The show “Elvis” was an amazing success when it hit the stage in Hudiksvall. It followed up quickly with 22 sold out performances at Circus in Stockholm. The performance became a box office success of great proportions, thanks to the actors’ ability to elicit joy, warmth, spontaneity and enthusiasm.
Since we know that the “Glada Hudik”-team work with the attitude that only the best will do, it is especially pleasing to have been involved to create the set and build the décor to the ongoing Sweden tour.
The challenge was to make the set design to feel big enough to play at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm and at the same time small enough to be on a minor stage making room for actors, Elvis dance ensemble and, not to forget, the band De Soto, The Impala Horns & Graceland voices.
Construction at the Visual act workshop. Photo by Rickard Loman, Lomanfilm.
Installation on site in Visby, the first town on the tour list. Photo by Rickard Loman, Lomanfilm.
Installation on site in Visby, the first town on the tour list. Photo by Rickard Loman, Lomanfilm.
If you want to know how we did it, we recommend you to quickly buy a ticket when “Elvis” takes over your city. For you, who live outside the Swedish border can only hope that the show will go on a World tour…
You have seen them on Cirkus in Stockholm, Kulturkalaset in Göteborg and BAM in New York. There is a TV documentary about them and recently the film about the groups story “Hur många lingon finns det I världen” had world premiere. It is all about “Glada Hudik >>
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