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HIKS & VLEK – CLOWNS AT WORK
Hiks and Vlek are different. They are two highly talented, multi-professional breadwinners with widely useful qualifications. The clerk in...
PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS
At the University of Leeds, I have been leading practical sessions for postgraduates and early-career researchers across schools and faculties,...
GLOBE BERLIN SUMMER SEASON 24
In this year's season I will be returning as Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET, and as Maria in MARIA STUART. PERFORMANCE DATES: 13/06/2024...
AS THE CROW FLIES at THEATER IM PALAIS
On 28th January 2024, I performed the German version of As the Crow Flies at Berlin Theater im Palais which is only a stone's throw away from...
MAIA – SHORT FILM TRAILER
A while ago, I was commissioned to translate the short story MAIA which features in Fabienne Hollwege's interdisciplinary book project “To LIVE...
PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
I'll be presenting my PhD research about theatre-making and transnational migration at the Performance Studies international conference in...
GLOBE ON TOUR 23
I'll be performing the Globe productions on tour in Germany at the start of this year. DATES: THE TEMPEST 14/02/2023 | Theater Ibbenbüren ROMEO...
AS THE CROW FLIES IN THE U.K.
My show is coming to England! We're performing it in my translation on these dates: 17 November 2022, Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester 18...
TO LIVE HEISST LEBEN UND LIEBE HEISST LOVE
For the interdisciplinary book “To LIVE heißt Leben und LIEBE heißt Love” by Fabienne Hollwege, I translated and recorded the poems "And you"...
AS THE CROW FLIES
"The script, staging and performances were subtle, supple and revealing by coasting humour rather than pity. The production navigated so well...
GLOBE BERLIN SUMMER SEASON 22
I’m back at the Globe to revive the three productions from the previous years. For dates see below. THE TEMPEST 6/9/10/11/12 June 2022 9...
BETWEEN THE ACTS
A rehearsed reading of Virginia Woolf's last novel (adapted for the stage by Eleanor Lybeck and Rosie Lavan) at the Liverpool Everyman. I read...
PODCAST – CAPER: DIE KUNST DER DIEBE
I translated and hosted the German version of the 10 episode podcast series CAPER: DIE KUNST DER DIEBE. This podcast about the world’s greatest...
ROMEO AND JULIET
"Both Lord and Lady Montague are played by an imposing matriarchal figure (Wiebke Acton) who fills both roles admirably" Souwie Buis ,12th Sept...
MARIA STUART
„Fabelhaft zwischen Leidenschaft, äußerer Gelassenheit und innerer Verzweiflung getroffen von Wiebke Acton.“ Ulrike Borowczyk, 09.08.2021,...
THE TEMPEST
The Globe Theatre’s 2020 sell-out production of “The Tempest” (Director: Jens Schmidl) is returning this summer with me performing the airy...
Podcast THE MiSSiNG
I have just finished recording for the true crime podcast series THE MiSSiNG-VERSCHOLLEN. In the German version of the podcast I voice the main...
DIE LETZTEN REPORTER
I created the English translation and subtitles for the German documentary DIE LEZTEN REPORTER (Director: Jean Boué), a film about three local...