Name: No business like show business
Start: 2027-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cirkus

About the show

In 2027, it's time for the musical concert No Business Like Show Business to come to Cirkus, and it will be an afternoon filled with great emotions, quick turns, humor, and warmth.

On stage are Rickard Söderberg, Malena Ernman, Johan Hwatz, Kim Bergkvist, Fredrik Sjöstedt, and Kristina Hahne, six strong stage personalities with clear expressions and great presence. Together they create a concert where it's not just about singing beautifully, but about storytelling, landing in the text, and letting each number have its own tone and color. Here, there is both power, playfulness, and that fingertip feeling that makes an audience truly listen.

The artists switch between solos where each person's distinctiveness takes center stage, and ensemble numbers where the interaction becomes the driving force. With choreography, dance, and tap, the concert gains additional energy and movement, and the expression becomes as visual as it is musical. When voices, rhythms, and stage presence meet, the dynamics are heightened, creating a tight, generous, and lively stage space, just as a musical should feel.

Between songs, the artists share small stories and glimpses from life on and behind the stage. This gives the concert a personal tone and a warm address, bringing the audience closer to both the music and the people performing it.

The concert moves freely through musical history: well-known classics are mixed with newer songs that surprise and feel here and now. The audience will hear songs from Chess, Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Så som i himmelen, We Will Rock You, Joyride, Sweeney Todd, Rent, Phantom of the Opera, but also additional gems from "narrower" musicals. Plus, a completely new musical that has not yet been performed.

It will be a mix of quiet moments, grand ensemble numbers, and fast-paced elements with dance and tap as a really good musical concert should be.

Participants

Rickard Söderberg
Rickard Söderberg is one of Sweden's most beloved opera singers, educated at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Since his graduation, he has established himself as one of the country's most popular opera singers. His repertoire ranges from baroque masterpieces to Mozart's great operas, with performances on stages in Leipzig, Toulouse, and at Drottningholm Palace Theatre. He has been seen in productions such as Rebecca, The Rake's Progress, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Madama Butterfly, The Tales of Hoffmann, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Elijah, and Let's Make an Opera. Rickard has also released four full-length albums and hosts a radio program about opera on Sveriges Radio P2. In recent years, he has increasingly moved towards the musical genre.

Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is one of Sweden's most well-known and versatile singers, with a career spanning opera, musical, and concerts in many different formats. She is educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the University College of Opera, and has performed on several of Europe's major opera stages. With her strong stage presence, expressive storytelling, and ability to move between genres, she has reached a broad audience far beyond the opera houses. Malena brings dramatic power, warmth, and musical brilliance to the concert.

Johan Hwatz
Johan is educated at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. He has participated in several productions at Malmö Opera. At Kristianstad Theatre, he has been seen in The Sound of Music, Sweet Charity, Dracula, and Little Shop of Horrors. He has also participated in Fiddler on the Roof at Uppsala City Theatre, Kristina från Duvemåla at Cirkus, and Chess in Helsingborg and at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki. Johan has also participated in several productions at Wermland Opera and the County Theatre on Gotland. In 2023, the musical The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared premiered at Wermland Opera. It is written by Johan, Markus Virta, and Pierre Oxenryd. Together with Pierre Oxenryd, Johan has also written the musical Raoul, which is about Raoul Wallenberg's efforts in Budapest during World War II.

Kim Bergkvist
Kim Bergkvist is educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. She has performed several musical roles and toured internationally, both on cruise ships and with the show Arrival – The Music of ABBA. She has played Johanna Barker in Sweeney Todd at Dalateatern in Falun together with Dalasinfonietten and Ophelia in Hamlet at Kronborg Castle in Denmark. At Helsingborg City Theatre, she has been seen in a number of productions since 2018, including The Idiots, The Brothers Lionheart, Silent Maria, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. She has also played Susan in the Swedish premiere of Tick… Tick… Boom! and participated in A Little Night Music in London in 2015.

Fredrik Sjöstedt
Fredrik Sjöstedt is educated at the Ballet Academy's musical line in Gothenburg. He has participated in West Side Story in Uppsala, the world premiere of the musical Camera at Östgötateatern, Les Misérables at Wermland Opera and at Spira in Jönköping, Something Rotten! at Wermland Opera, and played the role of Benjamin Coffin III at Växjö and Ystad Theatre. At Malmö Opera, he has participated in Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music, the newly written musical Dead or Alive, and Anastasia. In the summer of 2023, Fredrik could be seen at Lilla Beddinge Theatre where he played the title role in Sweeney Todd. Fredrik was also in the original production of Joyride at Malmö Opera.

Kristina Hahne
Kristina Hahne is a trained musical artist and has worked on stage since 2001, in musicals, shows, and concerts. She has brought to life characters such as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Miss Hannigan in Annie, Demeter in Cats, Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music, Mickie in Grease, Mrs. Storch in The Jönsson Gang The Musical, Marta in Spring Awakening, Claudine in Can-Can, and Miss Svan in Mölle by the Sea at Fredriksdalsteatern. Kristina has also participated in musicals such as Jekyll & Hyde, Legally Blonde, and My Fair Lady. What she loves most is developing different characters and conveying their stories to the audience. She was last seen in Mitt om natten at Nöjesteatern in Malmö.