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Lisa Goldman

LISA GOLDMAN

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Julia Tyrell Management  represented by Julia Tyrrell

Lisa Goldman is a director, dramaturg and writer. She was Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of Soho Theatre (2006-10) and the Red Room which she founded (1995-2006). Since 1995 she has dramaturged, directed and produced a huge body of award-winning new plays by authors including Hassan Abdulrazzak, Kay Adshead, Oladipo Agboluaje, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Megan Barker, In-Sook Chappell, Natasha Langridge, Dorota Maslowska, anthony Neilson, Mike Packer, Rebecca Prichard, Philip Ridley, Paula B Stanic, Judy Upton. Lisa is author of the No Rules Handbook for Writers (Oberon Books 2012)

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below is a list of Lisa Goldman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Couple Of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, A         Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, The         Discover my Dream         Electra in Berlin         Good Society, The         Hoxton Story         On the Bridge

Couple Of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, A

Couple Of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, A
a fast-paced road trip on black ice awaits. . .Coming down from a drug-fuelled party, two strangers find themselves hitchhiking and hijacking their way across Poland, as they try to find their way back to reality.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Dorota Maslowska. Translated by Lisa Goldman And Paul Sirett. (performed in Polish Warsaw, 2006). Cast included Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Tiernan, Valerie Lilley, Howard Ward, Ishia Bennison, John Rogan

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Polish Cultural Institute

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>, 2008   1840028467

Music:
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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, The

Synopsis:
Feminist theatrical adaptation of a Victorian diary of a maid of all work and her secret marriage to her 'Master'.

Notes:
Essex University Writer in Residence Award 1990

1st Produced:
Lakeside Theatre    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation of published diaries

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Discover my Dream

Synopsis:
An intercultural musical about the broken dreams of East End youth with the backdrop of the docklands development. A young ex-builder on a Canary Wharf site deals with unemployment and his DJ friend's drug habit as the rave scene turns sour; a bodybuilder destroys her dream in her desperation to win; a friendship busts apart when one girl becomes a cop; a romance blossoms over Litter Duty at a fast food slave labour scheme.

Notes:
Co-written by Lisa Goldman and Debbie Plentie

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Royal Stratford East Youth Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  30

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Electra in Berlin

Synopsis:
A brother and sister are reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall and and the death of their Communist Party father and embark on an incestuous relationship.

Notes:
Reading 1996. (Written 1992 after 2 months research in East Berlin). Ed Bishop played the role of the West German step-father

1st Produced:

Organisations:
The Red Room

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Contemporary Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Good Society, The

Synopsis:
Set in 15th century central Europe. A play that imagines the corruption and collapse of a revolution that turns into a civil war.

Notes:
Written in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is a violent but darkly humorous play. The final image is of soldiers cooking and eating a child.

1st Produced:
[Public Reading] Theatre Royal Stratford East And Womens Theatre Workshop, London    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Poetic epic

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  35 (13 actors playing multiple roles)

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Hoxton Story

Synopsis:
An intimate walkabout performance through the heart of Hoxton. Hoxton Story takes its audience, in small groups, on a unique journey through a 'regenerated' London community. Fusing new writing, site-specific theatre and oral history, Hoxton Story juxtaposes the perspective of estate residents with those of council workers, activists, artists and developers; to explore their dreams, disappointments and achievements in relation to Hoxton - as home, work and recreation; as public space and as capital waiting to be realised.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Red Room

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Promenade Piece

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  9            Other:  -

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On the Bridge

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Lisa Goldman And Sarah Tuck

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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