| Title (5) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background material on De Utvalgte's production Jimmy Young (2007). | Download | ||
| Program for De Utvalgtes production Jimmy Young (2007) | January 24, 2007 | Download | |
| Review of De Utvalgte's production Jimmy Young (2007). | January 26, 2007 | Download | |
| Season program BIT Teatergarasjen the autumn of 2007 | 2007 | Download | |
| Season program Black Box Teater the spring of 2015 | January 2015 | Download |
Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young (2007) was a theatre documentary by De Utvalgte. The character of Jimmy Young was created by actor Torbjørn Davidsen and video artist Joachim Hamou during three days of work.
With Hamou behind the camera and Davidsen in the role of Jimmy, they embarked on a reverse educational journey which came to last for ten years. Equipped with fake press cards the journey went via the Film Festival in Cannes to the spiritual leader of the Sufis in Egypt, to beggars and rich men in New York, to shipwrecked Inuits and derelict soldiers in Greenland. Assisted by a movie camera and a microphone Jimmy became a draw for young and old people who, eager to expose themselves, threw themselves into his story.
Information
(Objekt ID 3908)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 24, 2007 |
| Produced by | De Utvalgte |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian and English |
| Keywords | Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Post-dramatic theatre, Documentary, Movie, Video, Talk-show |
| Running period | January 24, 2007 — October 20, 2007 |
| Duration | 80 minutes |
| Website | De Utvalgte |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
As Jimmy was moved from the screen to the stage the audience got to see the story of a thrill-seeker justifying his unscrupulous existence with a boundless artistic quest for his character’s authenticity. While in Jimmy’s shoes Torbjørn Davidsen has staged spectacular situations in his own life without considering the act’s consequences; when meeting anything uncomfortable he has always been able to travel on. Eventually his luck came to an end and the life before the camera began to make its demands.
Jimmy Young by De Utvalgte was a production in which the relationship between fact and fiction was challenged and the audience was confronted with its own sense of responsibility. Or should we say lack of responsibility?
De Utvalgte is an independent stage arts group which over the past twelve years has shown a distinct will to seek new expressions as well as new content in dramatic art. The group works with contemporary theatre and makes use of self-produced effects such as video, documentary material, text and music.
Prior to the performance, the concept of Jimmy Young had already resulted in two exhibitions (Copenhagen and Helsinki), a documentary film shown by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and previews of Jimmy´s first draft at the UKS biennial.
Verdensteatret directs thanks to: Joachim Hamou, Ulla-Bella, Salvatore, Kanaliserer Monica, Smed Sven Syversen, Ingrid Lysgaard, Vilde, Leo and Eirik, Inger and Stein Davidsen, Maya Liu Bøckman, Kine Sørbøe, Ann-Iren Ødeby, Rolleif Østrem, Marianne Bratteli, Barry Kavanagh, Are Larsen, Per Platou, miss Glans, Arnt Christian Teigen, NEC, Presentations Data, Videoutstyr Norge, Black Box Teater, and all who took part in the journey of Jimmy Young.
The production was supported by: Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund, SO and the municipality of Trondheim.
Sources:
BIT Teatergarasjen, autumn program 2007, 22.08.2010, http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -arkiv
Autumn program 2007, Avant Garden.
De Utvalgte, www.deutvalgte.no, 24.09.2021, https://www.deutvalgte.no/portfolio_page/jimmy-young/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Kari Holtan | – Direction |
| Anne Holtan | – Dramaturge |
| Boya Bøckman | – Stage design |
| Kari Holtan | – Stage design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Video/Film |
| John Birger Wormdahl | – Sound design |
| Boya Bøckman | – Lighting design |
| Torbjørn Davidsen | – Actor |
| Jørgen Langhelle | – Actor |
| Randi Rommetveit | – Actor |
| Torbjørn Davidsen | – Musician |
| Kari Holtan | – Musician |
| John Birger Wormdahl | – Musician |
| Boya Bøckman | – Technician |
| Anne Holtan | – Producer |
| Joachim Hamou | – Consultant (visuell konsulent) |
| Marius Kolbenstvedt | – Consultant (Regikonsulent) |
| METEOR | October 19, 2007 |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | June 2, 2007 |
Anette Therese Pettersen, 02.02.2007, Omvendt dannelse (literally: Reversed cultivation), Kunstkritikk.no, 18.11.2010, http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/omvendt-dannelse/
"In meeting with a production such as Jimmy Young we are confronted with our own irresponsibility. We wish to see something true, something real, while we are not totally in the mood to let go of the security following the fiction. Jimmy Young challenges the spectator's relationship to fiction and reality as much as it challenges the actor's relationship to the same. We have to choose between our hunger for the authentic, for real-life, and our safe little corner in the outer limits of fiction. I am still a bit unsure which parts of the performance I choose to believe are fictional, and which I will have to relate to as non-fiction, precisely because this has consequences for my own moral consciousness."