Robin Simpson

Robin Simpson plays Sam. His theatre credits include Footloose, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Sense & Sensibility (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Gaslight and Men of the World (Devonshire Park Theatre), Guy Fawkes (York  Theatre Royal), Abigail’s Party (Harrogate Theatre), Classic (Edinburgh Fringe & Hope Mill Theatre/Her productions), Macbeth/ Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre), Dirty Laundry (Claybody Theatre), Almost a Sacred Duty,  Anna of the Five Towns, Beryl, A Voyage Round my Father and Laurel and  Hardy (New Vic), Chamaco (HOME), Neverland (Lakeside Arts), Boeing  Boeing,Bedroom Farce, David Copperfield, The Hound of the  Baskervilles; The Road to Nab End and Travels with my Aunt (Oldham Coliseum), The Travelling Pantomime, The Wind in the Willows, To Kill a  Mockingbird, The Seagull, Hansel and Gretel, The Railway Children;  Pinocchio, Pygmalion and The Little Mermaid (York Theatre Royal), Inside  Out of Mind (Meeting Ground Theatre Co.), Grandpa in my Pocket  (Nottingham Playhouse), Lost Boy Racer (Lawrence Batley Theatre), We Love  You City! (Coventry Belgrade), Me, as a Penguin, It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow, Flat Stanley (West Yorkshire Playhouse), A Passionate Woman (Chester Gateway and The Theatre by the Lake), Frankie and Tommy, The Rivals, Red Skies over the Severn, The Century Plays (The Swan Theatre).

Robin has played the Dame in York Theatre Royal’s pantomimes since 2020 and is due to appear in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 2026/27. His television credits include: The Continental (from the world of John Wick), Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Doctors, Holby City, Waterloo Road,Liverpool 1, Home Fires, and See No Evil – The Moors Murders.