Samuel Blenkin

Height 5' 7"
Eyes Green/Hazel
Hair Dark Brown

Parts played at Guildhall

Sam in Mary’s Room (written/dir. Samuel Blenkin)
Billy in Herons (dir. Lisa Blair)
Bentley Drummle in Great Expectations (dir. Christian Burgess)
Reverend Parris in The Crucible (dir. Mike Alfreds)
Antonio in The Merchant of Venice (dir. Richard Goulding)
Cadmus in The Bacchae (dir. Eliot Shrimpton)
Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (dir. Martin Connor)
Captain Bluntschli in Arms and the Man (dir. Wyn Jones)
Young Bellair in Man of Mode (dir. Lisa Blair)
Estragon in Waiting for Godot (dir. Danny McGrath and Annemette Verspeak)
Astrov in Uncle Vanya (dir. Christian Burgess)
Simon in Playhouse (dir. Eliot Shrimpton)
Garcio in The Mystery Plays (dir. Scott Brooksbank)
Henry Fielding in Tom Jones, a Foundling (dir. Jane Morgan; Radio play)

Other Experience

Member of National Youth Theatre
Party Piece in Mercury Fur (dir. by company; New Rep Theatre Company) Milton Court Studio Theatre, London
Screen acting workshops with Peter Cregeen, Tim Mercier, Jonathan Sagall, James Larkin, Jane Arnell
Voiceover and Commercial workshops with Catherine Harvey
Musical theatre workshop with Clive Rowe
Site specific workshop with Charlotte Munksø and Ditlev Brinth, Prima del Teatro

Skills

Strong singer (baritone/tenor)
Highly skilled acoustic and electric guitar, highly skilled ukulele, tenor saxophone, mandolin, tenor banjo, flute, percussion, piano, musical composition, song writing
Historical dance, 20th century dance, show dance
Stage combat
Basic acrobatics
Badminton, advanced skiing, swimming
Accomplished in art (painting and drawing), photography
Native accent RP, good ear for accents

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