Theatre | Parade
13 January 2024
When mime Tape Face made his first appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2016, judge Simon Cowell called him “clever”, Mel B labelled him “genius” and Howie Mandel called him “brilliant” and predicted that…
Theatre | Chortle
10 February 2018
New Zealand silent comedian Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, is to embark on a three-year residency in Las Vegas.
The Harrah’s casino has custom-built a cabaret venue for his mime show at a reported cost…
Theatre | Blouin Artinfo
7 December 2017
America’s Got Talent sensation Tape Face will be performing at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, UK on 20 February 2018. Sam Wills is a 39-year-old New Zealander who lives in Lincolnshire but as his…
Arts | Evening Standard
12 June 2017
37-year-old New Zealander Sam Wills’s aka Tape Face – formerly known as The Boy With Tape On His Face – spoke with the Evening Standard’s Bruce Dessau about ambition and…
Theatre | Las Vegas Review Journal (The)
23 February 2017
New Zealand performance artist Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, has begun a highly anticipated residency at The Flamingo in Las Vegas.
He doesn’t call himself a mime, but he swears that’s only “because I know…
Theatre | Guardian (The)
20 November 2016
Fresh from a stint on America’s Got Talent, New Zealand comedian Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, recently preformed in Milton Keynes, delivering “a captivating set of skits that the audience on stage and…
Arts | Daily Star (The)
14 August 2016
America’s Got Talent star Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, “has finally spoken out about his act’s remarkable success on the show,” as reported in The Daily Star.
Wills’ “audition was watched by more…
Film & TV | Chortle
8 June 2016
New Zealand mime Sam Wills, 37, aka The Boy With Tape on His Face, has wowed judges, the live studio audience, and an estimated 11 million viewers, at his audition for America’s Got Talent.
Judge…
Theatre | North Devon Journal | This Is North Devon
23 May 2013
The Boy With Tape On His Face, aka New Zealand comedian Sam Wills, 34, is interviewed by the North Devon Journal ahead of his live show, More Tape, which was on at…
Theatre | Telegraph (The)
20 December 2012
Everyone should see New Zealander Sam Wills in The Boy with Tape on His Face, writes Telegraph reviewer Dominic Cavendish. “But not everyone should sit near the front or close to the aisles,” Cavendish…
Theatre | Guardian (The)
25 August 2012
New Zealand comedian Sam Wills, 34, who’s solo act The Boy with Tape on his Face has been filling the 700-seat Pleasance Grand theatre since the Edinburgh Fringe Festival started, as won…
Theatre | Guardian (The)
26 September 2011
New Zealand award-winning comedian Sam Wills, 32, has drawn comparisons with Harpo Marx and Mr Bean, “though he is grungier and livelier than both” according to the Guardian’s Brian Logan who interviews Wills about…