photo by Anna Levin
Charles Sandford is an actor, performance artist, physical theatre maker and storyteller working at the intersection of movement, text and visual media.
His work explores transformation, grief, identity, and the emotional architectures of the body in contemporary life. With a background in physical theatre and a deep interest in poetic language and multimedia forms, Charles creates solo and collaborative performances that blur the lines between theatre, performance art and installation.
Rooted in both classical influence and modern disconnection, his current work investigates the psychological weight of digital culture and the persistence of myth in personal and collective memory. His process is embodied, exploratory, and driven by a desire to uncover the unseen forces that shape our inner worlds.
Charles is based in Liverpool and works with some of the leading visual theatre and devised theatre companies in Europe and the UK, including Theatre RE (UK), Broken Crow (Ireland), Volya Theatre (Norway), Mechanimal (Bristol), and Animikii Theatre (Manchester). He is represented as an actor and creature performer by Sam Dodd from Carey Dodd Associates.
CURRENT
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THE RAVEN: Charles is writing a solo performance art theatre adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's elegy to loneliness, grief and transformation.
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FORESTS: Charles is editing experimental theatre/film production 'forests', a film that explores climate crisis.
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As a creature performer, Charles will be appearing in a new Disney & BBC series. More news coming soon.

Reviews
“bringing a burning conviction …the remarkable performance of Kaspar, spiritual, then whirling into a fury, displaying a huge range of emotions, taking in the whole stage in his giant stride.”
Reviews Hub
The Kaspar Hauser Experiment
By Animikii Theatre 2023
“Malice is ramped up skilfully. His insecurity, the void lurking at his core, spreads like fungus through the flat, their lives, her heart….His features transmogrify from dreamy to nightmarish, his height suddenly scary, his perfect teeth an American Psycho snarl.”
Artsculture
Us Against the World
By Rosie Race 2024
“Sandford as basin-haired, bespectacled Rob, gives a note-perfect and sympathetic performance...a masterclass in how to do funny-sad.
“Sandford’s very physical portrayal as the barbaric Titus is tremendous. He gives an intense, energetic and mesmerising performance. "
stagereview
Titus Andronicus
by Luvus Theatre, 2017
“This is a raw performance; bare skin, bare teeth and bare vocals...The movement and storytelling is primal"
Edinburgh Guide
Origins
by Animikii Theatre, 2016
Photo by Anna Levin