Marc Goldberg (playwright)

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Marc Goldberg
Born1968
Paris, France
Occupation(s) theatre director, playwright, and translator

Marc Goldberg is a French theatre director, playwright, actor, and translator.

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Biography

Goldberg studied Philosophy before joining the Compagnie des Théâtrophages [1] and his first play, Les Rendez-vous, was staged in 1993. [2]

As a theatre director, Goldberg has staged around 25 shows, including Le Bébé by Marie Darrieussecq with pop icon Lio, A Woman of Mystery by John Cassavetes with Myriam Boyer which he translated from English to French, and Anthology of Black Humor by André Breton with Bernard Menez and Patrick d'Asumçao.

His play Frickstein's Pillar was selected by the Comédie-Française reading committee. [3]

Goldberg has been an assistant professor at ENSATT and Sciences Po before moving to Singapore in 2013, where he has been part-time Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Lasalle College of the Arts. [4]

He was the first to translate and stage Singapore plays in French, for the Singapore Festival in France 2015: Emily of Emerald Hill by Stella Kon and The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole by Kuo Pao Kun. [5] Both translations were published in France by Editions Les Cygnes.

Since moving to Singapore, he has been working closely with Jean Lambert-wild, creating Swamps Clown at 72-13 (TheatreWorks' venue) in 2016 [6] and a poetical karaoke during the 2017 Voilah! festival. [7] [8]

His play Scents of Josephine was staged by Samzy Jo at the Drama Center Black Box in 2017. [9]

In 2019, he wrote the dialogues and co-wrote the script of The Brook's Clown, a graphic-photo-novel designed by Koh Hong Teng and published by Achates 360. [10] The album was nominated for Book of the Year and Best Book Cover Design at the 2020 Singapore Book Awards. [11] It won the Publication Gold Medal and the Illustration And Type Gold Medal at the 2020 Hong Kong Design Awards. [12]

He has staged The Veil of Happiness by Georges Clemenceau, with incidental music Gabriel Fauré, at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre in Singapore, with Lim Yu-Beng, Janice Koh, Hossan Leong and Remesh Panicker in the main roles, for the opening of the 2020 Voilah! Festival. [13]

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Main roles

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References

  1. ↑ "SIC - Scène Indépendante Contemporaine / Biographie Marc Goldberg". Archived from the original on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ Charles Joyon, Du café au théâtre : voyage avec les baladins des petites scènes, Editions L'Harmattan, 2004, p.324.
  3. ↑ Sélection 2009-2010: http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/la-comedie-francaise-aujourdhui.php?id=497 Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Marc Goldberg". Jean Lambert-wild & associés. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  5. ↑ migration (31 March 2015). "Singapore Festival in France features more than 70 arts events". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  6. ↑ hermes (2016-05-17). "The rookie who set the stage on fire". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Upcoming Events – Voilah! 2017". voilah.sg. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  8. ↑ "Entretien croisé : Jean Lambert-wild – Marc Golberg". Jean Lambert-wild & associés. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  9. ↑ Limited, Belle Epoque Music. "Scents of Josephine | Projects | Bellepoque". www.bellepoque.com.sg. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  10. ↑ "The Brook's Clown" . Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  11. ↑ "Singapore Names 2020 Book Award Finalists, Adds Digital Categories". Publishing Perspectives. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  12. ↑ "Singapore Names 2020 Book Award Finalists, Adds Digital Categories". Publishing Perspectives. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  13. ↑ "THE VEIL OF HAPPINESS". Voilah! Culture, Education and Science news of France in Singapore. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  14. ↑ "AEGRI SOMNIA". Jean Lambert-wild & associés. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  15. ↑ "A PLAY ABOUT LOVE". OpenAgenda. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
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