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Birmingham Rep in Centenary Square, Birmingham

Howard Samuels

Howard Samuels was in the original cast of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] when it premiered at Park Theatre last year.  His recent credits include Jewish Hollywood (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music (UK Tour), Nigel Bishop in The Cereal Cafe (The Other Palace) and his cabaret Unleashed (The Crazy Coqs).  His West End Theatre credits include Jorge in Tonight’s the Night (Victoria Palace Theatre), Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (Duke of York’s Theatre) and Fyedka in Rebel in Paradise (Young Vic).

Training: Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd).

Recent work includes: Jewish Hollywood (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); The Newsreader in Waving (TankTop Films); Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music (UK Tour); Nigel Bishop in The Cereal Cafe (The Other Palace) and his cabaret Unleashed (The Crazy Coqs).

West End Theatre credits include: Chummy MacGregor in The Glenn Miller Story (London Coliseum); Jorge in Tonight’s the Night (Victoria Palace Theatre); Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (Duke of York’s Theatre); Knucklemouth in Dear Anyone (Cambridge Theatre) and Fyedka in Rebel in Paradise (Young Vic).

Regional Theatre credits include: Cat in Stiles and Drewe’s Honk! (original production, Watermill Theatre); The Sunshine Boys (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh); Chips with Everything (Leeds Playhouse); Design for Living (Harrogate Theatre); Company (Oldham Coliseum); Grease and Jesus Christ Superstar (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich) and West Side Story (Perth Playhouse).

Other Theatre credits include: On The Twentieth Century (Union Theatre); A Catered Affair (London Theatre Workshop, London Premiere); The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London Premiere) and Invade My Privacy (Riverside Studios).

UK Tours include: Can’t Smile Without You (Bill Kenwright Productions); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Nimax Productions) and The Rocky Horror Show (RHS London Productions).

Television credits include: The Nativity and Just Good Friends (BBC); A Tale of Two Cities (PBS); Brighton Belles (LWT) and the award-winning video New Frontier (Warner Bros).

Film credits include: Shane in Nail; Jack the Ripper in Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart (Luc Besson Films) and Max Headroom (Jankel and Morton).