Danielle Tarento, producer and casting director
Michael Bradley, musical director
Colleen Morris-Glennon, costume designer
Andrew Exeter, set and lighting designer

The Bodyguard  is a 2012 musical based on the eponymous 1992 thriller starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. It tells the story of Rachel Marron, a pop star who becomes the target of a dangerous stalker, and Frank Farmer, a former secret agent who is deeply devoted to his duty but haunted by the past, when he failed to prevent the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. The musical and film feature music made famous by Whitney Houston, including such hits as I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing  and I Wanna Dance With Somebody.  The musical is directed and choreographed by Mykal Rand, a renowned British artist and a regular guest of the summer festival, and will be performed on the festival stage in Ljubljana’s Križanke. Rand began his career as a performer, then progressed to supervising dancers and making sure everything was perfect, then became resident director and later choreographer and director of his own shows. He has previously staged several very popular musicals in Ljubljana, including Hair (2011), the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (2012), Grease (2013), Evita (2014), Chicago (2021) and West Side Story  (2022).

The musical will be in English with Slovenian surtitles.

• The Bodyguard  grossed $411 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1992
• its soundtrack album became the bestselling soundtrack album of all time, with sales of over 45 million copies worldwide, and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• the singles I Have Nothing  and Run to You  received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song
• the starring role of Rachel was played by Whitney Houston in her movie acting debut; her co-star Kevin Costner was also one of the producers of the film