Thursday night was club night and this particular Thursday it was a pleasure to play host to a gang from Malmö. Bless them for travelling halfway up the country in driving rain to perform in Linköping. Luckily, the Linköping crowd made their trip worth it and despite the weather turned up en force with the biggest audience yet. Punters were sitting on the floor, on the edges of sofas and propping up the bar.
Coincidentally, there is a bit of a Skåne related scandal in Linköping at the moment. Corren, the local paper, has tried to create a right old brouhaha about the fact that the Xmas tree in Linköping’s main square has not come from our own dear county of Östergötland but has been freighted up from (Shock! Horror!) Skåne! Corren has waited for a deluge of green-inked letters of outrage, while the population has remained largely, er, indifferent.
So it was, in this non frenzy of anti Skåne feeling that I welcomed four comedians from Malmö. There’s quite a scene in Malmö and the comics that came up were all associated with one of the more experimental clubs, Oslipat, which has been recognised as one of the best clubs in Sweden.
First up was Nils Lind. He has the unkempt beardy look, which he uses in his act superbly. If you were to bump into him offstage, you might expect to be asked for spare change. I’m not sure whether he grew the beard for the act or the act grew out of the beard, but either way, it’s very funny.
There were a couple of beginners, Malin Nanhed and Tora Larsson, who performed 5 minutes each. But being rookies from the comedy hothouse of Oslipat, they were both brilliant.
Public demand had requested that LKPG HA HA!’s very own Palle Strömberg should also perform despite having only tenuous links to Skåne. He came onstage with his trademark ‘Hello Motherfuckers!’ and proceeded to bring the house down with his ‘Motherfuckin’ Dad Revenge Tour’ routine, where he describes spending the summer visiting his numerous offspring. After the break, Palle’s son, Johannes did a very short, heartbreakingly funny set about being one of those poor kids.
The headliner was Oslipat co-founder Marcus Johansson, who has a boyish charm onstage which is both commanding and disarming for the audience. He covers everything from suicide to his first sexual experience being the sight of the Vildvittra’s naked breasts in the Ronja film. Very funny.
Whether you are a comedian or a Christmas tree, Malmö to Linköping is a long way to travel, so the guys stayed over at my place. This was a nice opportunity to sit around, drink red wine and chat. It was nice to get an insight into the dynamics of the Skåne scene and we talked long into the night
However, the morning after as the others slept, I was woken by my kids at an unearthly hour. Red wine and a lack of sleep… I still feel tired.. so very tired…
Tags: Comedy, Gigs, Linköping, Stand Up, Sweden
Thanx for the blurb. For your information; the beard is gone. Im more into the whole “70:ies cop meets a young male prostitute and the adventures that follow” kind of mustach look nowadays. Thax also for the wine and the non alcoholic beer (all the feeling and no hangover).
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Hi Nils… I hope the trip to LKPG didn’t make you reach for the razor blades…
Also, remember, there ain’t no party like a lättöl party
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