Gambämark
Sign in to saveGambämark is a musical written and performed by the Finland-Swedish comedy group KAJ. It is set in the fictional Finnish village of Gambämark in Ostrobothnia, which declares independence from Finland and becomes its own sovereign state, operating on the principle "Things were better in the past". The story focuses on Josua Byman, the son of village leader Kurt Byman, who decides to rebel against his father and his ultra-conservative ideology. The musical opened at Wasa Teater in 2018, where it was played until 2019, with over 23,000 sold tickets, making it the fourth-biggest show in the histor
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Composer
- Jakob Norrgård
- Performer
- KAJ
- Image
- Gambämark 1.jpg
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- title
- Gambämark
- Commons category
- Gambämark
- location of first performance
- Wasa Theater
- publication date
- 2018-00-00
- form of creative work
- musical
- language of work or name
- Ostrobothnian Swedish
- described at URL
- www.wasateater.fi/feature/gambamark
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Plot
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Cast
- Reception
- Notes
- References
Gambämark is a musical written and performed by the Finland-Swedish comedy group KAJ. It is set in the fictional Finnish village of Gambämark in Ostrobothnia, which declares independence from Finland and becomes its own sovereign state, operating on the principle "Things were better in the past". The story focuses on Josua Byman, the son of village leader Kurt Byman, who decides to rebel against his father and his ultra-conservative ideology. The musical opened at Wasa Teater in 2018, where it was played until 2019, with over 23,000 sold tickets, making it the fourth-biggest show in the history of the theatre, after Botnia Paradise, Colorado Avenue and The Sound of Music.
It was the first musical created by KAJ. served as music producer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gambämark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.