SAM ARCHER
As well as performing and creative work, Sam teaches workshops for both Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures dance company and Emma Rice’s Wise Children. He is also an international judge for the DanceStar world dance competitions.
Creative:
Movement Director on CRIMES ON CENTRE COURT, A CHRISTMAS GETAWAY and CRIMES, CAMERA, ACTION (all for New Old Friends theatre company), Movement Associate on A CHRISTMAS CAROL (The Old Vic, London), Dance Assistant on JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN (National Theatre, London), Choreographic Assistant on Matthew Bourne's THE RED SHOES (New Adventures), co choreographer/director on CIVIL BLOOD (a project for young people in partnership with New Adventures, Dance United Yorkshire and Studio 3 Arts).
Performance:
Plays include: WUTHERING HEIGHTS, WISE CHILDREN, EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON, CHARIOTS OF FIRE and AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Musicals include: WONDER.LAND, THE HAPPY PRINCE, MARY POPPINS, WE WILL ROCK YOU, OKLAHOMA! and OLIVER! TV includes: HUMANS (Channel 4) and MR SELFRIDGE (ITV). Films include: LA BOHEME (Opera Glass Works), ALLIED (Paramount), MUPPETS MOST WANTED (Disney) and LIFE IS A BUFFET. Dance includes: THE SOLDIER'S TALE (Tokyo), METAMORPHOSIS (NY), THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Linbury Theatre, London). Opera includes: LA BOHEME (Royal Albert Hall), GLORIANA (Royal Opera House).
Sam has also performed as a principal dancer with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Company. Credits include: ROMEO & JULIET, THE RED SHOES, LORD OF THE FLIES, SWAN LAKE, CINDERELLA , THE CAR MAN, NUTCRACKER, PLAY WITHOUT WORDS, as well as creating the title role in the original production of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.
Sam’s experience also includes a position as Movement Director 'Houdini's Greatest Escape', and movement associate on Wuthering Heights and Choreographic Associate on the upcoming production of Oliver! at Chichester Festival Theatre