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DIRECTORY OF SOUND DESIGNERS

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SOUND DESIGNERS

Bobby AitkenDesigns include: Ghost (NY), Aida, 2012Olympic Ceremonies, Viva Forever.Bobby has been involved with theatresound for over 30 years. Work includes:Ghost (Piccadilly), Flashdance(Shaftesbury), Dirty Dancing (Aldwich,Toronto, USA and others),We Will RockYou (Dominion, Australia, Spain,Germany, Moscow, Las Vegas). MammaMia! (London, Broadway and 27productions worldwide), Showboat, TheKing and I (Royal Albert Hall), Blast!(London, USA); Grease (Dominion,London, UK tour); Return To theForbidden Planet (Cambridge, London,USA, Japan, Australia), Five Guys NamedMoe (Albery and tours), The Iron Man, Inthe Midnight Hour (Young Vic), HighSociety (Victoria Palace); Time(Dominion), From A Jack To A King(Ambassador’s and tours), SweeneyTodd (Israeli National Opera), Childrenof Eden (Prince Edward), The Fix(Donmar),The Beggar’s Opera,Bartholomew Fair (RSC). Over the years,Bobby has been working to createtechniques to deliver credible soundreinforcement for large scale, in-the-round opera production. Creditsinclude: Carmen, Madame Butterfly,Tosca, Aida, La Bohème

Paul ArdittiProjects include:Three Sisters (YoungVic); Red Velvet (Tricycle); The LastSummer (Gate, Dublin); The Magistrate(NT); In The Republic of Happiness(Royal Court); Sugar (Royal Court /Young Vic); Charlie & The ChocolateFactory (directed by Sam Mendes).Recent designs: Jumpy (Duke of York’s);London Road (Olivier Theatre); RufusNorris & Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee (ENO);The Most Incredible Thing (Sadler’sWells); One Man, Two Guvnors(Haymarket & Broadway); Collaborators(Olivier); In Basildon (Royal Court); TheChangeling (Young Vic); The Bee (NewYork); Company (Sheffield Crucible).Awards include: One Man, TwoGuvnors:Tony Award Nomination 2012;Billy Elliot The Musical:Tony Award2009, Drama Desk Award 2009, OlivierAward 2006; Mary Stuart:Tony AwardNomination 2009; Saint Joan: OlivierAward 2008; Festen: Evening StandardAward 2005 / Olivier Award nomination2005. The Pillowman: Drama DeskAward 2005, Olivier Award nomination2004.

Simon BakerDesigns include: Matilda The Musical(RSC and Cambridge Theatre – 2012Oliver Award for Best Sound), Steptoeand Son (Kneehigh Theatre/UK Tour),Looserville (West Yorkshire Playhouse),Wah Wah Girls (Saddlers Wells), AngusThongs and Even More Snogging (WestYorkshire Playhouse), Batman Live(World Arena Tour), Me and My Girl(Sheffield), The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg(Lyric Theatre), The Real Thing (Old Vic),The Norman Conquests (Old Vic andBroadway), Late Middle Classes(Donmar), La Bete (Comedy Theatre andBroadway), Lord Of The Rings (TheatreRoyal Drury Lane and Toronto – 2007Olivier Nomination Best Sound),Deathtrap (Noel Coward Theatre),Boeing Boeing (Comedy Theatre andBroadway - 2007 Tony Nomnation forBest Sound), Di Viv and Rose(Hampstead Downstairs). Bridge Projectfor BAM/Old Vic Theatre 2009, The Birds(Dublin), Closer To Heaven (ArtsTheatre). For Kneehigh Theatre workincludes Brief Encounter (London,WYP,UK and US Tours, Broadway and StAnnes Warhouse NY – 2011 TonyNomination for Best Sound), Don John(RSC and International Tour), The RedShoes (International Tour),Wild Bride(International Tour), Midnights Pumpkinand three years of Kneehigh’s AsylumSeason.

