Drottningholms Slottsteater reschedules summer performances

On account of coronavirus and the instructions issued by the Public Health Agency of Sweden, Drottningholms Slottsteater has decided to reschedule this summer’s performances for next year and to cancel all public events until August. The Queen of Prints – maxjenny! exhibition will still be on display in September and October, and the Visions and Utopias day-programme will go ahead after the summer. All guided tours have been cancelled until further notice, but will resume as soon as possible.

The baroque opera Agrippina and the children’s show Beauty and the Beast will now be staged during the 2021 season instead of this year, as will the solo concert Donne disprezzate with mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg.

“It’s with a heavy heart that we’ve made this decision not to put on any performances in our wonderful theatre this year,” says managing director Sofi Lerström. “Like everyone else, we have to adjust to the current circumstances but anyway, I’m happy that the performances will be seeing audiences next year.”

Adjustment to coronavirus means that our national day celebrations, planned for 6 June, will also have to be cancelled. We will resume our guided tours, which are now on hold, as soon as we can, and when we do we will make sure to keep our groups appropriately small and physically distanced.

The Queen of Prints – maxjenny!exhibition, which will be on display in September and October, is a collaboration between Drottningholms Slottsteater and the celebrated Swedish designer Maxjenny Forslund. It comprises a collection of printed motifs from the theatre’s scenery, environment and decor.

The day-programme Visions and Utopias on 5 September is being held in honour of Lovisa Ulrika’s 300^th birthday and is a collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Royal Palace.

New dates for the 2021 season:
Beauty and the Beast 24-30 May
Agrippina 7-21 August
Donne disprezzate end August

Purchased tickets may be exchanged for tickets for the new dates or for vouchers, or refunded.

As Drottningholms Slottsteater continues to observe the instructions issued by the Public Health Agency, plans for the season are still subject to change.

For more information, please contact: Elin West, press officer at Drottningholms Slottsteater, 0733 50 26 25, elin.west@dtm.se