ABOUT

Samuel Kreusler is a Melbourne-based composer, guitarist, and international performer whose work spans theatre, film, and live performance. He has performed across Italy, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Zhangjiajie, and his compositions have been showcased at venues including the Melbourne Recital Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, and La Mama Courthouse.

A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Samuel has developed his craft through residencies at ACMI X, the Flying Fruit-Fly Circus, the Pacific Alliance of Music Schools Summit in Singapore, and the Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Princeton University. His commissions include a work for the re-launch of the University of Melbourne’s Southbank campus, presented in Florence, and Arts Centre Melbourne’s SIGNAL sound walk.

Samuel co-created Escalate, a live juggling and solo electronica performance that premiered at Arts Centre Melbourne in 2022, winning Best Circus at Melbourne Fringe and touring to the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He has contributed to numerous theatre and film projects, including Objects of My Disaffection, The Trauma Project, From All Who Came Before, and Curveball, and was nominated for a Green Room Award for his work on One Night Only with Rawcus.

In addition to his creative work, Samuel is a casual lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and has held technical and production roles for projects including While You Sleep. His practice reflects a commitment to collaboration, innovation, and cross-disciplinary performance