Based on a Jane Fallon novel and directed by Guy Unsworth, a new show is powered by the Swedish pop duo’s songs. Co-founder Per Gessle reflects on Roxette’s arrival in the opera house
Based on a Jane Fallon novel and directed by Guy Unsworth, a new show is powered by the Swedish pop duo’s songs. Co-founder Per Gessle reflects on Roxette’s arrival at the operaof the Greek muse Thalia. Tonight, she holds a newly tied bunch of wonderful balloons. You could say she’s gotbut you’d be required to add a “la la la la la”. After all, this is the world premiere of Joyride, a new jukebox musical featuring a barrage of bangers by Swedish pop royalty Roxette.
Joyride runs until the end of April but is already close to selling out, such is Roxette’s standing as arguably the country’s second biggest band after Abba. The duo were in their pomp in the late 80s and early 90s when The Look and Listen to Your Heart became No 1 hits in the US and It Must Have Been Love, originally a Christmas single, was rejigged for a scene in Pretty Woman .
When Gessle discussed the song list with Unsworth he was surprised that the director suggested they use album tracks such as What’s She Like? and The First Girl on the Moon as well as the obvious hits. “Songs that I almost forgot about,” laughs Gessle. “I was really impressed that he had dug into the catalogue.
In a nice detail, Stephanie and Joe’s daughter, Stella , is a budding singer-songwriter who we see composing a tune on her acoustic guitar. Gessle, who is used to a level of autonomy as a musician, found that this time “I had to let go, trust people and get to know a little bit more about how the musical world works because it’s a different style of singing … My first band came from the new wave scene in the 70s – that’s what’s in my DNA.
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