Valters Sīlis

Biography

Valters Sīlis (1985) graduated in stage directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2010 and gained a wide attention in 2011 when he had staged three performances in three different theatres in Latvia that focused on painful and embarrassing events in Latvia’s history and demonstrated his approach being free of stereotyping, deeply human and unexpectedly funny. At present Valters Sīlis stages Latvian classics and world’s contemporary plays in the Latvian National theatre and also continues to test and push his skills as director and performer on smaller stages of independent theatres.