Marc Goldberg (playwright)


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

Biography

Goldberg studied Philosophy before joining the Compagnie des Théâtrophages and his first play, Les Rendez-vous, was staged in 1993.
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.
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.
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. 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 in 2016 and a poetical karaoke during the 2017 Voilah! festival.
His play Scents of Josephine was staged by Samzy Jo at the Drama Center Black Box in 2017.

Main shows