Dominic BilkeyDesigns include:Wild Swans (A.R.TBoston), Bingo, The Changeling (YoungVic). Dominic attended The Royal WelshCollege of Music & Drama and aftergraduating began a busy career inSound for Theatre. He has touredextensively, engineering and designingfor Kneehigh Theatre, among others,and is currently Head of Sound for TheYoung Vic Theatre in London. SoundDesign credits include See How TheyRun, Twelfth Night, Dancing AtLughnasa (Original Theatre), After Troy(Lifeblood Theatre), Masterclass (BathTheatre Royal), Pandora (Standing onthe Shoulders of Giants), Journey’s End(Icarus / Original Theatre), In TheSolitude of Cotton Fields (Young Vic),The Space Between My Head & MyBody (Gin in the Tea), The Only Girl inthe World (Fractured Venus), TheRailway Children (Sevenoaks Playhouse),Carry On Down the River (New TheatreWorks) Wagstaffe the Wind-up Boy andRapunzel (Kneehigh Theatre) andSouterrain - Cornwall (WildWorks).Associate work includes TheGovernment Inspector (The Young Vic),A Voyage Round My Father (DonmarWarehouse) and The Hound of theBaskervilles (Ian Fricker).

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Danny BrightDanny is a sound designer, composer,recordist and sonic manipulator. He hasvariously lived, studied and worked inSheffield, England; Burlington, Vermont,USA; and Brighton and Hove, Englandwhere he is currently based. His workhas appeared nationally andinternationally including at the WorldSoundscape Conference, the Victoria &Albert Museum and the PragueQuadrennial.Designs include: Robertson’s Crusoe(Zoo Venues, Barnsley Civic, Touring);The Fall of the House of Usher(Touring); Dr. Faustus (Touring); TheTuring Project (Aberdeen andManchester). Recent credits: GhostingRuin (Dieburg); Haunted Voices(Brighton); Gogol (The Latest); MongrelSees Field, The Cutting Room Floor (TheBasement); Multimos (BAC); The TuringProject (The Basement, BAC);Vampirates (UK Tour); Metamorphosis(UK Tour); A Stranger at the Table (TheJewish Museum); The Alpha Project(British, Newcastle, Brighton &Manchester Science Festivals,Greenwich Theatre, Brighton Fringe);Pan-demonium (The Knot, Berlin andthe AC Institute, New York).

Steven BrownSteven Brown is a Sound Designer,Sound Artist and SoundscapeComposer. He is best known for hiswork as a sound designer for theatre,having worked globally with manyleading theatre companies, directorsand also as Head of Sound for The RoyalExchange, Manchester where he hasdesigned over 85 productions. Stevenwas Sound Design Curator for the 2011Prague Quadrennial and designed andcurated the sound design section ofCollaborators: Design for Performanceexhibition at the V&A Museum,London. Steven is also Board Memberfor the Association of Sound Designersand Head of the OISTAT Sound DesignWorking Group. Steven was recentlyawarded an Honorary Fellowship fromRose Bruford College of Theatre andPerformance.Designs include: organising andcurating the sound design elements forWorld Stage Design 2013.Recent designs include: Moon on aRainbow Shawl (National theatre), Twoand Miss Julie (Royal Exchange).

Andrew BruceAndrew began his career in theatre atthe Glyndebourne Festival Opera in1968. He was appointed Head of Soundat the Royal Opera House in 1971 and ayear later co-founded Autograph SoundRecording. Amongst other things in thepast 40 years, he consulted on theoriginal 1980 Paris version of LesMisérables subsequently designing the1985 London production and remainingresponsible for all other productions ofthat version.Designs include: the originalproductions of Song and Dance,Abbacadabra, Little Me, Chess, (London& Broadway), Follies, Mary Poppins, Intothe Woods, Children of Eden, City ofAngels, Martin Guerre, The Fix, TheWitches of Eastwick, Mamma Mia!,Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, 125thStreet, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London& Broadway), The Valkyrie (ENO),Sweeney Todd, Alice’s Adventures InWonderland, Isadora, The Seven DeadlySins all at the ROH, Mother Courage(with Nick Lidster) at the NationalTheatre for which they received anOlivier nomination. In addition he hasdesigned UK Tours of Miss Saigon, Cats,Martin Guerre, and Oliver!

