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Sam Pout

Playwright Dramaturg Facilitator Director Producer

Sam Pout (he/him) is a Playwright, Dramaturg and Producer and is currently Literary Officer and in-house Dramaturg at Omnibus Theatre. Sam also helps artists develop their work ahead of professional production, either working between desk and rehearsal room or solely developing the script. Sam has also designed and teaches courses on playwrighting and producing your own work. Sam works with a wide range of styles of text ranging from writing original stories, adapting extant texts and consulting the direction of productions.

Credits

WRITER and PRODUCER, Fisheye, Omnibus Theatre, 1 week, 2023
WRITER and DIRECTOR, The Brave Anthology, Edinburgh Fringe, 1 week, 2019
WRITER and DIRECTOR, State of It, Omnibus Theatre, 1 night, 2021

DRAMATURG, Compositor E, Omnibus Theatre, 3 weeks, 2023
DRAMATURG, The Woman Who Turned into A Tree, Omnibus Theatre, 3 weeks, 2023
DRAMATURG, Merboy, Omnibus Theatre, 3 weeks, 2023
DRAMATURG, Drum, Omnibus Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022
DRAMATURG, Rapture, Pleasance Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022

Sam has also helped the development of plays leading to professional production at Soho Theatre, The Pleasance Theatre, Theatre503 and The Vault Festival.

Training

MA Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance, Goldsmiths University of London

BA Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway University of London

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Curating
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

German, Spanish

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