Wednesday 29 February, saw Kristina från Duvemåla finally emigrate beyond the shores of Sweden in theatrical, rather than concert form. Not to the hallowed pavements of Broadway or London’s West End but to a small theatre in Helsinki, Finland which features works in Swedish by Swedish creatives.
Tag Archives: theatre
I Know Him So Well among top selling duets of all time
The Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson classic, from the concept album of CHESS by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice is the seventh best selling duet recording of all time in the UK according to the Official Charts Company.
Björn and Agnetha attend Mamma Mia! Copenhagen première (Updated with new picture)
Together. In public. Arm in arm. Björn and Agnetha. We thought it might never happen again BUT see below for some amazing footage from the Danish première of Mamma Mia!. This article has now been updated with details of an article by Expressen who spoke to Björn and Agnetha. This is the entirety of the [...]
Benny at Stadtsteatern’s 50th anniversary
Benny attended the event at the Stadsteatern on 21 October and gave a short interview. The anniversary celebration coincided with the opening of a new play called Aniara, which stars Helen Sjöholm and is directed by Lars Rudolfsson. As you can see from the picture, Helen takes on a very different look from the one [...]
Frida and Agnetha attending Mamma Mia!
A delve back into my video archives, uncovers these two clips I was fortunate to take – segued together here for the first time.
Mamma Mia! celebrates 8 years on Broadway
Mamma Mia! is now the 13th longest-running show in Broadway history, having surpassed the record breaking runs of legendary musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof, Hello, Dolly!, Annie, My Fair Lady and the original run of Cabaret. Isn’t that an absolutely wonderful achievement?
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ABBA sponsors a children’s home in Africa
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Benny undertakes secret work on new organ piece
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Appeals against the Slussen redevelopment rejected
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Björn Ulvaeus: “I imagine a universe that does not care the slightest bit about me”
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ABBA – The Essential Collection (Updated 07 May 2012 – delay for all regions except Germany)
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Benny revisits his old school to launch its ‘culture week’
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Listen to From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel as played on BBC Radio 2
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Kristina från Duvemåla trailer released
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ABBA – The Visitors Deluxe Edition CD with previously unreleased demo medley
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Susan Boyle to perform You Have To Be There on America’s Got Talent (Updated)
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Listen to From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel as played on BBC Radio 2
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ABBA limited edition ‘Happy New Year’ single sells out
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From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel – Benny comments on the ABBA track
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UK CHESS Tour opens in Toronto, Canada on 28 September
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Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 1 of 2) available until 07 February online
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Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Updated)
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Arnold: PLEASE DELETE EARLIER COMMENT AND REPLACE WITH THIS VERSION If the reader (including, hop...
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john dodds: As above,very curious,is this down to 4 individuals sponsorship,or,despite what Benny says...
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Adam: Bennys dragons in the cave aleays get better and better..... ;)...
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Marieke: What's there to rave or be happy about? Some old story, same old song. It's time they will...
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Michael Salkeld: Sounds very exciting....
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mikespeir: Huh? We heard about this quite some time ago. I thought the grand opening was supposed t...
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Frank: Kudos to all who came together for this project. It is really great when people put aside ...
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Alexander: But it's great what they do, that needs to be said after all!!!...
