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Samantha

Height - 5ft 6ins                                                 Trained at - Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom
Hair Colour - Copper Red/Blonde                   3 Honours Teaching Qualifications

Eyes - Green                                                       Ballet, Tap & Modern Dance - A.I.S.T.D

Size 10/12                                                           Drama Gold Medal L.A.M.D.A

D.O.B 20-1-61                                                     8 'O' levels - English Language,             

                                                                             English Literature, French, Spanish,

                                                                             Latin, Maths, Human Biology, Art.

Languages / Regional Accents

English

French ( not fluent)

Spanish (not fluent)

Northern Irish

West Country

Welsh

East End/Cockney

Liverpool

General Northern.

Skills

All Styles of Ballroom dance

Jazz, Swing, Disco

Tap - American and English

Horse riding

Driving

 

Television

The Morecombe & Wise Show

The Ken Dodd Laughter Show

Jemima Shore Investigates

Parkinson

Crossroads

Record Breakers ( Tap Dancing Record with Roy Castle)

The Royal Variety Show

The Golden Oldies Picture Show (Devil Woman - Cliff Richard)

Wogan

Russ Abbot Madhouse

Never the Twain

Theatre  _ West End

Underneath the Arches - Prince of Wales Theatre - Delfont Productions - As Cast/ Dancer

See-Saw - West End cast one-off - As Cast/ Dancer

Poppy - Royal Shakespeare Company, Adelphi Theatre .As Cast / Dance captain/ Understudy Antonia Ellis - 'Dick'

On Your Toes -  As Cast/ Dancer, Tap Leader, Dance captain, Understudy 'Ma Dolan' /'Reporter'

Two into One - Theatre of Comedy Production As Cast/ A.S.M _ Shaftesbury Theatre.

The Merry Widow - 'Lolo' - Grisette English National Opera, London Coliseum.

Sugar Babies - As Cast / Dancer,  Understudy for Anne Miller and Rhonda Burchmore -Savoy Theatre

Stop the World - I Want to Get Off - As Cast / Dancer - Lyric Theatre
Blood Brothers - 'Mrs Lyons' - Bill Kenwright Productons , Phoenix Theatre

Diamond - 'Lena' -  Bridewell theatre.

Menopause the Musical - 'Soap Star' - Shaw Theatre

French Paste - 'Geraldine' - Shaw Theatre.

Theatre  _ Regional

The Gentle Hook - ' Madge' - National Tour

Out of Order  -       ' Gladys' - National Tour

Sailor Beware -      'Emma Hornet' - Lead - National Tour

Bedroom Farce -   ' Jan' - Season - Chelmsford

Me and My Girl -  ' Lady Jacqueline' - Season - Eastbourne

King of the Beach - 'Bev' - Season - Brighton and Hove theatre co.

Come as you are  - ' Brighton Revue Co.

Run for your Wife - 'Barbara Smith' - Season / National Tour

A Chorus Line -    ' Sheila' - 2 National tours

Ladies Night -      ' Glenda' - 3 National Tours

Jesus Christ Superstar - ' Mary Magdalen' - Season - Chelmsford

Joseph -           '  Potipher's Wife' - Season - Chelmsford

Blood Brothers -  ' Mrs Lyons' and 'Mrs Johnstone' - Toronto, Canada

Blood Brothers - ' Mrs Lyons and 'Mrs Johnstone' - National tour.

Me and Mrs Beeton - Current One Woman Play - Nation wide.

Come Dancing -    'Annie' - Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Present Laughter - 'Liz Essendine'  - National Tour

Table Manners -     'Ruth'  - National Tour

Commercials

J.D WILLIAMS Clothing 2014 Autumn Campaign - Hero/Feature.

Lowenbrau Lager - USA

Nutty Bar UK

Pantomime

Beauty and the Beast - 'Malevolent' & Director - Jordan Productions - Potters Bar  2014/15

Snow White - 'Narcissus' & Director - Jordan Productions - Potters Bar 2013/14

Cinderella - 'Fairy Godmother' & Director - Jordan Prods. - P.Bar 2012/13

Sleeping Beauty - Director - Jordan Prods. - Redditch 2012/13

Beauty and the Beast - 'Malevolent'  - Jordan prods. - Fareham 2011/12

Aladdin - 'Empress' - Towngate - Basildon 2010/11

Dick Whittington - 'Fairy Bowbells' & Director - Reading 2008/9

Robin Hood - Director - Worthing 2007/8

Sleeping Beauty - 'Witch Night' & Director - Worthing 2006/7

Puss in Boots - 'Enchantress' - Worthing 2005/6

Snow White - 'Wicked Queen' - Worthing 2004/5

Cinderella - 'Prince Charming' - Aylesbury 2003/4

Aladdin - 'Aladdin' - Chelmsford 2002/3

Jack and the Beanstalk - 'the Enchantress' Worthing 2001/2

Cinderella - 'Dandini' - Bromley 2000/1

Snow White - 'Red Queen' - Theatre Royal Newcastle 1999/2000

Beauty and the Beast - 'Flytrap' - Bournemouth 1998/9

Jack and the Beanstalk - Bath /  Mother Goose - Chelmsford

Dick Whittington - Blackpool, Wimbledon, Leeds, Newcastle, Norwich

Cinderella - Wimbledon, Battersea, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Bexhill.

Aladdin - Peckham, Bognor.

Cabaret / Revue

'Deja Revue' - Brighton, London Hippodrome

 

'Melvillainy' - Brighton.

 

'Out of the Blue', 'Into the Red', 'Back in the Black' - S.East Venues. 

 

Singer / Cabaret -  The Cafe Royal,  La Capanina - London

 

Cunard Countess - Resident Singer

 

Guest star appearances at the Players Theatre Music Hall

 

C.S.E - Cabaret Tour - Falkland Islands, Germany

 

Sweet Spice - UK Cabaret Tour

 

Hot Spice - UK Cabaret Tour

 

Kontiki - Wout Steinhuis  UK Cabaret Tour

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