actor/performer/puppeteer
Samuel is an actor and puppeteer based in North East Lincolnshire, working in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. A Director of Grim & Gleeful CIC. an arts and heritage focused company based and working in North East Lincolnshire. Current projects include: The Empire Theatre and the Cleethorpes Promenados network. In 2026, Samuel established PuppetryNEL, a network for puppeteers, and creatives interested in puppetry, in North East Lincolnshire. Aside from performing, Samuel is a photographer, steadily building up his portfolio in landscape works, but also offering photography services for outdoor events, festivals, and project documentation.
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March 2025 - June 2026 - SO Festival Supported Artist
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March 2023 - January 2026 - a volunteer Critical Friend at Lincoln Arts Centre
​​​​November 2023 - February 2024 - recipient of Create North East Lincolnshire's Development Fund
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Where did it all begin?
Samuel has been involved in the performing arts, taking weekly Ballet and Modern Jazz lessons at a local dance school in Grimsby, Estelle Jayne Theatre Dance School, from 7 years old until he was 18. Through these years, Samuel took a GCSE Drama qualification and gained a Distinction* Distinction in BTEC Performing Arts. Samuel studied at the University of Lincoln 2017-2020 and graduated with a 1st Class Honors. Notable modules throughout the degree include: Avant-Garde Performance and Popular Performance. In his degree studies, and during COVID-19 lockdowns, Samuel became interested in the study of 'audiences' and his dissertation explored National Theatre Live and similar streaming services; the role of audiences and the experience of theatre-going.
