Sam Siddiqui is a therapist-turned-theatre-worker, who started with stage management but has since done almost every offstage theatre role there is! From rehearsal rooms to production managing to backstage, Sam has fast-tracked a high level of experience in a short space of time, working almost 30 contracts over the last 3 years, including internships with Michael Cassel Group on the Australian national tours of Hamilton and & Juliet. Sam is passionate about supporting mental health in the arts, working as a performance and wellbeing mentor as well as running her own performance coaching business ‘The Broadway Mindset’.

In this episode, Sam shares how she forged her own pathway into working in theatre; reflects on the variety of roles she has experienced in theatre so far; and discusses the importance of supporting wellbeing in a ...