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Theatre Summer with Clown Murderers and Musicals

Gustav Vasa meets hip-hop, Shakespeare's murderous king becomes a clown and Chekhov's sister trio is portrayed in a barn in Skåne – the theatre summer offers musicals and reinterpreted classics.

» Updated: 29 August 2024, 01:53

» Published: 18 June 2024

Theatre Summer with Clown Murderers and Musicals
Photo: Josefin Wiklund

Gustav Vasa meets hip-hop, Shakespeare's murderer king becomes a clown and Chekhov's sister trio is portrayed in a barn in Skåne – the theatre summer offers musicals and reinterpreted classics.

"Richard III" at Norrbottensteatern, Hägnan, Luleå

Shakespeare's classic drama about Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who kills everyone to become King of England, is performed in Luleå. Norrbottensteatern turns him into a clown who ultimately stands alone on the battlefield. Performed outdoors at the open-air museum Hägnan.

8 June–12 July

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"Gustav Vasa – the musical" at Parkteatern, Stockholm

A newly written musical about how – and at what cost – Sweden was once built. Gustav Vasa hosts a musical with both hip-hop and folk music by Astrid Menasanch Tobieson, Tiffany Kronlöf, and Thom Gisslén.

12 June–10 August

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"Fiddler on the Roof" at Västerbottensteatern, Medleforsparken in Skellefteå

Ronny Danielsson directs and Reuben Sallmander plays the lead role, Papa Tevye, in the classic musical set in a Jewish village in what is now Ukraine. Russian anti-Semitism erupts while Tevye's daughters rebel against their Jewish and traditional father.

12 June–14 July

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"Amadeus" at Skillinge teater, Österlen

In "Amadeus", the last years of Mozart's life are marked by rival Salieri, who cannot stand the younger composer's obvious genius. Skillinge Teater stages a musical production of Peter Shaffer's classic play, which also formed the basis for Milos Forman's film.

22 June–14 August

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"A musical fantasy about Lapp-Nils" at Estrad Norr at Döda fallet in Ragunda

The Sami musician Nils Jonsson from Jämtland lived in the 19th century and became a legend. The musical performance about his life and music is one of Estrad Norr's largest ventures and had its premiere last year. This summer, it returns to the outdoor stage at Döda fallet.

26 June–7 July

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"Private Lives" at Teater Tofta at Tofta herrgård in Kungälv

Noël Coward's 1930s drama is about a divorced couple who, on their honeymoon with their new partners, discover they have checked into the same hotel – next door to each other. Now, problems arise.

29 June–July out

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"Three Sisters" at Hagestad sommarteater, Österlen

In a barn in Skåne's Hagestad, Chekhov's drama about three sisters and their attempts to cope with reality is performed. Gustav Denioff, artistic director at Unga Klara in Stockholm, directs and, together with the actors Astrid Kakuli, Emilie Strandberg, and playwright Stefan Larsson, is one of the initiators of the newly started summer theatre.

3–17 July

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