About town: Dancing queen, the Dansk queen and the Dame

The Copenhagen Post

Apr 17, 2015

ABBA founder member Benny Andersson was in town for the premiere of Østre Gasværks’ new musical Hjælp Søges, for which he has supplied the music and Björn Ulvaeus the lyrics

In the build-up to her 75th birthday celebrations on Thursday 16 April, Queen Margrethe II opened an early present – a portrait painted by Lars Physant

British actor Andrew Jeffers (left, the Dame in Crazy Christmas Cabaret) is among the cast in ‘Ørkenens Sønner’ ( ‘Singing in the Rain’), which enjoyed its premiere on April 11 at Tivoli’s Glassalen

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