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On the ball

  

The show is about growing up in a football-environment, how to find your own identity amongst a swarm of rules, hormones and expectations. It tells the story of three boys and their struggle to be the best player, to get a place on the local team and become a professional player for Leeds. The idol is Peter Lorimer because he was the toughest goal scorer in the world, he shot the hardest balls ever. We meet the boys at practice and when they are playing matches, in the changing room and in their time off. There is rough language and a great deal of vulnerability. This is the boys` world. A world of good and bad. The former football player Rune Temte wrote the play.

 

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Director/Dramatising: Macelino M.Valiente
Text: Rune Temte
Producer: Espen Andersen, Tema Productions
Lights: Ole Petter Westbye
Costumes: Thea Glimsdal
Choreography: Gunhild Bjørnsgaard
Video/photo: Jacop Hultgren
Soundtrack: Rune M.Glimsdal
Consultants: Kjetil Skøien(text), Kjell Borgersen(football), Rune Martinsen(sponsorship), Odd Elshøy( inspiration/prompt)
Technique on tour: Ole Petter Westby, Tema Produksjoner
Actors: Martin L.Lotherington, Markus Tønseth, Rune Temte, Geir Atle Johnsen(on tape), Thea Glimsdal (on video)

 

Opening night: 30th of January 1999, Drammen Theatre. Number of Performances: 10 The show was funded by: Fund for performing artists, Buskerud Community, The norwegian actors union, The Norwegian arts council, Drammen Theatre, Nedre Eiker community.

 

Tour: Det Åpne Theatre(Oslo) February 1999, Theatre Ibsen(Skien), March 2000. National Tour: 30th September-06th November 1999. Teatret Vårt(Molde), Trøndelag Theatre(Trondheim), Arbeider`n(Ålesund), Rogaland Theatre(Stavanger), Den Nationale Scene(Bergen), Hålogaland Theatre(Tromsø), Centralteatret(Oslo), Agder Theatre (Kristiansand).

 

The people involved:

Marcelino M.Valiente, director - is also dramaturge/writer and actor. Educated at J.Lecoq international drama school and C.Dullin`s drama shool, both in Paris. He is currently running the dance company "Kompany B.Valiente" together with his wife. This company is highly recognised in the dance circle in Norway and France and has toured all over Norway and in Europe. In autumn 1998, he worked for "The Norwegian Theatre".

 

MartinL.Lotherington, actor. Trained at the Norwegian State Drama school. He has worked at the Hålogaland Theatre where he amongst others played Eilert Løvborg and did a monologue written by himself. Played Brother in the film " Dead -scared".

 

Markus Tønseth,actor. Trained at the Guildford School of Acting in England. He has worked at the Victoria Theatre in Oslo and with Peter Hall Company in London, he also had a part in the TV series Offshore.

 

Rune Temte,actor. Trained at the Drama Studio in London. Has worked with Riksteateret, Teater Ibsen, Sogn og Fjordane Theatre and Teatret Vårt. He has been running the theatre company "Slaves of Love", now Temte Productions, since 1992.

 

Espen Andersen, producer. Works for Tema Productions with theatre productions and other entertainment. Espen produced "This time it is Herman" and the Autumn Cabaret in Drammen 1998-2001.

 

Ole Petter Westbye, light design. Works for Tema Productions. He did the lights for "This time it is Herman", "Slaves of Love", and many others.

 

Gunhild Bjørnsgaard, dancer and choreographer. She is running the dance company "Kompany B.Valiente" together with Marcelino M.Valiente. Their performance "Sketches" toured in France and "Forbidden but tempting" did a national tour of Norway in 1999.

 

Thea Glimsdal, tailor. Runs her own company: Vadmel & Silke. Had her debut as an actress in Rome 1997 with "Eternity lasts longer".
Copyright © Temte Productions | Photos: Tomm Hansen