Samuel Wyer works in opera, ballet and theatre, exploring bold, textural forms in set and costume, often blurring the boundaries between performer and environment; or else sculpting larger than life characters that seem carved out of mythology. Recent work includes Seven Deadly Sins / Bluebeards Castle, (Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires) with Sophie Hunter as Director, Wolf, Witch, Giant, Fairy (Royal Opera House, Olivier Award winner, Best Family Show). Lazuli Sky, (Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadlers Wells, nominated for the Sky Arts Dance Award).  Samuel has worked most extensively in theatre, from mountain communities in Sri Lanka, to vast immersive Wonderlands in London and Shanghai. This year he will be returning to the National Theatre in London with Director Katy Rudd, following much acclaim with the Ocean at the End of the Lane,  for the first major staging of the novel Ballet Shoes.