15 famous faces will get stuck skuespillerjobb by the national theatre – Aftenposten

the national theatre writes in a press release Tuesday evening that they have hired 15 actors in a permanent position. In total there are only 164 fixed skuespillerjobber at Norwegian theatres.

The 15 who’ve said yes to a permanent position is Jonas Beach Gravli, John Emil Jørgensrud, Selome Emnetu, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Mariann Hole, Kjersti Bottom Sandal, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Håkon Ramstad, Erland Hills, Heidi Goldmann, Pia Tjelta, Ine Jansen, Olav Waastad, Trond Espen Seim and Bernhard Arnø.

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All of them are already in Want to staff. They have previously been associated with the enkeltproduksjoner or had åremålskontrakter.

Never before has the director of the theater Hanne Tømta employed so many at one time, according to the BBC, which first reported the case.

Requires a certain number of permanent employees

the Background for the 15 ansettelsene is the collective agreement between the national theatre and the Norsk Skuespillerforbund. It means that there should be a certain balance between the number of permanent employees and the number of actors on temporary contracts.

the federation has such agreements with most of the public teaterhusene. At the national theatre, at least 42 actors be a permanent employee. The last year there have been a number of natural departures.

– Therefore, there has arisen a situation where they have not fulfilled their part of the collective agreement. We would fill this hole as quickly as possible. Both parties wanted to reach a solution, ” says manager Knut Alfs in Norsk Skuespillerforbund to Aftenposten.

the Solution was to continue the old agreement. Alfs is pleased that the negotiation process with the management of the national theatre has given results.

– Associated have discussed this a lot with the actors on the National. At the same time we have an overarching responsibility to see it a little from the outside. The industry has a need for a certain amount of turnover and the balance between permanent staff and actors on the fixed term, ” says Alfs.

– Only teatersjefens decision

On behalf of the director of the theater Hanne Tømta says head of information Øystein Hygen Christensen at the national theatre that they have had one forhandlingsmøte with Skuespillerforbundet.

The 15 ansettelsene is a decision Tømta have taken one and alone. The meeting with the associated applied to a larger discussion related to employment in general, without that we will go into the details that were discussed there, ” Christensen says.

” I am very proud to be able to strengthen the artistic staff further and offer a sense of security to even more of our actors. Permanent employment provides an artistic continuity and ensuring a good working environment in the theatre, ” says theater manager Hanne Tømta in the press release.

the national theatre is now up in the 48 permanent staff, actors, five more than they are required according to the agreement. In the course of the year comes some to go with a pension.