Opened 28th Sept 1974 - Gladsaxe Teater Copenhagen

 

The first Scandinavian outing for Rocky.

 

Staged in a tradional theatre, and "possibly unathorised", it was very successful, and saw 2 further legitimate productions, directed by Per Pellesen at The Aalborg Theater (Judland) (1992) and then again in Copenhagen at the Nørrebros Theater (Per was also manager) (2003). All three shows were successes.

 

Per Pallesen, born 1942. Danish actor, director and theater director, educated at Aalborg Theatre 1966. Went the following year to Copenhagen, where he made his name as Sigismund in Ralph Benatzky and Hans Müller Summer in Tyrol at the New Scala 1970. He soon made himself noticed in musicals and comedies and was instrumental in the 1970s in a series of revues . He made his debut as the director of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Gladsaxe Theatre 1974.

 

Eddie Skoller was born in 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA to a Swedish mother and a Russian father. He took Danish citizenship in 1950. Graduated in 1963 B.Sc. in Business Studies, The Copenhagen Business School, 1966. He made his debut as a performer in 1969 at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Starred in flera musicals including "Hair," "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "The Rocky Horror Show". First one-man show in Copenhagen, 1975. Award winner at the Knokke TV Festival in Belgium, 1978. TV Specials in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. One-man shows all over Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, the Far East, Australia and the Soviet Union.

 

Willy Rathnov was born on May 13, 1937 in Roskilde, Denmark as Kaj Willy Rasmussen. He was an actor, known for Huset på Christianshavn (1970), Along Came a Soldier (1969) and Frihedens pris (1960). He died on August 29, 1999 in Denmark.

 

 

Jasper Klein and Lykke Neilsen

Willy Rathnov  -  Kirsten Peüliche  -  Lisbeth Lundquist   -  Bent Warburg

Thank you to Per Pallesen and Eddie Skoller, for the information on this page.

Jsper Klein with Kirsten Peuliche and Lykke Nielsen showing the advertsing poster for Gladsaxe Teater. 1974.

BIG THANK YOU to EDDIE SKOLLER (and his Mum, for keeping the programme)