Paul BullPaul has been involved withperformance sound professionally since1978 working in a number of repertorytheatres. Since 1990, he has worked as afreelance Sound Designer withexperience ranging from the LondonFringe through to West End andNational/International touring. Paulalso works as Sound Engineer for livemusic, specialising in contemporaryclassical, electro-acoustic, contemporaryjazz, folk and world/roots music. Inrecent years, he have been involved as aSound Artist on several projects,including burning an upright piano andsawing a cello in half. In this field, hehas also become a composer of electro-acoustic music and a musician playingthe No-Input Mixing Board.Designs include: Simon Usher’sproduction of The Complaint(Hampstead Downstairs); An InstinctFor Kindness, Somewhere Beneath It All,A Small Fire Burns Still (EdinburghFringe). Production Sound Engineer forthe tour of An Inspector Calls.

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Ed ClarkeEd is front-of-house engineer for VanDer Graaf Generator, and has previouslytoured with Ryuichi Sakamoto, JohnTams, Evelyn Glennie and Talvin Singh.Designs include: Associate SoundDesign, Matthew Bourne’s EarlyAdventures, FEAR (Bush), Blue ManGroup (Las Vegas Monte Carlo theatre).Ed has worked around the Theatre andlive music worlds for the past twentyyears. Recent designs include: Backbeat(Duke of York’s), Frankenstein (NationalTheatre), The Wiz (Birmingham,WestYorkshire), His Teeth (Only Connect),Happy Now? (Hull Truck), The RailwayChildren (Waterloo Station andToronto).Previous designs include:The Mysteries,The Good Hope (National Theatre), TheWizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall), andBad Man Christmas (HMP WormwoodScrubs). Ed has been an AssociateDesigner for Mary Poppins (UK and UStours), My Fair Lady (UK and US tours).

Andy CollinsAndy has been working as a sounddesigner for over 25 years starting inrepertory theatre going through tonational and international productions.Andy’s design credits include majorsymphonic arena concert tours andoutdoor festivals from the UK to HongKong.Designs include: The Music of AndrewLloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar,Evita, Another Kind of Magic, Stars ofthe Musicals, Thank You for the Music,Beatlemania!, Bond … James Bond,Grease In Concert and a concert versionof South Pacific, broadcast by BBC Radio 2.Musical designs include: touringproductions of Godspell, Me & My Girland High Society, GöteborgsOperan –Sweden: Jesus Christ Superstar andWest Side Story.Andy is a regular guest lecturer at theRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama.Andy’s most recent design is amulticultural Olympiad MusicalTorchbearers at the Wales MillenniumCentre.

Andrea J. CoxAndrea studied Physics and Philosophyat Liverpool University. After workingand designing shows for the LiverpoolEveryman and Bristol Old Vic she joinedthe Royal Shakespeare Companydesigning over 50 shows, including:TheHistories, Twelfth Night,Winter’s Tale,Measure for Measure, Macbeth,Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Theban Plays,Little Eyolf, Tales from Ovid, Henry VI’s &Richard III (Michigan, USA), As You Like It(Washington), Ghosts, PhoenicianWomen, The Mysteries, Servant of TwoMasters, Back to Methuselah.Designs include: Pull of NegativeGravity (Edinburgh and 59E59, NewYork), Sons of York (Finborough),Scarecrow & His Servant (SouthwarkPlayhouse), The Oresteia Trilogy (FisherCenter, New York), Christmas Carol,Doll’s House, Midwinter Dream andComedy Chekovs (Bridge House), Pieces(Clwyd Theatr Cymru and 59E59 NewYork), Onassis (Novello), Basket Case(Northampton, (Associate Designer)),Calendar Girls (Associate Designer), Sexwith a Stranger (Trafalgar Studios), YesPrime Minister (West End and on Tour).Future Designs include: Charlotte’s Web.

Anthony DaviesDesigns include: Kindertransport(Fluellen Theatre Company, tour), Repseason (five plays, Swansea GrandTheatre). Biography: Swansea Grand1978-1983, London 1983-1987, SwanseaGrand 1987-Present (from 1998 as Headof Sound. Numerous freelance projects.


