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A sketch show by Swedish comedy group Aftershave och Galenskaparna.
Feb 1985
One act after another, without having anything to do with one another. Just as it should be.
Feb 2001
In the small working community, the entry in the local newspaper hits like a bomb. The signature "Leif" claims that the town's large arms company Rotum exports weapons illegally. Gunnar Volt, CEO of Rotum, gets a shock. Imagine that someone has the audacity to say that about the community's pride Rotum - even if it now happens to be true. He immediately gathers the management and everyone agrees: Leif must be found - and stopped. But who is this mysterious Leif?
Jun 1987
Four middle-aged men meet at a coffee shop. Suddenly they realize that they have known each other since their youth and that the coffee shop is the confectionary they always went to. The memories and nostalgia become so great that they are transported back to the 60s and the coffee shop once again becomes Hagman's confectionery.
Sep 2013
Roy and Roger decide to close their gas station for the summer, to try to find where, what, and how their lost father is. Roger also falls in love, and much more.
Dec 1990
The stationmaster is trying to prevent his station from being closed. The train isn't coming and he has to explain to the waiting trainpassengers why it's late, while other people is trying to get the station for their use; for example the italians, who want to make a pizzeria out of it.
Sep 1991
Samuel Plottner is a stockdealer who only wants to get richer, but suddenly things starts to get complicated: His sons meets their longlost mother which not only is after Samuels money, but also can tell them what happened to them the day they were born. The financial expert Benny Hörnsteen is also after Samuels money, and so is the clown Conny Corny and Lennart K. Brons too. How will this end?
Jun 1989
"You could have met in the office over coffee and cake to say congratulations, and that would have been that," writes Claes Eriksson in the preface to the 30th anniversary party's program. But that will not be the case...
Oct 2015
Thirty years after the cult TV series Macken premiered, Galenskaparna and After Shave return with an acclaimed stage version of the classic. At Roys and Rogers' gas station, a series of colorful and eccentric characters gather once again in a performance filled with humor, music and nostalgia. Recorded at Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg in April 2017
Jan 2019
Egil (Knut Agnred) is just an ordinary painter. But one day, when he's about to paint a fence, incredible stuff starts to happen!
Nov 1996
A documentary behind the scenes at Macken - the TV series on stage, Galenskaparna & After Shave's last joint production. During an evening performance at Lorensbergsteatern, we get to follow the ensemble before the curtain, from preparations and nervousness to reflections and spontaneous moments. At the same time, the classic Macken performance unfolds on stage in front of an enthusiastic audience, in a depiction of the work behind one of Swedish entertainment's greatest successes.
Nov 2025
C Eriksson Solo is a theater act written and performed by Claes Eriksson. I this play will Claes discover the possibilities of a stage in a funny way.
Sep 2007
Merry Christmas! it says so well, now that it's Christmas again. Christmas concerts or amaryllis, which are most common? We do not know. But we are many who want to be drained on the Christmas spirit. Now this Christmas show is no concert in the traditional sense. We have asked ourselves: Are the little (swedish dancing) frogs really so funny to see? And on this basis we have tried to create a somewhat different Christmas concert, but which we nevertheless assumed Christmas fundamental ingredients.
Dec 2002
A story about Vincent Moro, an almost invisible man that works at a refridgerator factory when USA wasn't the A-nation it is today and therefor was called USB. Vincent has been working at the factory for 20 years when he suddenly finds out that he is fired.
Dec 1995
Axel Hansson is burning. Burning with enthusiasm. Enthusiassm for trains. So when the decision to close down his station he keeps working and pretends that nothing has happened.
Oct 1987
20 years together! That is something to celebrate and that is exactly what Galenskaparna och After Shave did by performing a new play, with completely new material and a set of completely new characters.
Jan 2005
Jan 1995
Cyklar is a film of a sketch show by the Swedish group Aftershave och Galenskaparna
Dec 1987
Grisen i säcken (The Pig in the Sack) is one of GAS's most popular productions. It is divided into three acts: the dance band opera Grisen i säcken, the rural play Värmlänningarna kommer tillbaka (The People of Värmland Return), and finally Doktor Haka's rekordrevy (a revue).
Dec 1992
A group of tourists are shown Tjolöholm caste, by a guide (Peter Rangmar), who speaks home made, incomprehensible english.
Feb 1986