Holding a BFA from Ryerson University and an MA from the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, Tim is a current member of the coaching team at the Stratford Festival, where he works primarily as a text coach on the Festival’s Shakespeare productions and has taught for the Education Department. He is also a part-time faculty member at Ryerson University, and an instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada.
Tim has performed on stages in Canada, England and Europe, and coached and taught theatre throughout Ontario. Among his favourite acting credits from his time in the UK are Twelfth Night (Rose Theatre), Flight (New Diorama) and The Bowl at the Young Vic Theatre. He also toured Austria for six months with Vienna’s English Theatre. As an actor in Canada, his stage credits include Chariots of Fire (Grand Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in the Ruff), Life Is a Dream (Canadian Stage) and Crookback, his five-star-reviewed solo adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III.
He was the apprentice of Text Coach and Master Teacher Ian Watson, and is grateful for that endlessly inspiring relationship.
CURRENTLY:
- Text Coach for the Stratford Festival
- Contract Faculty at the Ryerson School of Performance in Toronto
- Instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal
Tim has performed on stages in Canada, England and Europe, and coached and taught theatre throughout Ontario. Among his favourite acting credits from his time in the UK are Twelfth Night (Rose Theatre), Flight (New Diorama) and The Bowl at the Young Vic Theatre. He also toured Austria for six months with Vienna’s English Theatre. As an actor in Canada, his stage credits include Chariots of Fire (Grand Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in the Ruff), Life Is a Dream (Canadian Stage) and Crookback, his five-star-reviewed solo adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III.
He was the apprentice of Text Coach and Master Teacher Ian Watson, and is grateful for that endlessly inspiring relationship.
CURRENTLY:
- Text Coach for the Stratford Festival
- Contract Faculty at the Ryerson School of Performance in Toronto
- Instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal
"Tim has a true pedagogic instinct." - Peter C. Wylde, The Wylde Project
"Since 2000, I have worked professionally with Tim Welham as a co-instructor for the summer drama camp at our studio. Tim is extremely talented, intelligent, passionate and deeply devoted to his craft." - Yilmaz Mustafa, West End Studio Theatre
"For three years, I have hired Tim to be our professional judge / adjudicator ... I cannot begin to describe how beneficial he was for the students involved. He gave them very specific tips on how to improve with his keen directorial vision, yet presented the information in ways that inspired rather than discouraged." - Kelly Judge, Halton District Board
