Samuel Harjanne

Samuel Harjanne (born December 22, 1987) is a director originally from Finland. He is currently living in Denmark. Before his career as a director, he performed voice-dubbing roles in the Finnish language for foreign media, including major character roles, as well as in various musicals in the Finnish and Swedish speaking theatres in Finland. He has directed and/or acted in theaters in Finland, such as: Helsinki City Theatre, Åbo Svenska Teater, Turku City Theatre, Wasa Teater, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri and Tampereen teatteri. He has directed many musicals, ranging from Disney to Altar Boyz, and since the success of his production of Kinky Boots in Helsinki 2018, he is considered a notable musical theatre director of Finland.

Internationally he has been directing in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Estonia.

His future works include new productions of Come From Away, Matilda and Anastasia.

He is the founder of Harjanne Company Ltd

Theatre works

Theatre director

*'' Altar Boyz'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2008
*''The Wedding Singer'' – Pietarsaari – Finland, 2010
*''You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown'' – Porvoo – Finland, 2011
*''Aladdin'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2012
*''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'' – Finnish Tour 2014
*'' The Three Little Pigs'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2014 / Finnish tour, 2015
*''Loserville'' – Guildford – United Kingdom, 2015
*''Don't Run – A New Musical'' – London – United Kingdom, 2015
*''Käyttöohje kahdelle'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2016
*'' Spring Awakening'' – Tampere – Finland, 2017
*''Les Misérables'' – Tallinn & Tartu – Estonia, 2017
*'' Billy Elliot'' – Tampere – Finland, 2018
*'' Kinky Boots'' – Helsinki & Tampere – Finland, 2018 & 2020
*''Disney's The Little Mermaid'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2019
*''Groundhog Day'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2020
*''Maailma on tehty meitä varten'' – Helsinki – Finland, 2020
*'' Sister Act'' – Tartu – Estonia, 2020
*'' Spring Awakening'' – Gothenburg – Sweden, 2021
*''Matilda the Musical'' – Tampere – Finland, 2021

Actor

*''Avenue Q'' – Nicky (2007)
*''High School Musical'' – Ryan (2008)
*''High School Musical 2'' – Ryan (2009)
*'' Spring Awakening'' – Ernst (2009)
*''Les Misérables'' – Feuilly (2010–2011) & Enjolras (2012)
*''Striking 12'' – Brandon (2011)
*''When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town'' – Tommi (2011–2012)
*'' Legally Blonde'' – Carlos (2011)
*'' Next to normal'' – Henry (2012)
*''Jekyll & Hyde'' – u/s Jekyll & Hyde, ensemble (2013)
*''Les Misérables'' – Enjolras (2013–2014)
*''Tanz der Vampire'' – Herbert (2016)

Voice over works

Voice over director

*'' Bridge to Terabithia'' – Finnish Director (2008)
*'' SamSam'' – Finnish Director (2009)
*''High School Musical – El Desafio'' – Finnish Director (2009)
*''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' – Finnish Director (2009)
*''Gnomeo and Juliet'' – Finnish Director (2011)
*''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'' – Finnish Director (2011)
*'' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' – Finnish Director (2013)
*''Pete's Dragon