Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
I feel positive about ailing theatre sector’s prospects, says Sam Mendes
breakingnews.ieSam Mendes has said that he feels “positive” about the prospect of a solution being found to support the UK’s ailing theatre sector through the lockdown.
Earlier this week, the acclaimed director of films such as Skyfall and 1917 and plays such as The Lehman Trilogy and The Ferryman put forward his suggestions for how to stop theatres going under during the period.
He now feels that his proposals have been “listened to”, he told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday. He said: “I do feel there’s a way through here.
I feel very positive about it, I think one has to stay positive. “I believe there’s a way here and I feel that is a sense that has been listened to and over the next couple of weeks this might begin to have some purchase.” The
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