The duo Roxette, Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, have sold over 80 million albums. Songs like Listen To Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love, and The Look have topped charts worldwide. Now, the songs of Roxette form the basis for a musical!
Meet Joakim Hallin, the musical supervisor for Joyride. He talks about the collaboration with Per Gessle, Malmö Opera's orchestra and how a musical is written.
World premiere at Malmö Opera on September 6 2024.
Film by Marcus & Mattias Thernström Florin.
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Creatives
MUSIC & LYRICS Per Gessle
BOOK Klas Abrahamsson
Based on the novel Got You Back by Jane Fallon
DIRECTED & ADAPTED by Guy Unsworth
MUSICAL SUPERVISOR Joakim Hallin
CONDUCTOR Joakim Hallin
SET DESIGN David Woodhead
COSTUME & MASK DESIGN Torbjörn Bergström
COREOGRAPHY Miles Hoare
LIGHTING DESIGN Ulrik Gad
SOUND DESIGN Avgoustos Psillas
ARRANGEMENTS Joakim Hallin
ORCHESTRATIONS Joakim Hallin, Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist
VIDEO DESIGN Daniel Denton
Cast
KATIE Marsha Songcome / Kerstin Hilldén
STEPHANIE Jessica Marberger / US Caroline Gustafsson
JOE Alexander Lycke / Patrik Martinsson
NATASHA Sara Lehmann / Sienna Sebek
GARY Oscar Pierrou Lindén / Rasmus Mononen
MEREDITH Sanna Martin / Emilie Larsson
MICHAEL Patrik Martinsson / David Lindell / Fredrik Sjöstedt
JOHN Jan Modin / Erik Gullbransson
STELLA Tilda Hallström / Sara Stjernfeldt / Elsa Zetterqvist Thunström
Ensemble
Marcus Elander
Kerstin Hilldén
Michael Jansson
Caroline Gustafsson
Patrik Martinsson
Fredrik Sjöstedt
Erik Gullbransson
Sienna Sebek
Rasmus Mononen
Emilie Larsson
David Lindell
Emmie Asplund
Joel Zerpe
Steffen Hulehøj Frederiksen
Robin Lake
David Auxoilte
Oliver Gramenius
Hanna Carlbrand
Emma Kumlien
Leila Jung
Christel Nilsen
Malmö Operaorkester