This will be the third time Henrik Dorsin's plays have been shown on the big screen. In 2017, the operetta "The Merry Widow" was broadcast live and in 2022, "Scala Revue" was broadcast live through Folkets hus and parks.
This time the performance is pre-recorded, but Dorsin hopes for the same festive atmosphere as before.
Then pictures came in from smaller towns all over Sweden where people had dressed up, eaten some sandwiches and had a glass of champagne during the break. It felt so damn good that they made a party out of it, he says.
“Forgotten”
Many smaller cinemas depend on local enthusiasts, notes Henrik Dorsin. He wants to contribute to their survival – and to ensure that the whole country gets involved.
I don't want to be too pretentious, but I think everything is becoming very city-centered and that the smaller towns are forgotten in many contexts, he says.
Maybe you can't afford it or it's a long way to Stockholm. Then I think it feels fun to contribute in a small way so that they can also take part.
Leading role in a blockbuster film
Henrik Dorsin will soon be seen in the lead role in the Netflix film "The Swedish Connection", which is set during World War II and will premiere next year.
It's nice not to have to be funny, he says, noting that he appreciates the interplay between humor and drama.
At the Scalateatern in Stockholm, the "Swedish Revue" is in its third season. In January, it will finish with a few final performances in Malmö. After that, long-awaited time off and uncertainty await Dorsin.
I haven't decided anything. I told myself, now you get this done and then you'll have some time off and then you'll think: what am I going to do now?
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Leave:
I'm so good at being free that it's not wise. I have my books, my films and my records. I can take my walks and I can go out for a beer on a Friday. Just one thing like that. I haven't done that in years.
The future of Grotesco:
It would be fun, but it would have to be the right thing. We haven't made a feature film. It would be fun to do. But you get older too. When we started it was just total madness.
Dream collaboration:
Jonas Karlsson and I have said that we would really like to work with each other. Or at least I would really like to work with him, maybe he's just saying that to be nice.
The national organization Folkets hus och parker has been broadcasting live performing arts at the cinema for over 20 years.
Today, "Live at the Cinema" has a wide selection of both live and recorded concerts, operas, and theater and dance performances that are shown in cinemas all over Sweden.
They have collaborated with the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Concert Hall and the Scala Theatre in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Opera, the Norrlandsopera, the Metropolitan in New York, the National Theatre in London and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others.
When "Scala Revue" was shown in 2022, 61 cinemas participated. Folkets hus og parker expects that at least 100 cinemas will show "Swedish Revue", which will premiere on February 4, 2026. Ticket sales begin on December 16.
