The link should work also outside Norway.

Tom

At the flickr page of the production company Scenekvelder you can look at some first production photos.
They look great! But still, very different.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scenekvelder/

Lola wrote:At the flickr page of the production company Scenekvelder you can look at some first production photos.
They look great! But still, very different.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scenekvelder/

It looks really cool to me! I gather they've been given free rein to reinvent and re-stage the show, and that can be a lot of fun. Don't go in expecting London or Broadway, and just see what cool surprises await you, I guess. I do think the Maggie Thatcher masks look awesome, but the lighting needs to be improved so there isn't as much glare on the masks.

Sean

This one is really something different! Vegas show girls in "Express."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scenekvelder/15004814077/

ERinVA wrote:This one is really something different! Vegas show girls in "Express."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scenekvelder/15004814077/

Wow! Some of them might be the male ensemble cast wearing some "kinky boots" of their own!

(All apologies if they're all women!!!)

Lola wrote:http://www.tv2.no/play/underholdning/go ... ?wf=latest

Kevin, Sebastian (Michael) and other young cast members perform a mash-up of songs on "God Morgen Norge" - Good Morning Norway
This production will certainly be different. I'm looking forward to reviews!

It all looks so juvenile. Like I could've not only choreographed it, but danced it as well. (And I am not a dancer). But, he has a lovely voice.

I thought Kevin's tap looked excellent. Of course, tap is his genre. The choreography was not what we are used to, but let's wait and see what the end result is.