Oleg Sidorchik
- Actor
Oleg Sidorchik was born in Minsk, Belarus. He graduated as an actor from Belarusian State Academy of Arts and between 1985 and 2006 worked at the Belarusian Young Spectators Theatre and Belarusian Army Theatre.
He joined Belarus Free Theatre in 2005 and played an extensive number of lead roles, most notably Lear in the production of King Lear, which was commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and performed at its Globe to Globe Festival in 2012 and 2013, as well as at Young Vic in 2015. He also toured extensively with BFT, playing at many international festivals and venues including Passages Festival, Nancy (France) and Swedish Royal Theatre, Stockholm.
In 2011 Oleg moved to the UK and continues to work in the range of theatre and film. He performed at the Young Vic, Almeida, Pleasance, Soho and The Cockpit theatres in London. Most recently he finished filming for Jon S. Baird's new feature film.
He joined Belarus Free Theatre in 2005 and played an extensive number of lead roles, most notably Lear in the production of King Lear, which was commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and performed at its Globe to Globe Festival in 2012 and 2013, as well as at Young Vic in 2015. He also toured extensively with BFT, playing at many international festivals and venues including Passages Festival, Nancy (France) and Swedish Royal Theatre, Stockholm.
In 2011 Oleg moved to the UK and continues to work in the range of theatre and film. He performed at the Young Vic, Almeida, Pleasance, Soho and The Cockpit theatres in London. Most recently he finished filming for Jon S. Baird's new feature film.