Simon DeaconSimon gained a degree in stagemanagement and technical theatrefrom Guildhall School of Music andDrama. Worked extensively in theentertainment industry specialising inlighting and sound.Designs include: Aladdin, Beauty andthe Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella,Dick Whittington, Jack & the Beanstalk;A Funny Thing Happened On The Wayto The Forum, Blues In The Night, LittleShop of Horrors (New Wolsey); FlowerGirls (Graeae/New Wolsey); Musicalversion of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Nightand The Comedy of Errors (StaffordGatehouse); The Harder They Come (UKArts/Nottingham Playhouse, UK tour);Designer and operator for Talawa’sAnansi and the Magic Mirror whichpremiered at The Hackney Empire.

George DennisGeorge trained in sound design andcomposition at the University ofManchester.Designs include: The Seven Year Itch(Salisbury);When Did You Last See MyMother? (Trafalgar Studios 2); Foxfinder,The Drawer Boy, Me & Juliet, TheCaptive (Finborough); Unrestless (OldVic New Voices); The Only True Historyof Lizzie Finn, Someone Who’ll WatchOver Me, Antigone, Execution of Justice(Southwark Playhouse); The York Realistand Over Gardens Out (RiversideStudios); Shiverman (Theatre 503);Bloody Poetry (Jermyn Street).George’s Electroacoustic Compositionhas drawn international acclaim,winning 1st prize in Musica Viva (Lisbon,2008), and Concurso VI (Seville, 2008).

Ian DickinsonIan joined the Autograph design teamin 2009.Designs include: The Curious IncidentOf The Dog In The Nighttime (NT), AMidsummer Nights Dream (RegentsPark), The Sunshine Boys (Savoy),Children’s Children (Almeida), SouthDowns / The Browning Version (TheHarold Pinter Theatre & Chichester),Bingo (Young Vic), Jerusalem (Broadway& Apollo– Tony & Olivier Nominations),Top Girls (Chichester & TrafalgarStudios), Betrayal (Comedy Theatre),Cause Celebre (Old Vic), Mogadishu(Royal Exchange & Lyric), SeasonsGreetings, After The Dance,WomenBeware Women (National Theatre), JohnGabriel Borkman (Abbey Theatre &BAM – Drama Desk Nomination), DonGiovanni (ENO), Pieces of Vincent(Arcola), Mrs Klein (Almeida), TheMisanthrope (Comedy Theatre), 1984(Royal Exchange) and The Rise And Fallof Little Voice (Vaudeville). Ian spentmany years at both The Royal Court andThe Royal Exchange where he designedmany, many shows!

Carolyn DowningDesigns include: Choir Boy, The Witness(Royal Court JTU), The Country Wife(Royal Exchange), Love Song, Little Dogs(Frantic Assembly). King John (RSC),After Miss Julie (Young Vic), TheKreutzer Sonata (Gate Theatre & NYC).Other credits include Double Feature(NT), Beautiful Burnout (FranticAssembly/NTS), The Gods Weep, TheWinter’s Tale, Pericles, Days ofSignificance (RSC), After Dido (ENO atYoung Vic), Dimetos, Absurdia(Donmar), All My Sons (Schoenfeld,NYC), Amerika, Krieg der Bilder(Staatstheater Mainz, Germany), TreKroner - Gustav III (Dramaten, Sweden),Angels in America (Headlong), OurPrivate Life, Oxford Street, Alaska (RoyalCourt JTU), 3rd Ring Out (Metis Arts),Gambling (Soho), Lulu, The KreutzerSonata, Vanya, State Of Emergency, TheInternationalist (Gate), Ghosts, DirtyButterfly (Young Vic), Belongings(Hampstead).

