Two-Show Saturday Madness: Stage Manager on Crutches & Park Fashion Fails 😂

Two-show Saturdays, makeup artists turned stage managers, and fashion faux pas in Gothenburg? This is the tour vlog you didn’t know you needed 🎭✨

In this chaotic and hilarious slice of tour life, I’m in Gothenburg performing at @svandinaviumsrena while staying in style at the glorious @gothiatowers 🌆 My room on the 19th floor overlooks @lisebergab and the views are almost as dramatic as the backstage shenanigans! 😂

LUNCH & DINNER BLISS

We’re spoiled with amazing catering from @melkerssonsmat 🍽️ Everything is delicious, comforting, and exactly what you need between shows. Massive gratitude to @krall_entertainment and the incredible team—@tobiaseliasson, @andreakrall, and @sophiastolpe—for treating us like royalty 👑

THE PARK WALK FASHION REPORT

Between shows, I grab my assistant Johanna for a much-needed walk across a nearby canal and into a local park 🌳 There we discover Gothenburg’s secret uniform: dirty pink pile jackets 🧥 Johanna’s sporting one too, unintentionally becoming a member of the pink puff pack 😆 It’s giving “budget trend” and we love it.

STAGE DRAMA

With Tommy Körberg out for the day, Joakim Jennefors steps into his role like a boss 🎤 But wait… our makeup artist David is suddenly promoted to stage manager 😳 Unfortunately, his knees aren’t quite on board with the plan. He limps through the day like a true theatre warrior 💪💄

EXPECT:

• Real-life behind-the-scenes tour content

• Comedy moments between shows

• Honest vegan/artist life on the road

• Unexpected cast changes & improv heroics

• Local fashion critiques (Swedish edition)

If you’re a fan of musical theatre, touring productions, backstage drama, or just love a good laugh, this video’s for you.

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What if the understudies had to go on tonight?

Two seasoned performers, aged dramatically by makeup, caught moments before stepping into legendary shoes 🎭 This is the oldest photo on my iPhone — snapped backstage at the theatre on September 13, 2024, during a full understudy runthrough. It features Joakim Jennefors and Pontus Wonkawaara, prepped and poised, ready to take on roles that usually belong to icons.

Joakim, dressed in a robe originally used in My Fair Lady 👘, is the cover for Gottfrid, typically played by the one and only Tommy Körberg. Pontus, in a classic black tee 🖤, is covering Axel, usually portrayed by the charismatic Fredrik Lycke.  

 

Understudy runthroughs are theatre's version of a fire drill 🚨 — costumes, wigs, makeup, lights, emotions, everything. It’s an adrenaline rush 🏃‍♂️💥 but also an important ritual: rehearsing the worst-case scenario so it doesn’t feel quite so worst when it happens.

The hallway is dim and quiet, humming with nerves and whispered lines 🤫🧳. I remember watching them get ready — the transformation was striking. The age makeup, the intensity in their eyes, the professionalism they brought. This is what it means to be ready 💼✨

This moment reminds me why I love working backstage. The quiet heroes of theatre 👏 Those who wait, prepare, and then — maybe — shine 🕯️🌟

📍Taken in Stockholm, during a musical season that meant everything to so many of us.  

🎬 Featuring Joakim Jennefors & Pontus Wonkawaara  

🖤 Roles: Gottfrid & Axel (covers)  

👔 Dressing gown: from My Fair Lady  

❤️ To all the understudies out there — your day may come, and when it does, you’ll be ready.  

👉 Got a favourite understudy moment? Share it with me in the comments!

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