Samuel Parker

**Samuel Parker** multi-disciplined performer & maker from Bristol.

Samuel graduated from ArtsEd in 2012 and has since worked extensively and eclectically in theatre, television and film.

He has just finished a three year run with the National Theatre's internationally touring production of War Horse, puppeteering Joey, Topthorn & The Goose.

As well being an energetic & versatile performer, Samuel's varied skillset has seen him work as a musician, choreographer and director.

Alongside his work as a performer, Samuel works as a puppetry designer and fabricator. Working across a variety of different scales and styles his interest lies in creating puppets that facilitate and encourage the freedom and creativity of the puppeteer; working to find the balance between ergonomics, movement quality and aesthetic.

### Credits

**Theatre**:  War Horse (UK & International Tour, The National Theatre), War Horse (10th Anniversary Tour, The National Theatre); The Tale of Mr Tumble (Manchester International Festival, The Palace Theatre); Cbeebies Live! Mr Tumble's Circus (UK Arena Tour, BBC Worldwide); Cbeebies Live! The Big Band Arena Tour (Uk Tour, BBC Worldwide); Mister Maker & The Shapes (UK Tour); When Midnight Strikes (Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Aria Ents); Passport to Pimlico (Site Specific/Grass Roots Productions); Steel Pier (The Union Theatre, Paul Taylor-Mills); Jack & the Beanstalk (The Civic Theatre Chelmsford, One from the Heart), Peter Pan (The Civic Theatre Chelmsford, One from the Heart); Aladdin(The Civic Theatre Chelmsford, One from the Heart); Jack in the Beanstalk (The Wyvern Theatre, QDOS); Peter Pan (The Beck Theatre QDOS); Sleeping Beauty (The Beck Theatre, QDOS).

**Puppetry Design/Fabrication**: Out of the Deep Blue (Autin Dance Theatre, Web Series); Treasure Island (Leicester Haymarket Theatre); Pinocchio (The Voice of the Show, Theatre by the Park); Doctor Dolittle (Wycombe Swan, HQ Theatres); Lucky Stiff (Renegade, Duke Street Theatre); Zombie Prom(Renegade Theatre).

**Television**: Mister Maker's Arty Party Series 1 (BBC); The Tale of Mr Tumble (BBC/MIF); Red Raider Pilot (Mighty Fine Productions, Simon Wegryzn).

**Film**: Harmony (Tim Earl, Earl Productions); The Real Louis (Leeds Film School).

**Musician**: Onstage Keys, The Tale of Mr Tumble (BBC/MIF); Orchestrater,The 8th Fold in Concert (The Duchess Theatre); Accordion, Oliver! (The Wycombe Swan, HQ Theatres); Keys, Avenue Q (Upstairs At The Gatehouse, Ovation Productions); Copyist, Miracle on 34th Street (UK Tour, Paul Taylor-Mills);

**Choreographer**: Grease (Wycombe Swan, HQ Theatres); Bugsy Malone (The Wyvern, HQ Theatres), Cinderella (Assistant, The Beck, QDOS); Flashdance (Assistant, The Beck, HQ Theatres); Oliver! (Wycombe Swan, HQ Theatres); West Side Story (Assistant, Wycombe Swan, HQ Theatres).

**Director**: Lucky Stiff (Renegade, Duke Street Theatre) ; Zombie Prom (Renegade); The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Ovation Productions).

**Workshops**: Heaven Help Us (Perfect Pitch); Rumour Has It (Mikey Shearer); Back to Reality (Perfect Pitch).​

**Concerts**: The Laurence Olivier Awards (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Christmas in New York (The Prince of Wales).