Alan O'Silva

In 1994 Alan OSilva said a joke to a girl in the citycentre of his small mountain hometown bordering Transylvania The girl took his hand and presented him to the local youth theatre Ariel ran by his future mentor Geny Migleczi He was on stage in the same night on the theatres evening performance One month later he booked a lead part in a huge Greek tragedy called The Danaides after Aeschylus directed by the multiawarded Silviu Purcarete The show toured the world for three and a half years collecting many awards at the biggest theatre festivals such as Edinburgh International Festival in UK or Lincoln Center Festival in New York After that Alan did his Master of Drama degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where he got empowered with the oldtimeless Shakespeare and the new BBC fields of expression such as Radio Television and Film His onemanshow Fish On Dry Water that he wrote directed performed was awarded four out five stars in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival He also played the main suspect in the reputable detective TV series Taggart It was here when Alan discovered his passion for cinematography and never let it go Ever since he played in dozens of movies TV series and commercials But he never forgot his first love theatre and from time to time came back to it such as playing Casio in Othello by Shakespeare directed by the multiawarded Andriy Zholdak