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Mark DunneDesigns include: Bette & Joan (Tour),Iceberg – Right Ahead (Upstairs At TheGatehouse), The Killing Of SisterGeorge, Bette & Joan (Arts), BernardaAlba (Union), Schemers And Dreamers(Ashcroft), The Bespoke Overcoat, MrMaugham At Home, Hetty Feinstein’sWedding Anniversary, TennesseeWilliams Triple Bill, G & I,WhateverHappened To The Cotton Dress Girl, andLunch With Marlene (New End), KurtAnd Sid, Raindogs (Trafalgar Studios),The Wedding – The Rime Of TheAncient Mariner (Festival Square, SouthBank), The Last 5 Years, Pinter’s People(Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Blondel(Pleasance), Behind The Iron Mask(Duchess).Mark regularly works with internationalrecording artists, most recently:Westlife; Estelle; James Morrison

Seb FrostTrained at The Guildhall School OfMusic and Drama. Creative Director ofOrbital Sound 1997 to 2008. SoundDesigner/Project Manager for over 400various projects from permanentinstallations, large scale public events,temporary and permanent exhibitions,West End, Broadway and Europeantheatre shows, corporate launches,awards ceremonies and other liveevents around the world.Designs include: The Lion, the Witchand the Wardrobe (ThreeSixty), Annie(West Yorkshire Playhouse), Decade(Headlong), All the fun of the fair (UKTour), Great Expectations (Watford),Anthony and Cleopatra (Liverpool), LittleShop of Horrors (Birmingham), Rif Raff(Arcola), The Pros, Cons and a Screw(Derby Live), Six Characters in Search ofan Author (Headlong, Associate SoundDesigner), Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea(Zeitgeis & Passion Pit Theatre), Sundayin the Park with George (West End andBroadway, 2008 Tony Awardnomination).Current Designs include: Antony &Cleopatra (Chichester) and the Jaguar F-Type launch in Paris.

Gareth FryGareth trained at the Central School ofSpeech & Drama.Designs include: Soundscape Design forthe Olympics Opening Ceremony, TheMaster and Margarita (Complicité,Barbican, Europe), Black Watch(National Theatre of Scotland, US). WildSwans, Hamlet (Young Vic), Richard III(Old Vic, BAM & world tour, nominatedfor 2012 Drama Desk), Canvas(Chichester), Fraulein Julie (Schabühne,Berlin). Other work includes: Shun-kin,Endgame, Noise of Time (Complicité),Living Costs (DV8), Dancing at Lughnasa(Old Vic), Macbeth (Out of Joint), Othello(Frantic Assembly), The FahrenheitTwins (Told By An Idiot), The Cat in theHat, Pains of Youth, Kneehigh’s A MatterOf Life and Death, Attempts on Her Life,Waves, The Overwhelming,Improbable’s Theatre of Blood (NationalTheatre),Wastwater, Chicken Soup withBarley (Royal Court).Awards include: 2007 Laurence Olivierfor Waves; 2008 Helpmann and 2009Olivier for Black Watch. Gareth ischairman of the Association of SoundDesigners

Chris FullSince beginning his career in 1984, Chrishas had the pleasure of working withmany of today’s new and establishedrepertory theatres, directors, producersand creative teams.Designs include: Les Misérables,Mamma Mia, Cats,We Will Rock You,Evita, Grease. Oliver!, Joseph, Into theWoods, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Fiddleron the Roof and The Gondaliers. Hiswork on Ragtime and Guys and Dolls(UK and Australia) was awardnominated. Chris has extensiveexperience of live broadcast events,including The Marriage of Figaro forBBC Four that won an award for bestsound. Recently Chris has beenpioneering the emerging field ofimmersive audio on projects like theopera Death and the Powers (PulitzerPrize 2012 Nomination), Ladies andGentlemen with film director JonathanGlazer, 5DX and Sonic Topology (Tate),whilst bringing his experience toWalking with Dinosaurs (Arena Tour),How to Train Your Dragon (US ArenaTour) and most recently capturing thebeauty of Garsington Opera’s 2012season.


