{"id":13337,"date":"2023-03-25T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=13337"},"modified":"2023-03-26T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T11:28:48","slug":"helen-sjoholm-about-house-of-angels-and-the-performance-in-strangnas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/various-2023\/helen-sjoholm-about-house-of-angels-and-the-performance-in-strangnas\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Sj\u00f6holm about “House of Angels” and the performance in Str\u00e4ngn\u00e4s"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00f6dermanlands Nyheter 2023-03-06<\/strong><\/p>\n

By: CATARINA NITZ<\/p>\n

When the iconic film \u00c4nglag\u00e5rd (House of Angels)<\/em> becomes a musical this fall, Helen Sj\u00f6holm will play the role of Rut \u2013 perhaps the worst grumpy aunt in Swedish film history. But before it’s time to start rehearsing, Helen Sj\u00f6holm does a live gig in Str\u00e4ngn\u00e4s. We have had a chat with the popular star.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 28, the singer and actor Helen Sj\u00f6holm will come to Thomas Arena for a concert. The tickets sold out in no time.<\/p>\n

\u2013 What fun, I’m really looking forward to it, Helen Sj\u00f6holm says when we speak on the phone.<\/p>\n

(…).<\/p>\n

In 2020, Helen Sj\u00f6holm released the album En ny tid (A New Time)<\/em> with specially written and handpicked material. During the tour that followed the album release, she got to know the pianist Rickard Nilsson.<\/p>\n

\u2013 We felt that we could do something in two, so we met and sort of just tested. It felt great and we have done a bunch of gigs in the autumn with material that represents and covers my entire career.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be a small mini-tour this spring.<\/p>\n

\u2013 It has been great fun. I land back a bit in how it started. For me it was usually with a pianist.<\/p>\n

Scaling down and working with just one voice and one instrument has meant that Helen Sj\u00f6holm has had to approach certain songs in her repertoire in a different way.<\/p>\n

\u2013 So what do you do with these big pompous songs? What are they about? It feels nice and there will be an interaction that will be very intimate.<\/p>\n

The audience can expect to hear hymns, songs from Kristina from Duvem\u00e5la<\/em>, songs she has sung with Benny Andersson Band and when she participated in the TV4 program S\u00e5 mycket b\u00e4ttre (So much better).<\/em><\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm will even sing a song written about her own grandmother.<\/p>\n

Helen Sj\u00f6holm’s grandmother lived her whole life in the village of N\u00e4s\u00e5ker in \u00c5ngermanland, and it\u00b4s from her grandmother’s life in the village that Helen Sj\u00f6holm draws inspiration for her portrayal of Rut in the upcoming musical House of Angels<\/em>, which premieres on September 10 at the Oscar Theater in Stockholm.<\/p>\n

\u2013 I got the urge because I enjoy doing rehearsal work around something new so much. Although this is an old story and many hold it in their heart, the music is new and the script is also new.<\/p>\n

The music is written by Fredrik Kempe and the screenplay is by Edward af Sill\u00e9n together with Daniel R\u00e9hn. Edward af Sill\u00e9n will also direct.<\/p>\n

The angry and bitter character Rut is as far from cozy aunt as you can get. Helen Sj\u00f6holm has great respect for Viveka Seldahl’s (1944-2001) role interpretation in the first two House of Angels<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Not least in that iconic scene where she scolds the new gang there in the village. Both her acting but also what it represented \u2013 the fear of the new and the abhorrence of that which threatens everything that is familiar. But in Rut there is so much more.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Why she is the way she is is because she has been so cruelly let down. It’s interesting to work on and dig into. What happens to a person who carries a secret and has been betrayed? That is what Rut is about.<\/p>\n

Are there any good songs in the musical?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Yes it is! There is a lot of good music that Fredrik Kempe has written. It probably won’t be an anthem for me, it will be a bit more swinging, I think. It will definitely be a great experience to see and hear this.<\/p>\n

(…)<\/p>\n

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