Pauline Goldsmith Explained

Pauline Goldsmith is an actress, theatre maker and comedic writer from Belfast in the north of Ireland. She currently lives in Glasgow and Belfast.

Career

Pauline Goldsmith is best known in theatre for her Irish wake play Bright Colours Only. It was first performed in November 2001 at Tramway Theatre as part of the Dark Lights Festival. Since then the show has been performed over 20 years ^[1] It was for two years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and also in productions in England (2002) and in Brazil (2003).

Goldsmith won the 2004 Best Actress Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her performance in Samuel Beckett's 1972 play Not I.^[2] She also performed her second play, Should've Had the Fish, at the Assembly Rooms at the Fringe Festival during August 2006.^[3]

Film credits

Goldsmith has appeared in the following films:

• How High the Castle Walls (1997; short film)
• The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
• 16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
• Hikkimori (2007)
• Peacefire (2008)

Awards

• Best Actress, Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2004)
• Creative Scotland (2006)^[4]

See also

• List of British playwrights
• List of people from Belfast

Notes and References

1. Web site: THESPIS 2004THESPIS 2004 . Thespisfestival.de . 2004-11-19 . 2016-10-09.
2. THESPIS
3. http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/3639-pauline-goldsmith-should-have-had-the-fish The List - Edinburgh Festival
4. News: Maddy Costa . Pauline Goldsmith | Stage | The Guardian . The Guardian . Arts.guardian.co.uk . 9 August 2006. 2016-10-09.