Swenglistic Underground

English: Swenglistic Underground (2005-2016 called CabarEng) is a Swedish non-profit entertainment group founded early in 2005 primarily to produce and perform specially designed underground cabaret shows, mostly in English. The organization is registered with the Swedish Tax Agency since 2005 and also has a music publisher's contract with STIM. Shows have included the cabarets Nightmare Before Bedtime (2005), A Little Tribute Westward (2006 & new version 2011), Mingle Tingle (2008), CaCa Bleu (2009-2010), Cabaret Large A-Cup (2011), ÄngelCab (2013) and Kabaré 45 (2017). Swenglistic Underground also owns the performance rights to Wild Side Story, the rights to the songs of Birgit Ridderstedt, some songs by Berndt Egerbladh, John Groves, Ian Whitcomb and Harald Lindell, as well as all lyrics by Lars Jacob. The latter has also compiled and directed most of the shows. Chairman and Executive Producer since the organization was founded has been Emil Eikner. Deputy Chairman since 2016 is Bibbi Unge.

YouTube channel: [1].

Svenska: Swenglistic Underground (2005-2016 CabarEng) är en svensk kabarégrupp som sedan 2005 har framfört några hundra föreställningar i gengren undeground i Stockholm, New York, Washington DC och Annapolis. Organisationen är sedan 2005 registrerad hos Skatteverket, äger rättigheterna till Wild Side Story och till sånger enligt ovan och har även musikförlagsavtal med STIM. Ordförande sedan grundandet 2005 är Emil Eikner. Vice ordförande vald 2016 är Bibbi Unge.

YouTube-kanal: [2].

Gallery

Swenglistic Underground activities 2005-2019

Brief selection - also see image category & Productions section below.

2005 opening number of cabaret Nightmare Before Bedtime at the Sky Bar of Stockholm
2006 Emil Eikner often served then as FamSAC's banner bearer at various commemorations
2007 planting a tree in Michigan in memory of Steve Vigil, 1976 star of Wild Side Story
2007 visiting the original 1973-1974 star of Wild Side Story in Miami
2008 Democrats Abroad benefit perfomance in Stockholm
2009 publicity photo with Honorary Member Sara Lee Anderson during one of her Stockholm visits
2009 premiere of CaCa Bleu with Elsa Ridderstedt
2010 cast of CaCa Bleu including Anita Prytz and Yaiya Sacasios
2010 It Should Have Been Me with Honorary Member Anita Prytz
2010 Amado mio på Mallorca at Lillienhoff Palace
2011 Cabaret Mest Up cast poses with friend Ayesha Quraishi in Stockholm
2011 with Honorary Member Hasse Wallman at his 75th birthday party
2011 crossing from Staten Island to do shows in Manhattan
2011 celebrating Mae West in Times Square, New York City
2011 at Mae West's grave in Brooklyn
2011 after a tribute to West at Don't Tell Mama
2011 Cabaret Large A-Cup poster for U.S. tour
2011 performing with Yaiya at Madam's Organ in Washington DC
2011 Indian Love Call at the Metropolitan Room in New York
2011 with Siri von Reis after a Manhattan performance
2011 doing a Wild Side Story number in Boston
2012 recreating AlexCab ensemble photo of 1975
2012 after Mae Day Cabaret in Stockholm
2012 after a recording session with Honorary Member Kim Anderzon
2012 working on a recording with Honorary Member Christina Schollin
2012 finale of Cabaret Mother Freaker in Stockholm
2013 poster for ÄngelCab in Stockholm's Old Town
2013 welcoming people in January to the cellar stage of Michelangelo for ÄngelCab in Stockholm's Old Town
2013 AGM on stage in the Cabaret Cave of Michelangelo Restaurant in the Old Town of Stockholm
2013 publicity photo for the 40th anniversary of Wild Side Story
2013 Tonight as done in Wild Side Story
2013 posing with Honorary Member Christer Lindarw after 40th anniversary performance of Wild Side Story
2013 Honorary Member Agneta Lindén attends our director's retirement party
2013 "Magic to Do" in Stockholm
2013 ÄngelCab finale Pardon Me for Loving and Running
2014 recording a song with Honorary Member Gunvor Pontén and her dog "Charlie"
2014 recording work with Honorary Member Kjerstin Dellert
2014 recording a Christmas song in Stockholm with Honorary Member Piamorex at the piano
2015 after Vår kabaré in Stockholm with Honorary Members Princess Marianne Bernadotte & Gunvor Pontén and Deputy Chairperson Bibbi Unge
2015 checking a stage at one of Berlin's more established cabaret venues Bar jeder Vernunft
2015 with the manager of Paris cabaret venue Lapin Agile
2015 with Swedish superstar Lill-Babs
2016 meeting with a cabaret venue in London, England
2016 with Johan Rabaeus planting a tree at Mosebacke in memory of recently deceased Honorary Member Kim Anderzon
2016 with Honorary Member Graham Tainton planting a tree at Gröna Lund in memory of Honorary Member Hasse Wallman
2016 Rehearsing with Caroline Gentele for a New Year's Eve performance at the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre
2017 images pertaining to the show Kabaré 45 at Lillienhoff Palace
2017 with Honorary Member Karl Dyall
2018 our director with Princess Christina Magnuson & Confidencen Manager
2018 four Swedish vocalists & our producers recording at Studio Demitz
2019 editing session

Board of Directors & Honorary Members

Documentation with the applications/signatures of all Honorary Members is on file. They are arranged here in alphabetical order (å, ä & ö: see a & o).

