Marco Paolini

Marco Paolini
Born	March 5, 1956 (1956-03-05) (age 55) Belluno, Italy
Occupation	Stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author
Nationality	Italian
Genres	Narrative theatre Civil theatre
Influences Dario Fo
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Marco Paolini (born March 5, 1956) is an Italian stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author.

Personal background

Paolini is the son of a railroad engineer from Belluno, Italy. In the 1970s, he moved to Treviso and started working in theatre.

Professional background

Paolini's repertory includes civil theatre. 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.^[1]

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.

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]

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.

Theatre

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 Ustica Massacre) (2000) Parlamento chimico – Storie di plastica (2001)

Song no. 32 (2003) Karma-Kola (2006) Teatro Civico, six 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)

Filmography

Marco Paolini, 2008

• Manila Paloma Blanca – Daniele Segre (1992)
• Caro diario – Nanni Moretti (1993)
• Il toro – Carlo Mazzacurati (1995)
• I piccoli maestri – Daniele Luchetti (1998)
• Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern – C. Mazzacurati and M. Paolini (1999)
• La lingua del santo – Carlo Mazzacurati (2000)
• Vivere – Franco Bernini (2001)
• A cavallo della tigre – Carlo Mazzacurati (2002)

Discography

• Marco Paolini legge Ernesto Calzavara (2001)
• Sputi, with the "Mercanti di Liquore" (2004)
• Marcovaldo di Calvino letto da Paolini (Audio book with "L'espresso") (2006)
• Miserabili with the "Mercanti di Liquore" (2008)

Bibliography

• 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

1. ^ Article on Encarta. Archived 2009-11-01 (Italian)
2. ^ Ubu prizes

External links

• Marco Paolini at the Internet Movie Database
• JoleFilm Official Website (Italian)

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Name	Paolini, Marco
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Date of birth	March 5, 1956
Place of birth	Belluno, Italy
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