JEREMY SAMS’ credits include:
Directed: Oklahoma (Chichester); What’s in a Name (Birmingham Rep, also translator); Monsieur Popular (Theatre Royal Bath, also translator); The Rehearsal (Chichester, also translator); Peter Grimes (Grange Park Opera); Die Fledermaus and The Enchanted Island (The Metropolitan Opera); The Wizard of Oz (West End, Toronto, US tour); Educating Rita (West End); The King and I (Royal Albert Hall); La Perichole (Garsington Opear, also translator); The Sound of Music (West End and Toronto); 13 (Broadway); Little Britain (London & UK tour); Noises Off (RNT and Broadway); Passion; Wild Oats; Marat/Sade (RNT); Enter the Guardsman; The Wind in the Willows; Two Pianos, Four Hands; Spend Spend Spend; Benefactors.
Lyrics: Amour (Broadway.Tony Nominated); The Threepenny Opera (Donmar, RNT).
Translations: Edmond de Bergerac (Birmingham Rep & Tour); Die Schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Schwanengesang (Ryedale Festival & Wigmore Hall); Fantasio (Garsington Opear); The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera); Exit the King (Theatre Royal Bath); Merry Widow (Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera); Becket; Figaro’s Wedding, La Bohème, The Magic Flute, Wagner’s Ring Cycle (ENO); The Miser and Mary Stuart (RNT); Les Parents Terribles (Indiscretions in NYC).
As Composer: He has written arranged and directed music for over 50 shows for theatre, TV/Film and radio including: The Wind in the Willows; Arcadia (RNT); The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC); The Mother (BBC); Enduring Love (Pathe, Ivor Novello Award); Hyde Park on Hudson and Le Weekend (Film 4); and Persuasion (BBC Films, BAFTA Award).
As Adaptor: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London & New York – Olivier Award nomination). He created The Enchanted Island for the Metropolitan Opera and co-wrote the book for A Damsel in Distress (Chichester).