Acting Archives - The Theatre Times

Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Starry West End Staging Is More Visually Delightful Than Emotionally Compelling

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Jan 2026 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

New Year, new line up of West End stars. This time it’s the turn of Olivier-Award-winner Sheridan...

“A Working Class Hero” – Identity And Class at Voila! Theatre Festival

Posted by Verity Healey | 2nd Dec 2025 | Acting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Representation in the performing arts in the UK is in crisis. For years, voices have been warning...

Nearly Finished

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Nov 2025 | Acting, Review, United States of America

With a depressingly vacuous, celebrity-circus Waiting for Godot sucking up so much oxygen on...

Conor McPherson’s “The Weir” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Beautifully Acted Revival Of A 1990s New Writing Classic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Sep 2025 | Acting, Dramaturgy, London, Review, United Kingdom

Perhaps it’s an indicator of the feebleness of new writing after the pandemic that so many of the...

Theatre Is A University, A Lifelong Study Of Human Nature

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 15th Sep 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

Interview with Sandra Gribovska Ilievska, theatre actress, Bitola, R. Macedonia Sandra Gribovska...

To Embrace Vulnerability As One Of My Greatest Strengths (Stronger, Braver, Vulnerable)

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 28th Aug 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

An Interview with wonderful talented actresses Jovana Miladinova, Skopje, R.N. Macedonia....

Do Not Get Your Acting Degree So That You Can Become Part Of The Payroll, Only To Satisfy Your Appetites

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 9th May 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

An Interview with Mr.Bajrus Mjaku – one of the most remarkable theatre character actors from...

Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Mar 2025 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom

Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2025 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...

2024 Dublin Theatre Festival – Subjective Report [Part II]

Posted by Michał Lachman | 4th Mar 2025 | Acting, Festivals, Ireland

To read PART I of this report, go to this link. The line of Irish productions at 2024...

2024 Dublin Theatre Festival – Subjective Report [Part I]

Posted by Michał Lachman | 4th Mar 2025 | Acting, Festivals, Ireland

My carefully planned visit to the 2024 Dublin Theatre Festival started and ended in unexpected...

V4 Improv Connect: Empowering Cross-Border Collaboration And Growth (Project And Network) [Part II]

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 2nd Feb 2025 | Acting, Interview, Transcultural Collaborations

To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. Collective Interview with V4 Improv...

V4 Improv Connect: Empowering Cross-Border Collaboration And Growth (Project And Network) [Part I]

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 2nd Feb 2025 | Acting, Interview, Transcultural Collaborations

Collective Interview with V4 Improv Connect Team (Hon Chong (actor, director – Slovakia),...

“1981” directed by Tomi Janežič at Novi Sad Theatre

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 30th Oct 2024 | Acting, Directing, Review, Serbia

When the premiere performance of the play 1981, directed by Tomi Janežič, began at the Novi Sad...

Isabella Rossellini at Rubix Festival in Montenegro

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 14th Aug 2024 | Acting, Festivals, Montenegro, Review

The Rubix festival, held for the second time in Porto Montenegro, in Tivat, represents an...

How Padmavati Rao Embraces Life Through Theatre And Activism

Posted by Charumathi Supraja | 23rd Jun 2024 | Acting, India, Review

Multifaceted in the true sense, Padmavati Rao approaches every character with humility and...

Happy Birthday Nuria Espert: “a Great Actor And a Force of Nature”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 11th Jun 2024 | Acting, News, Spain

Nuria Espert turns 89 today. Hers has been an extraordinary career and it’s not over yet. She has...

The Comeuppance, Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Apr 2024 | Acting, Review, United Kingdom

I’ve never been one for school reunions, but even if I had kept in touch with former classmates I...

Mariam Ndagire: A Full Career in Theatre, Music and Film

Posted by Kaggwa Andrew Mayiga | 4th Apr 2024 | Acting, Essay, Uganda

It is hard to remember the first encounter with Mariam Ndagire as an artist. It was probably...

Stage to Screen: Támara Torres on “Orange Is The New Black,” Netflix Shaping Streaming

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 21st Mar 2024 | Acting, Interview, New York, Theatre and Film, United States of America

American actress of beauty and talent, Támara Torres is a legend of Orange is the New Black, the...

Acting