Lewis Cornway is an actor and writer.
As a writer, Lewis is part of the prestigious Criterion New Writing Group where he’s developing a brand new play. He was also selected as an Artist Spotlight for BEAM 2025. Last year Lewis’ new play ‘Cows Milk’ was given at place at Omnibus Theatres Engine Room where is received its first public reading. He’s writing music and lyrics for new young adult show ‘You’re Not The Boss of Me’ for Nosy Crow/ Salisbury Playhouse. His musical ‘KIDNEY4U’ is currently in development with support from Birmingham Hippodrome. His musical, ‘Snowflake’, was workshopped at the Lowry Theatre as part of the ReWrites Festival. It was nominated for an Offie Award for Innovation and a song from the show was selected as a finalist for the Stiles and Drewe Best Song New Prize.
As a performer, Lewis has appeared across theatre and TV. Lewisrecently appeared on Doctor Who (BBC One, Disney+).
Theatre credits: Posner, The History Boys (Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour), SpongeBob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical (Southbank Centre/ UK Tour), John, John and Jen (54 Below, New York), Amos, Whistle Down the Wind (Watermill Theatre), Arpad Laszlo, She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible), John, John and Jen (Southwark Playhouse, Offie Award for Best Leading Performance in a Musical), Elder Davis/ Cross, The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), The Elephants Child, Just So (Barn Theatre), The Bellboy/ Wallace Hartley, Titanic the Musical (UK Tour), Louis Leonowens, The King and I (Royal Albert Hall), Kurt Von-Trapp, The Sound of Music (London Palladium), Michael Banks, Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre).
For BYMT, Lewis was the recipient of BYMT’s New Music Theatre Award in 2023, with his show Harry & Greta, which was performed at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich.
