He is the president of Teatrul ACT (the first independent theatre in Romania) of which he was one of the founders in 1995. Iureș has starred there in various roles, including the title roles of Shakespeare's "Richard II", "Richard III" (directed by Mihai Măniuțiu), and "Hamlet" (directed by Liviu Ciulei). He has also appeared in Fundația Teatrul ACT-staged shows such as "Creatorul de Teatru" ("The Creator of the Theatre", directed by Alexandru Dabija), "Cetatea Soarelui" ("Citadel of the Sun", directed by Mihai Măniuţiu), and Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape". Iureș also continues to perform with the Bulandra Theatre, for whom he played the lead in a 2005 production of Luigi Pirandello's "Henry IV".