Sam trained at Guildford School of Acting, where he was also awarded the school’s singing cup.

Sam is currently the Associate Director of Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera in London’s West End and also the Associate Director of The World Arena Tour of Les Miserables. (All Cameron Mackintosh Ltd)

Before this his credits included: Resident Director of Les Miserables (Sondheim Theatre)Resident Director of Les Miserables in Concert (Gielgud Theatre); Deputy Associate of Les Miserables (UK tour); Resident director for The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); Resident Director of Les Misérables (Palace), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour), White Christmas (Sunderland Empire), Les Misérables in concert (Scandinavian arena tour) and On Eagle’s Wing (Belfast Opera House); Associate Director of Irish Wings (Dutch tour) and Director of Les Miserables Schools Edition (Edinburgh Fridge & Mcroberts Theatre, Stirling)Les Misérables in concert (Powderham Castle and Broadlands), Celebration of Musical Theatre with Clive Anderson (Palace), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (RTE, Dublin Concert Hall), The Canadian Tenors (European tour) and Masters of the Musicals (UK tour), A-Z of Musical Theatre (Hawth Theatre/Chequr Mead Theatre)

Prior to his work as a Creative, Sam worked extensively as an actor, where his credits included A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chichester Festival Theatre), Another Country (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford), Unexpected Host (York Theatre Royal), The Jungle Book (Nuffield, Southampton), Hiawatha (Newcastle Theatre Royal), Babes in the Wood (York Theatre Royal), Aladdin (Hawth, Crawley), An Ideal Husband (Redgrave, Farnham) and The Ten Commandments (Mercury workshop, The Place). West End: Les Misérables (Palace), Aspects of Love (Prince of Wales), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), My Fair Lady (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) and The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s). UK tours: Les Misérables, Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Best of Brian Conley.
Concerts include: Les Misérables (25th Anniversary, The O2), Les Misérables (Classic Brits, Royal Albert Hall), One Touch of Venus (Barbican), Masters of Swing (Royal Albert Hall) and Tribute to Jack Tinker (London Palladium).

Sam has headed various Workshops all over the World, including recently India.