Tom GibbonsTom trained at Central School of Speechand Drama.Designs include: Roundabout Season(Paines Plough), The Spire (SalisburyPlayhouse). Recent designs include:TheRover (Hampton Court Palace), LoveLove Love, (Royal Court, Paines Plough)Island (National Theatre, Tour), Romeo &Juliet (Headlong, Tour), Disco Pigs(Young Vic), Dead Heavy Fantastic(Liverpool Everyman), Plenty (CrucibleStudio, Sheffield), Encourage The Others(Almeida),Wasted (Paines Plough, Tour),Chalet Lines, The Knowledge, LittlePlatoons, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,(Bush Theatre) Hairy Ape, Shivered,Faith, Hope and Charity, The Hostage,Toad (Southwark Playhouse), Sold (503),The Chairs (Ustinov Bath), The Country,The Road To Mecca, The Roman Bath,1936, The Shawl (Arcola), Utopia,Bagpuss, Everything Must Go, SohoStreets (Soho Theatre), The MachineGunners (Polka), FAT (The Oval House,Tour), Just Me Bell (Graeae, Tour), FantaOrange, Blue Heaven (Finborough),Rhinegold (The Yard)

David GregoryDavid trained at Central.Designs include:Twelth Night, Tamingof the Shrew, Pocket Henry, Henry V, TheWinters Tale; Comedy Of Errors, RichardIII (Propeller), Physicist’s Opera(Riverside), Heda Night,Waiting forRomeo (Pleasance), Ordinary Lads (ETC)nominated Off-WE Sound Design 2010,Sudden Loss of Dignity (Bush, Lattitude& tour), Strippers and Gentlemen (ICA),S-27, The Zoo (Finborough). Engineercredits include: Playboy of The WesternWorld, Richard III, Cause Celebre, A FleaIn Her Ear, Design For Living, Prisoner onSecond Avenue, The Bridge Project, TheReal Thing, Six Degrees of Separation,Inherit the Wind, Dancing at Lughnasa,Complicit, The Norman Conquests,Speed the Plow, Gaslight, Ditch (Old Vic).Comedy of Errors, Richard III (Propeller),Bird Song (Comedy), Pressure Drop(Wellcome Centre), Ghosts, Endgame(Duchess), Dreams of Violence (tour),Haunted (Arts), Contains Violence (LyricHammersmith), Rough Crossings (tour),The Container (London & Edinburgh).

Paul GregoryDesigns include: world premier of Allthe Way Home, written by Ayub Khan-in, at The Lowry. Employed full time atthe Library Theatre for nearly fifteenyears. Produced the sound design forevery show, bar three, through thattime, equating to approximately 100shows!!!!!. Small number of externaldesigns carried out during that time.

Paul GroothuisBorn in Holland, Paul trained at CentralSchool of Speech and Drama.Designed over 120 productions at theNational, including: Anything Goes(Drury Lane), His Dark Materials, AStreetcar Named Desire, The Coast ofUtopia, My Fair Lady (Drury Lane, UKand US tour), Hamlet (1987, 2010), TheRose Tattoo, Rafta Rafta, Candide,Oklahoma! (Lyceum, New York), Oh,What a Lovely War!, A Little NightMusic, Guys and Dolls, Under MilkWood, Sweeney Todd, The Wind in theWillows. Other credits:The King and I(Palladium & tour), Endgame (Albery),Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, DorianGray, Carman, Edward Scissorhands,Highland Fling and Cinderella.CoisCéim’s Mermaids (Dublin). Carousel(NT,West End, Tokyo), Oliver! (Palladium,Drury Lane). Mary Poppins (UK Tour,Holland), Marguerite (West End, Tokyo)Stuff Happens, The House of BernardaAlba, Buried Child, Henry IV Parts 1 and2, Acorn Antiques (West End). Paul wasawarded Live! Magazine’s SoundDesigner of the Year Award for his workon Oklahoma! and Oh,What a LovelyWar!.

