{"id":8266,"date":"2019-03-03T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/?page_id=8266"},"modified":"2019-05-26T18:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T16:54:34","slug":"double-up-by-vanna-and-helen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helensjoholm.nu\/_eng\/press-clips\/reviews-2019\/double-up-by-vanna-and-helen\/","title":{"rendered":"Double up – by Vanna and Helen"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Two versions of a woman in a swinging musical about quantum physics<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Photo & \u00a9 Dramaten, S\u00f6ren Vilks<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Aftonbladet 190303<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

By: JENS PETERSON<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Hugh and Nancy’s many worlds<\/strong>
Director and lyrics Lars Rudolfsson, with Helen Sj\u00f6holm, Vanna Rosenberg, Magnus Roosmann, Emma Broom\u00e9, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Peter Engman, IngaLill Andersson, Pierre Wilkner, Johan Holmberg, Ruben Granditsky.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

An American family. Dull self-absorbed dad. Anxious self-effacing mother. Teenage daughter rebelling. Little brother playing drums. Well-known. But still screwed. Helen Sj\u00f6holm and Vanna Rosenberg play different versions of a woman under influence (\u2026)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

First of all it is Stranger in paradise<\/em>. A Russian opera song by Borodin<\/strong> from the 19th century which became a musical song in Kismet<\/em> and a hit for Tony Bennett<\/strong>. It\u00b4s Nancy’s<\/strong> favorite melody and Helen Sj\u00f6holm<\/strong> starts the show with a thoughtful version of the ever-green song.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(\u2026) Nancy’s husband Hugh Everett<\/strong> is a prominent scientist who in 1957 presented his theory of the many worlds of quantum mechanics. That there are an infinite number of parallel worlds like ours where versions of us can do other things.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Wonderfully incomprehensible<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This gets Nancy to experience when she meets her double. The performance is at its best in the scenes with Helen Sj\u00f6holm and Vanna Rosenberg<\/strong> as copies. Their family life has small significant differences, even though husband and children are the same.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Magnus Roosmann<\/strong> plays the husband Hugh, who is not only a regular boring professor but boring on a wonderfully incomprehensible level. It\u00b4s brave to do musical about quantum physics. Roosmann has a few songs where his character is bitter to critical colleagues. “People foretell, but Bohr prevails” sounds a refrain in a song that contains all rhymes that exist on “year” (\u2026)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Grilling and infidelity<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

That, and a few more pieces, get you thinking of Tom Wait’s <\/strong>theatrical sides, and the small orchestra has an interesting set with lots of bass tuba, trumpet and drums.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nancy remembers their live together, and we meet the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Grilling and card games with friends. Partner exchanges. Infidelity (\u2026)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Brains and numbers<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are staggering oscillations. Skilled actors keep the interest alive, and Emma Broom\u00e9<\/strong> who plays Nancy’s daughter Liz<\/strong> impresses in both singing and acting. Much about brains, facts, numbers, science. But it\u00b4s the unpredictable wave movements in our emotions that give pulse to the performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(The entire review is not reproduced for copyright reasons)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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