Marco Paolini (born 5 March 1956) is an Italian stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author.[1]
Marco Paolini | |
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| Born | 5 March 1956 Belluno, Italy |
| Occupation | Stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Genre | Narrative theatre Civil theatre |
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Personal background
editPaolini is the son of a railroad engineer and a housewife from Belluno, Italy. In the 1970s, he moved to Treviso and started working in theatre.[1]
Professional background
editPaolini's repertory includes civil theatre.[2] His performances usually consist of monologues with frequent use of the Venetian language, irony and satire. Inspired by Dario Fo, he is an Italian exponent of narrative theatre.[2][3]
Until 1994, Paolini worked with various theatre groups, including Teatro degli Stracci, Studio 900 of Treviso, Tag Teatro of Mestre in Venice and Laboratorio Teatro Settimo.[1] In 1995, received the Ubu Prize for writing Il racconto del Vajont (translated: The Vajont Tale), which was dedicated to the disaster of the Vajont Dam in Italy. The ceremony aired on Rai 2 Italian television.[2][4]
Since 1999, he has produced his own works with his company JoleFilm. He has also collaborated with the Italian folk band I Mercanti di Liquore, along with the lead singer, Lorenzo Monguzzi.[5]
Theatre
editSource:[6]
- Album teatrali (five tales from 1987 to 1999)
- Il racconto del Vajont (1994)
- Appunti forestali (1996)
- Il milione – Quaderno veneziano di Marco Paolini (1997)
- Appunti foresti dal Milione quaderno veneziano (2002)
- I Bestiari (four tales from 1998 to 1999)
- I-TIGI Canto per Ustica (dedicated to the Ustica Massacre) (2000)
- Parlamento chimico – Storie di plastica (2001)
- Song no. 32 (2003)
- Karma-Kola (2006)
- Teatro Civico, sei monologhi per Report (six tales, 2003)
- Album dal teatro alla televisione (13 tales, 2005)
- Miserabili – Io e Margaret Thatcher (2007)
- Il Sergente (inspired by Il sergente nella neve (1953) by Mario Rigoni Stern) (2007)
- Album d'Aprile (2008)
- La macchina del capo (Racconto di Capodanno) (2009)
- Ausmerzen (2012)
- Itis Galileo (2012)
Filmography
edit- Manila Paloma Blanca – Daniele Segre (1992)[7]
- Caro diario – Nanni Moretti (1993)[7]
- The Bull – Carlo Mazzacurati (1995)[7]
- Little Teachers – Daniele Luchetti (1998)[7]
- Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern – C. Mazzacurati and M. Paolini (1999)[7]
- Holy Tongue – Carlo Mazzacurati (2000)[7]
- Vivere – Franco Bernini (2001)[7]
- A cavallo della tigre – Carlo Mazzacurati (2002)[7]
Discography
edit- Marco Paolini legge Ernesto Calzavara (2001)
- Sputi, with the "Mercanti di Liquore" (2004)[8]
- Marcovaldo di Calvino letto da Paolini (Audiobook with "L'espresso") (2006)
- Miserabili with the "Mercanti di Liquore" (2008)[5]
Bibliography
edit- Presotto, Carlo. L'isola e i teatri, Bulzoni (2001)
- Cannella, Claudia. "Dossier Teatro di Narrazione," in Hystrio (2005)
- Guccini, Gerardo. La bottega dei narratori, Rome: Dino Audino editore (2005)
- Soriani, Simone. "Dario Fo, il teatro di narrazione, la nuova performance epica. Per una genealogia di un quasi-genere," in Forum Italicum (2005)
- Perissinotto, Cristina. "Polo, Paolini e Venezia: riflessioni lagunari," in Italica (2005)
References
edit- ^ a b c (in Italian) Biography of Marco Paolini (International Institute for Theater Research)
- ^ a b c (in Italian) Article about Marco Paolini on elapsus.it
- ^ (in Italian) Article Archived 2004-09-26 at the Wayback Machine on Encarta. Archived 2009-11-01
- ^ (in Italian) Ubu prizes
- ^ a b (in Italian) Infos on the Mercanti di Liquore official website
- ^ (in Italian) Works of Marco Paolini: theatre
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Italian) Marco Paolini on mymovies.it
- ^ (in Italian) Sputi on antiwarsongs.org
External links
edit- Marco Paolini at IMDb
- (in Italian) Marco Paolini and JoleFilm official website