Chairman Emil Eikner
Deputy Chairman Bibbi Unge
Board Deputy Wictor Nilsson
Mia Adolphson
Sara Lee Anderson
Kim Anderzon (†2014)
Princess Marianne Bernadotte
Kjerstin Dellert (†2018)
Thomas Dellert
Karl Dyall
Zoie Finer
Caroline Gentele
Nils-Åke Häggbom
Lars Jacob
Christer Lindarw
Agneta Lindén
Piamorex
Bill Öhrström
Gunvor Pontén (†2023)
Anita Prytz
Göran Rydh
Christina Schollin
Yaiya Siekas
Graham Tainton
Hans E. "Hasse" Wallman (†2014)
Hélène Eidsheim Westlund archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Productions & Performances

Additional images (one per production) from shows of ours - also see first gallery above.

2006: "I'm No Angel" in A Little Tribute Westward at Wallman's, Stockholm
2009: "Frankie and Johnny" in CaCa Bleu at Blå Skåpet, Stockholm
2010: "Pardon Me for Loving and Running" in CaCa Bleu at Bonden Bar, Stockholm
2010: "Fever" in CaCa Bleu at Snaps of the Lillienhoff Palace, Stockholm
2010: "Angels Eyes" on closing night of old Mosebacke, Stockholm
2011: "Amado Mio" in Cabaret Mest Up at Mest, Stockholm
2011:"Little Mary Jane West" in A Tribute Westward at Don't Tell Mama, New York City
2011: "Come Up and See Me Sometime!" in Cabaret Large A-Cup at Madam's Organ, Washington DC
2011: "Indian Love Call" in Cabaret Large A-Cup at Leeward Café, Annapolis MD
2011: "It Should Have Been Me" in Cabaret Large A-Cup at the Metropolitan Room, New York City
2011: "My Man" in the Napoleon Room of the Café Club, Boston
2012: "May Day" in Mae Day Cabaret at Götgatan Stories, Stockholm
2013: "Am I Too Young?" in ÄngelCab at Michelangelo of the Old Town, Stockholm
2013: "Boy Love" in Wild Side Story at Michelangelo of the Old Town, Stockholm
2015: "Herr Jacob" in Vår kabaré at Cesannas, Stockholm
2015: "Birthday Hooray" at Kjerstin Dellert 90th birthday party, Ulriksdal Palace Theatre, Solna
2017: "Walk on the Wild Side" in Kabaré 45 at Snaps of the Lillienhoff Palace, Stockholm
2017: "Put the Blame on Fame" at Colin Dyall Remembrance at Southern Theatre, Stockholm

Cabaret History

Selected images from related cabaret and entertainment history associated with our director.

1959: "Swedish Midsummer" by Birgit Ridderstedt on WTTW, Chicago
1968: Finale of Peccoral at Tibble Theatre, Täby
1968: Finale of Missarnas afton at City Club, Stockholm
1970: Disco dance scene in movie More About the Language of Love at Lord Nilsson, Stockholm
1971: Dancing fashion show at Romanoff, Stockholm
1972: 10-year death tribute to Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador III, Miami Beach
1972: "Applause" in a drag show version of Applause at Stonewall, Miami Beach
1972: "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Tuna at Ambassador III, Miami Beach
1973: Various Wild Side Story numbers at Ambassador III, Miami Beach
1974: Wild Side Story Tanpa Tour group, St. Petersburg FL
1974: "Boy Love" in Wild Side Story at the Climax, Miami
1974: Wild Side Story entertainment number at the Miss David pageant at Marco Polo Hotel, Miami Beach
1974: "Sankta Bongita" in Julkabaré at Poor House Cabaret, Stockholm
1975: "Grejer på gång" in AlexCab at Alexandra's, Stockholm
1976: Ensemble of Wild Side Story at Alexandra's, Stockholm
1976: "That Face" in Lars Jacob's Monday Night Drag Show at Alexandra's, Stockholm
1977 "America" in Wild Side Story at the Flama Latina, Los Angeles
"Birds Think" in Wild Side Story at the Plaza, Los Angeles
1982: Recording demo audio for English translation of musical Spök, Los Angeles
1990: "Tomten älskling, ge mig feta paket!" CD production for Inter-Continental, Stockholm
1993: Wedding act scene in Ett bondbröllop in Kungsträdgården Park, Stockholm
1993: Mae West Centenary group at Berns, Stockholm
1994: Rehearsing "Mister Deep Blue Sea" for Wild (Mae) West at Glädjehuset, Stockholm
1995: Ensemble of Ett bondbrollop at Gammelgården, Ludvika
1997: "Cast Somewhere" in Wild Side Story at Camarillo, Stockholm
1998: 50th-birthday show and celebration at Regina Theatre, Stockholm
1998: "Birds Think" in Wild Side Story at Café Opera, Stockholm
2000: Ensemble after Wild Side Story at Anfi del Mar, Arguineguin GC, Spain
2000: Opening number of Wild Side Story at Gamla Stans Bryggeri, Stockholm
2002: "Leader of the Pack" in Wild Side Story at Bäckahästen Kungsgatan, Stockholm
2003:"Westrecept för fred på jorden" in Pre-Valentine's Day Love-In at Blue Moon Bar Kungsgatan, Stockholm
2004: "Pardon Me for Loving and Running!" in final show at Wild Side International Show Lounge, Stockholm
2010: "What Impression Do Your Expessions Make?" lecture at Lillenhoff Palace, Stockholm
2017: Rådberg-Eikner wedding at Lillienhoff Palace, Stockholm