perform publicly / performing before an audience / performing publicly / performing / present (theatricals) / staging / putting on stage / give (a performance) / stage / exhibiting / perform before an audience / public performance / perform / put on stage / exhibit

play / act / perform / performance

bow

greeting / bow / nodding / nod / giving a nod / give a nod

make a bow / bow

be partial to

calculate / work out / operate / figure out / operation / calculation

bothersome / troublesome / slow in acting

bothersome / troublesome / slow in acting

sticky [situation] / bothersome / troublesome / irritating [problem] / annoying [problem]