Sam Hooper

Cats Credits
Asia Tour - 05/2014 - 02/2015 - Tumblebrutus (cover Mungojerrie, Pouncival)

Asia Tour - 03/2015 - Skimbleshanks

Asia Tour - 04/2015 - Swing "George"

Australia Tour - 09/2015 - 05/2016 - George (cover Admetus / Macavity, Carbucketty, Coricopat, Mungojerrie, Rum Tum Tugger)

Biography
2015

SAM HOOPER is a 2011 graduate of the VCA Bachelor of Music Theatre, where he was awarded the Cassidy Bequest Scholarship in his graduating year. He began performing at the age of 11 and at the age of 13, Sam appeared in Cameron Macintosh’s Oliver! He was recently part of the original cast of the world premiere production of King Kong Live on Stage. Other credits include; performing with Robert Sturrock's Industry Dance Company in Exogenesis ; and his own cabaret Sounds of Silence, which he wrote and choreographed. While at the VCA, Sam choreographed the new musical Dreamsong. Most recently Sam has been touring abroad with CATS and is thrilled to be bringing the show to audiences at home.

2018

Sam is a 2011 graduate of the VCA Bachelor of Music Theatre, where he was awarded the Cassidy Bequest Scholarship in his graduating year.

He began performing at the age of 11 when he commenced dance training at the May Downs School of Dancing under the direction of Renie Ann Martini. At the age of 13, he appeared in Cameron Macintosh’s Oliver! He was also part of the original cast of the world premiere production of King Kong Live on Stage. Other credits include performing with Robert Sturrock's Industry Dance Company in Exogenesis, Funny Girl (ProdCo), and he devised and premiered in his one man show: Death Suits You for the Melbourne Cabaret Festival.

Sam has performed in Cats throughout Australia and internationally in the roles of 'Tumblebrutus', 'Skimbleshanks' and 'George'. Sam directed and choreographed OCPAC’s 2016 production of Catch Me If You Can, for which he received the Bruce Award For Excellence for both Best Direction and Best Choreography. Most recently he directed and choreographed Company Eleven’s 2017 production of They’re Playing Our Song

Gallery
Makeup for his characters from both tours (Asia and ANZ)

Left to right:
 * Admetus (ANZ), Mungojerrie (ANZ), George (ANZ), Carbucketty (ANZ), Macavity (ANZ), Bill Bailey (ANZ)
 * Plato (Asia), Tumblebrutus (Asia), Pouncival (Asia), Skimbleshanks (Asia), Tugger (ANZ), Coricopat (ANZ)