I Kärlekens tecken - Confidencen MVG

I Kärlekens tecken - Confidencen

Var: Confidencen, Ulriksdahls slott, Solna.


När: 30/8 2014


Betyg: MVG


När Niklas Andersson, Malena Lazlo, Anki Albertsson, Carina E Nillson (Flygel) och Pal Johnsson (Bas) bjuder på en magisk musikstund med temat "I kärlekens tecken" blir det bara helt underbart. Det är många sånger att minnas med glädje men som Cats fans måste min favoritlåt ändå bli Malena Lazlos underbara version av Memory. Den fick mig att rysa och minnas alla underbara Cats besök som jag har haft. Men här finns även pärlor som Come What May, Up Where We Belong, Last Night Of The World och inte minst det avslutande Chess medleyt. Ett genomgånde tema bland de många minnen artisterna berättade mellan låtarna var olika drömmar de hade uppfyllt genom åren och det kan jag om någon relatera till efter alla fantastiska upplevelser jag har varit med om de senaste åren och framförallt i Bournemouth för ett par veckor sedan.


Tack för en fantastisk kväll och jag hoppas att detta trevliga evenemang återkommer även nästa år. Att njuta av underbar musikalmusik på fantastiska Confidencen i början av hösten har blivit något av en tradition för mig som jag gärna fortsätter med.


Sedan skulle man som stor musikalälskare gärna se att Confidancen någon gång satte upp en hel musikal (alternativt en konsertversion) och gärna någon som passar in i den historiska miljön i denna lilla pärla till teater.

Cats UK tour in Bournemouth. MVG

Cats UK tour in Bournemouth.

Where: Bournemouth Pavillion theathre - UK


When: 15th (evening) and 16th (Matinee and Evening) of august 2014.


 Grade: MVG (What else could you give to an magical once in a lifetime experience?)


This review will be in english due to that the show was in UK.


The three show I had the past days was really more than I could ever dreamed of and I am really gratefull to every one involved in giving me this magical experience. So I would like to start with thanking you all and specially the wonderfull Company Manager Adam Havoc and Clare Richard who was Jellylorum and Lady Griddlebone for making me feel so special and blessed. I wish I could hug you all!


There was a couple of very special "once in a lifetime" events for me and the most important is the photo with the amazing Lady Griddlebone (Clare) of whom I am really, really, really happy to have. Afterall she has been my favorite (apart from my loved Coricopat) cat since I first saw Cats in Stockholm and Linda Holmgrens wonderfull version of her. But since she change after her (Growltiger) number she has been all but impossible to get a photo with her so I feel really blessed to have that one now and even more since its talks about changes in Growltiger number in the upcoming Palladium production. So a HUGE thank you to Clare!


The second moment was the photo I had of Tantomille, Demeter, Bombularina, Young Gus (Asparagus) and Alonzo. Was a really breathtaking moment that was amazing to have and I feel really lucky that so many took time from theyre intervall break to take a picture with me. Given that I have a very close relationship with Coricopat it was great to have Tantomille there, and to have the wonderfull pair of Demeter and Bombalurina on either side was thruly amazing specially since Demeter has been high up in my favorite list ever since Lisette Pagler played here so great in Stockholm and Bombalurina is Demeters best friend and a cat whom I kinda admire from a distance, shes like a superstar to me. Also Young Gus was great since I do love the Gus and Growltiger number that he is the star in and he is the natural partner to my beloved Lady Griddlebone. Alonzo is also a wonderfull cat and even more since he plays the amazing Rumpuscat, whom in sweden is more known as "Slim Slagsmålskatt". So a huge thank you to all involved and to Adam for arranging the photo! Love you all!


The third moment that was really special for me was when another cat I admire from a distance, Cassandra, come up to and wanted to be peted during Macavity at the first show. Thing is that I have seen her lying down in the aisles during more than one show and I have always had admired her when I saw her in the past so it was a really wonderfull moment for me that I cant thank her actor enough for.


I had many more moments but the last thing that I am thruly gratefull is that Clares Lady Griddlebone took the time to come and visit and interact me during here entreance in all the three shows. She even talked to me (as in really saying "Hi there, what tribe are you from?") and that made me feel really special and superhappy. Jellylorum (whom plays Griddlebone) and Gus also come to visit me after the Growtliger number at all three shows and that was amazing to.


I dont want to do this superlong and I cant describe all the wonderfull experiences I had that made me walk on a cloud today, but I have to end this with the handshake that Rum Tum Tugger gave me during his number at the first show, he is really an amazing character that I had to confess that I admire a bit even thou I am not in his screaming kitten group!


A HUGE thankyou to all involved. I had a real blast and a once in a lifetime experience!

Taube spelen VG

Taube spelen på Hesselby Slott

Var: Hesselby Slott under Stockholm folk festival.

När: 10/8 2014

Betyg: VG

En västkusk tradition gästar Stockholm och Hesselby Slott under Stockhom Folk Festival och det blir genast magi på högsta nivå. Som namnet antyder handlar detta om Evert Taube och dennas musik och som stor vän av dennas underbara sånger kan jag inte annat än att njuta i stora drag. Och inte blir det sämre när den gedigna artistlistan innehåller underbara artister som Niklas Andersson, Sarah Down Finer, Mikael Samuelson samt inte minst Everts mest kända son Sven Bertil Taube. Under 4 timmar blandar man kända och okända pärlor ur Everts låtskatt och jag njöt som allra mest under min favoritlåt Briggen Blue Bird av Hull men även av Fritjof och Carmencita och Rosa på bal, för att nämna ett fåtal av alla underbara låtar.

Parken i övrigt innehöll en bra blandning av gamla och nya "tivoliklassiker" i en variation som passade mig betydligt bättre än till exempel Pride parkens "Food trucks". Det fanns säkert ännu mer att se och göra i parken men eftersom det var onumrerade platser gällde det att sätta sig i god tid och just detta är anledningen till att jag föredrar numrerade platser på konserter.

Men på det hela taget en magisk upplevelse som jag verkligen hoppas återkommer nästa år. Som bonus fick jag även en autograf av Sven Bertil Taube med flera och det är alltid kul att ha som minne.