Sam is a creative producer, educator, musician and international circus performer with a history in oral culture and street theatre from where he grew up in the UK. He is co-artistic director at masumano, creators of powerful performance in public spaces. He was a founding Artistic Director Castlemaine Circus Inc 2014-17 and worked between 2015-2017 as a producer and program manager for the Castlemaine State Festival and in 2018 for the Regional Centre for Culture. The performances and events that he produces weave participatory dance, live music, indigenous culture, circus, political theatre. Sam is also currently working at Mount Alexander Shire Council in building new cultural governance aligned to the Shire’s Reconciliation Plan 2020-2023 and to set up the Get Lost initiative, fostering a collaborative approach to attracting investment in our cultural and creative industries.

Sam collaborated with Carbon Arts on Djakitj Larr, a project of the Australian Future Foods Lab.