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Tom Hackleytom graduate of The Central School ofSpeech and Drama, with a BA (Hons) inTheatre Sound. He also designs forcorporate events worldwide.Designs include:Trial of Ubu(Hampstead); Bowl Of Cherries(Charring Cross); Clemency (Royal OperaHouse); Haunting Julia (UKTour/Riverside Studio); BurningGardens, Lost Fortune, One For Sorrow,Fool’s Gold, A Little Neck, Oedipus,Masks,Warnings, Strippers &Gentlemen, Pelleas and Melisande(Found Space); Fragments (E.N.O.)Theatre & Performance (V&AMuseum); Novero (Red Dot, Essen);Jesus Hopped the A Train (TrafalgarStudios); A Man of No Importance,Saturday Night (Arts Theatre); 7734,Pinocchio, B.F.G., Random, New EnglishContemporary Ballet, Dick Whittington(Tour); Monsters, Miracle, Exotic Tastes(Arcola); 603 Reading (Royal Court);Senora Carrar’s rifles, Pope’s Wedding(Young Vic); Doubt: a parable, To Kill AMockingbird (Tricycle); Silence Is Golden[Film] (B.F.I.)

Richard HammartonDesigns include:The Taming of the Shrew(Globe),Mudlarks (Hightide,Theatre 503,Bush),The Pitchfork Disney (Arcola),Judgement Day (The Print Room),Edwardll,Dr Faustus (Royal Exchange),Persuasion,People at Sea,The Real Thing,Arsenic andOld Lace,Les Liasions Dangereuses,TheConstantWife (Salisbury),Speaking inTongues (Duke of Yorks),Ghosts (Duchess),Platform (Old Vic Tunnels),Pride andPrejudice (Bath and UK Tour),TheMountaintop (Trafalgar 1,Theatre 503),BreakfastWith Mugabe (Bath Ustinov),Some Kind of Bliss,Worlds End,Hello andGoodbye (Trafalgar Studios),The Rise andFall of Little Voice (Harrogate),Raisin in theSun,Six Characters Looking for an Author(Young Vic),Dealers Choice,The Shooky(Birmingham),The Lifesavers (Theatre 503,Colchester),Same Same,Fixer (OvalHouse),Ship of Fools,Salt Meets Wound,Inches Apart (Theatre 503).TV/Film Designs include:Agatha ChristiesMarple Series 3 and 4 (ITV),AgathaChristies Marple:“The Secret of Chimneys(ITV),Wipeout (Childrens Drama),Sex ‘n’Death (BBC),Rajan and his Evil Hypnotist(Ch4),Raptured (Web Series).TV/FilmOrchestration include:Primeval,Jericho ,Agatha Christies Marple (series 1 and 2) , If IHad You,Take Me (ITV),Dracula,SilentWitness,The Ship (BBC),Alice Through TheLooking Glass (Ch4),Scenes of a SexualNature ,The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (UKFeature Films)

John HarrisJohn is both a composer and a sounddesigner.Designs include: Cinderella, Futureproof,The Firebird, Mother Courage, Jack andthe Beanstalk (all Dundee Rep); Pandas,While You Lie, Any Given Day, The DarkThings, The Nest, Knives in Hens, AnnaWeiss, East Coast Chicken Supper,Family, Perfect Days, Greta, SharpShorts, Kill The Old Torture The Young,The Last Witch, The Garden, Lucky Box(all Traverse Theatre); Nobody Will EverForgive Us, Nasty Brutish and Short, TheDogstone, Julie, Mary Stuart (all NTS);Jerusalem (WYP); Midwinter, Solstice(RCS); Monaciello (Tron/NaplesInternational Theatre Festival). Operaincludes Death of a Scientist (ScottishOpera); Sleep Sleep/What is She?/TheSermon (Tapestry Opera). Recent Work:Further than the Furthest Thing(Dundee Rep); Stargazer (GMACPictures). John’s new short opera TheGarden will premiere at the SoundFestival in Aberdeen in Nov 2012, and heis currently developing a new full-length work with Scottish Opera andTapestry Opera Theatre, Toronto.

