‘Who needed sets, when Rayner effectively had six pieces of human scenery to play with? [...] It was fantastically detailed stuff, intrinsic to the storytelling.’
- Erica Jeal, The Guardian, SERSE (Director)
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Hello - I’m Sam.
I’m a director and movement director - working across opera, theatre and comedy.
My work includes Critic’s Picks in Playbill and The New York Times, shows listed in The Guardian’s “Readers’ Favourite Stage Shows of 2022”, and movement for television productions produced by Tiger Aspect, Netflix, HBO and A24.
I create highly physical and playful narrative work. Recently, I’ve developed acrobatic adaptations of classics - including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and SERSE for Opera Holland Park (“fantastically detailed”, The Guardian / “a tremendous success”, Broadway World) - and genre-bending new-writing - including MAN OF 100 FACES (The Guardian’s “Readers’ Favourite Shows of 2022”) and FIVE YEARS WITH THE WHITE MAN (published by Nick Hern Books / “Rayner directs with a sure hand and clear vision”, Salterton Arts Review).
I’m Joint Artistic Director of the multi-award-winning international physical theatre company Voloz Collective. Together, we’ve created the THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH (“physical theatre at its most immaculate”, The Scotsman) and THE LIFE SPORADIC OF JESS WILDGOOSE (“staged with style”, The Guardian). These shows are currently touring internationally.
As a movement director, I’ve collaborated with comedians including Jack Whitehall, Leo Reich, Liam Williams and Richard Gadd - creating work described as The Guardian’s “Best Comedy Show of 2022”, an “intensely funny razzle-dazzle song-and-dance opener” (The Guardian), and “a fearless display of physicality that shape shifts from ludicrous tomfoolery to raw menace.” (The List)
I’ve contributed to the development of new plays and musical theatre productions as Director and Associate Director - creating work for the London Palladium, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Ambassador’s Theatre, The Other Palace, the Park Theatre and Dubai Opera House.
A full list of my work, training and teaching can be viewed here.
- Erica Jeal, The Guardian, SERSE (Director)
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Hello - I’m Sam.
I’m a director and movement director - working across opera, theatre and comedy.
My work includes Critic’s Picks in Playbill and The New York Times, shows listed in The Guardian’s “Readers’ Favourite Stage Shows of 2022”, and movement for television productions produced by Tiger Aspect, Netflix, HBO and A24.
I create highly physical and playful narrative work. Recently, I’ve developed acrobatic adaptations of classics - including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and SERSE for Opera Holland Park (“fantastically detailed”, The Guardian / “a tremendous success”, Broadway World) - and genre-bending new-writing - including MAN OF 100 FACES (The Guardian’s “Readers’ Favourite Shows of 2022”) and FIVE YEARS WITH THE WHITE MAN (published by Nick Hern Books / “Rayner directs with a sure hand and clear vision”, Salterton Arts Review).
I’m Joint Artistic Director of the multi-award-winning international physical theatre company Voloz Collective. Together, we’ve created the THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH (“physical theatre at its most immaculate”, The Scotsman) and THE LIFE SPORADIC OF JESS WILDGOOSE (“staged with style”, The Guardian). These shows are currently touring internationally.
As a movement director, I’ve collaborated with comedians including Jack Whitehall, Leo Reich, Liam Williams and Richard Gadd - creating work described as The Guardian’s “Best Comedy Show of 2022”, an “intensely funny razzle-dazzle song-and-dance opener” (The Guardian), and “a fearless display of physicality that shape shifts from ludicrous tomfoolery to raw menace.” (The List)
I’ve contributed to the development of new plays and musical theatre productions as Director and Associate Director - creating work for the London Palladium, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Ambassador’s Theatre, The Other Palace, the Park Theatre and Dubai Opera House.
I am fluent in French and Spanish. I read Arabic phonetically.
A full list of my work, training and teaching can be viewed here.