Pauline Goldsmith

SIZE OF COMPANY
Small-scale

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Pauline Goldsmith

ARTISTIC POLICY
Pauline Goldsmith is an Irish performer based in Glasgow. Her company is committed to creating theatre that breaks with convention yet successfully connects with a popular audience.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Touching, painful and wonderful… Death has never been so life affirming.' The Guardian (Bright Colours Only)

'An authentic shiver of greatness.' The Scotsman (Not I)

'Reminds you of all the things that make life feel worth while.' The Guardian (Should’ve Had The Fish)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Bright Colours Only A one woman show that resurrects the Irish Wake tradition. The audience enters a virtual living room packed with memories of a Belfast childhood. The mourners are offered tea, sandwiches and a drop of the hard stuff. The piece culminates with a moving and uplifting funeral cortege. (75 mins, 3–4 on the road.)

Not I Award winning performance of Samuel Beckett’s mini masterpiece directed by Andy Arnold of the Arches Theatre. (20 mins, 3 on the road.)

Should Have Had the Fish A comic recipe for performance created with the audience’s orders. (55 mins, 2 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops available.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2002–04 Brazil, Estonia, Germany, Ireland (Bright Colours Only)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request