THE MUSIC Joyride the musical (ENG)

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! Meet Joakim Hallin, the musical supervisor for Joyride. He talks about the collaboration with Per Gessle, Malmö Opera’s orchestra and how a musical is written. World premiere at Malmö Opera on September 6 2024. Film by Marcus & Mattias Thernström Florin. Creatives MUSIC & LYRICS Per Gessle BOOK Klas Abrahamsson Based on the novel Got You 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 ARRANGEMENTS Joakim Hallin ORCHESTRATIONS Joakim Hallin, Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist VIDEO DESIGN Daniel Denton Cast KATIE Marsha Songcome / Kerstin Hilldén STEPHANIE Jessica Marberger / US Caroline Gustafsson JOE Alexander Lycke / Patrik Martinsson NATASHA Sara Lehmann / Sienna Sebek GARY Oscar Pierrou Lindén / Rasmus Mononen MEREDITH Sanna Martin / Emilie Larsson MICHAEL Patrik Martinsson / David Lindell / Fredrik Sjöstedt JOHN Jan Modin / Erik Gullbransson STELLA Tilda Hallström / Sara Stjernfeldt / Elsa Zetterqvist Thunström 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 Christel Nilsen Malmö Operaorkester