Sam Kenyon

Sam is a composer, writer and teacher.

He wrote book, music and lyrics for Miss Littlewood, a new musical exploring the life story of Joan Littlewood (RSC, 2018). His first novel, I Am Not Raymond Wallace, was published by Inkandescent in 2022. He has also completed The Dangerous Liaisons: a new musical adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

His Composer/Lyricist credits include: Beauty & the Beast (composer/co-lyricist, Birmingham Rep 2027); Anne Boleyn: The Musical (co-lyricist, Hever Castle, 2025); Twelfth Night (composer, Regent’s Park OAT, 2024); Vice Versa (composer/lyricist, RSC); A Midsummer Night's Dream (composer, RSC); The Christmas Truce (composer/arranger/additional lyrics, RSC); Playing for Time (composer/lyricist/musical supervisor, Sheffield Crucible); The Borrowers (composer/lyricist, Northern Stage – Winner of Best Show for Children and Young People, UK Theatre Awards 2013); The Glass Slipper (composer/additional lyrics, Northern Stage). In 2000, Sam was commissioned by the BBC to write a verse-narration book for Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin’s The Firebrand of Florence (Barbican Theatre/Capriccio Records).

His Musical Supervisor credits include: Piaf (Watermill, 2025) The Glee Club (Cast, Doncaster); Close the Coalhouse Door (Northern Stage and national tour); Swallows and Amazons (Bristol Old Vic, West End and national tour); and Oh What A Lovely War (Northern Stage and national tour).

Director credits include: Oh What a Lovely War (co-director, Northern Stage and national tour – nominated for Best Musical Production and Best Performances in a Musical TMA Awards 2011).

Performing credits include: Merrily We Roll Along (Watermill Theatre); Amadeus (Wilton’s Music Hall); Sweeney Todd (Watermill Theatre and West End); Sunset Boulevard (Comedy Theatre, West End); As You Like It (Young Vic and Wyndham’s Theatre); Les Justes and Ion (Gate Theatre); Macbeth and The Othello Music (Battersea Arts Centre).

Sam also appeared in the films Victoria & Abdul (Stephen Frears, 2017) and Venus (Roger Michell, 2006), and the TV series London Spy (BBC, 2015).

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