JEREMY SAMS

DIRECTOR AND ADAPTATION

Directing includes: The Sound of Music (London Palladium, Toronto, Japan and UK tour), The King and I (Royal Albert Hall), Educating Rita (Menier Chocolate Factory and Trafalgar Studios), 13 the Musical (Broadway), Donkeys’ Years (Comedy), Little Britain Live (UK tour), Noises Off (NT, West End and Broadway), Passion (West End), Wild Oats and Marat/Sade (NT), The Wind in the Willows (Tokyo, Old Vic), Two Pianos, Four Hands (Birmingham Rep, West End), Spend, Spend, Spend (Olivier nominated, Plymouth, West End and tour) and Benefactors (tour, West End).

Lyrics: Amour (Tony nominated) and Ghetto (Broadway).

Translations: Les Parents Terribles, Indiscretions, The Miser and Mary Stuart (NT), The Rehearsal, Becket and Don Giovanni, Figaro’s Wedding, La Bohème, The Magic Flute and Wagner’s Ring Cycle (ENO) and The Merry Widow (Covent Garden).

As composer: he has written, arranged and directed music for over 50 shows for theatre, television and radio, including The Wind in the Willows and Arcadia (NT), The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC), The Mother (BBC), Enduring Love (Pathé, Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Score) and Jane Austen’s Persuasion (BBC Films, BAFTA).

As adaptor: his credits include the book of the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which has successfully run in London and New York (Olivier nominated).

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