Joel Sines

Joel Sines trained as an actor and theatre director at Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo, in Porto. He has led an intense artistic practice in the realm of theatre, cinema and performance art through research and practice both in Portugal and the UK. He has collaborated with visual artists and directors such as Ângela Ferreira, João Sousa Cardoso, Giorgio Sadotti, Claudio da Silva and Bruno Schiappa. Sines is co-founder of the performance collective Ma Companhia (Bad Company) based in Porto. He recently moved to London, where he was admitted to the Open School East Associates Programme in 2015.