Roger Torns

Roger Torns is an actor, playwright and director. He holds a degree in Directing and Dramaturgy from Institut del Teatre and a diploma in Performing Arts from La Casona school. He has also attended various playwriting and acting workshops and seminars at Sala Beckett.

He adapted and directed Woyzeck caducat (Círcol Maldà, 2015), wrote and directed Soliloquejar amb algú for the company El Eje (Espai Brossa, 2015), co-wrote and co-directed Elefant terrible with Eric Balbás (Sala Beckett, 2017), and directed 42KM by the company 42km (La Gleva, 2020). He wrote and performed in Les paraules dels altres (Barcelona Crea Grant 2023; premiered at Terrats en cultura in 2023 and toured Latin America with Temporada Alta in 2025). He also wrote and directed Kathleen Hanna for La Frenètika (DAU al Sec, 2025 / Tantarantana, 2026), and directed and adapted Hamlet i les coses podrides for Parking Shakespeare (2026). In 2020, he received a playwriting grant from Sala Beckett to write Típica autòmat.

In 2018, he co-founded the company Produït per H.I.I.I.T with Laura Daza. As its director and playwright, he has premiered Hàbitat [Doble penetració] (DespertaLab Grant 2018), Distància (Sala Beckett, 2018), Estrip-tesi (Brossa Chair Grant 2018), Persones potencialment perilloses (Tantarantana, 2019), Fantàstic funeral festiu (Tantarantana, 2022) and Unes ganes terribles de viure (El Maldà, 2025).

As an actor, he has appeared in Tu em vas prometre una història d’amor by Helena Tornero, directed by Israel Solà (Sala Beckett, 2025); El zoo de vidre by Tennessee Williams, directed by Martina Cabanas (La Perla29, 2024); El cine by Annie Baker, directed by Marilia Samper (Teatre Lliure, 2023); and La meva violència by Llàtzer Garcia (Tantarantana, 2021), among other productions.

His audiovisual work includes an acting role in Ferran Ureña's film Barcelona 92 and in the short films Ahora no puedo, directed by Roser Aguilar (winner of the 2011 Gaudí Award for Best Short Film), and Cargols, directed by Geoffrey Cowper. He also wrote, directed and performed in the pilot episode of the series Animal en sèrie, which was a finalist in the 2021 Fiction Pilot Showcase.

Profile updated in September 2026.