Joyride the Musical - It must have been love (from press conference at Malmö Opera Nov 23)

Joyride the Musical is a newly written feel-good musical featuring music by the legendary pop duo Roxette will have its world premiere at Malmö Opera in September 2024. An unforgettable rollercoaster ride full of joy, humor, spectacular performances, upbeat songs, and power ballads. C’mon, join the joyride! 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, where the plot is inspired by English bestselling author Jane Fallon’s romantic comedy Got You Back! WORLD PREMIERE Sept 6, 2024 LANGUAGE Swedish, English subtitles (songs in English) MUSIC & LYRICS Per Gessle BOOK Klas Abrahamsson Based on the novel Got your 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 VIDEO DESIGN George Reeve ARRANGEMENTS Joakim Hallin ORCHESTRATIONS Joakim Hallin, Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist Cast KATIE Marsha Songcome (US Kerstin Hilldén) STEPHANIE Jessica Marberger (US Caroline Gustafsson) JOE Alexander Lycke (US Patrik Martinsson) NATASHA Sara Lehmann (US Sienna Sebek) GARY Oscar Pierrou Lindén (US Rasmus Mononen) MEREDITH Sanna Martin (US Emilie Larsson) MICHAEL Patrik Martinsson (US David Lindell/Fredrik Sjöstedt) 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 Malmö Operaorkester PUBLISHER/AGENCY Nordiska ApS/Jimmy Fun Music #roxettesongs #itmusthavebeenlove #malmöopera #roxette #joyridemusical @roxetteofficial