It felt so natural, because when we were performing the show, we were so in that mode.” But I felt weirdly, I don’t know if confident is the world, it wasn’t even that.
“We both had moments where we alone on stage with just a spotlight, and here we are reciting the poetry. “I was really nervous, especially about the poetry stuff,” Klara concurs. We were on stage with these professional actors and actresses doing what they do, but then they also got to sing, which they thought was really scary, with us. “It was great because we were trying to do something we’d never done, reciting the poems,” Johanna says. The sisters also had the idea early on that the show would also include recitations of some of Cohen’s poems, which meant that just about everybody on stage would be somewhat out of their comfort zone. But he was also a fantastic writer of melodies.” Because when a lot of people think of Cohen, they think of the lyrics. We wanted to supersize the arrangements and highlight the melodies. “It wouldn’t have been right with just the two of us. “We wanted it to be big, because he deserved that,” Johanna says.
A Cohen tribute seemed a perfect idea to explore in that unique setting. First Aid Kit took it as fate when they were approached by the Stockholm Theatre and were asked if they had any ideas for a themed show with all of the theatre’s resources, including its actors and props, at their disposal.
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