Theo HollowayTheo has over fifty professional creditsas a sound designer and composer,including: three seasons at the Scoop atMore London, Romeo & Juliet, Macbethand Hamlet (UK Tour for Icarus Theatre),Men are from Mars,Women are fromVenus (UK Tour, Edinburgh), ShalomBaby, The Graft, Two Women and There’sSomething About Simmi (Theatre RoyalStratford East), Third Floor (TrafalgarStudios), The Moon is Halfway toHeaven (Jermyn Street Theatre), Parade(Southwark Playhouse), Corrie! (TheLowry), A Plague Over England (DuchessTheatre) and pantomimes for Qdos,First Family, Newbury Corn Exchangeand Theatre Royal Stratford East. Healso works as a technical consultantand developer for live sound,specialising in radio frequencyengineering. Clients include Ofcom,Sennheiser UK, Terry Tew, Equiniti, AdlibAudio, Phil McIntyre Entertainments,Showcomms, Skan PA, Audio Ltd., RBHealth & Safety, Television Film Servicesand Everything Audio.


Martyn HuntSpecialising in Sound Design forMusical Theatre, Martyn’s work hasbeen heard in the West End and mostof the UK’s number one touring houses.Having been in the Sound industry forover 20 years, within this time he hasbeen Sound Designer/Engineer forvarious artists from all genres. Fortelevision he has worked for BBCNorthern Ireland and Ulster TV, and hascommissioned the Sound on variousPrincess Cruises ships.Designs include: Chess, Hot Mikado,Sweeney Todd, The Thorn Birds (UK Tour,dir. Michael Bogdanov), and followingSound Designing My Fair Lady, The King& I & the critically acclaimedproduction of Chicago for the pastthree years for Aberystwyth Arts Centre,he was Sound Designer for theirproduction of Chess The Musical.

Terry JardineTerry joined Autograph Sound as adesigner in 1989.Designs include: Les Misérables, Cats(UK Tour, Zurich, Antwerp and Europe),The Music Man, Man of La Mancha andThe Pyjama Game (Canada), The Card(UK and Moscow), Candide(Copenhagen), Béatrice et Bénédict(Toronto), The Lion, The Witch and TheWardrobe (RSC), Follies and On YourToes (Royal Festival Hall), Peter Pan andThe Pirates of Penzance (Savoy), andGuys And Dolls (UK Tour). In the WestEnd: She Loves Me, Romance Romance,Fame, Crazy for You, The Pyjama Game,Stepping Out, The Secret Garden, GrandHotel (Donmar) and Guys and Dolls forwhich he received a Olivier nomination.He co-designed, with Nick Lidster,Parade (Donmar) for which they werenominated for an Olivier award, theydesigned Sinatra (Palladium and UKTour), Candide (ENO), Cinderella (OldVic), Imagine This (New London),Passion and Spelling Bee (Donmar) andLend Me A Tenor (Plymouth and WestEnd). He co -designed with AvgoustosPsillas, the UK tours of Spamalot (alsoat the Harold Pinter Theatre) andAvenue Q. Future work includes FindingNeverland (Leicester Curve) and PrivatesOn Parade (Noel Coward Theatre)

Chris JordanSound Design for South American tourGrease. Associate Sound Designer for:Ragtime (Toronto, NY, Los Angeles,Chicago and US tour); Showboat (NY,Chicago and US/Canadian tours), Kiss ofthe Spiderwoman (Toronto, London, NY,Vienna and US tour), Phantom of theOpera (Edinburgh, UK tour), Joseph andThe Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(UK tour). During five years at theNational Theatre design for more than20 productions.

Simon KingDesigns include: Viva Forever; Ghost(Broadway); Dirty Dancing (Germany);Dirty Dancing (UK Tour). Sincegraduating from Guildhall School ofMusic & Drama Simon has worked intheatre sound for over twenty years.Recent Associate Sound Design creditsinclude: Ghost (Manchester, London &Broadway), Flashdance (Shaftesbury)and Dirty Dancing (Toronto, Utrecht,Berlin, USA & UK Tours). Previous designwork includes UK touring productionsand also at the Royal Court, Tricycle,Gate, and Piccadilly theatres in London.Residencies include the NationalTheatre and Royal Court Theatres.Simon has been Head of sound inLondon’s West End for numerousshows. Musicals include: Doctor Dolittle(Hammersmith Apollo), Beauty and theBeast (Dominion), Spend Spend Spend(Piccadilly), Singin’ in the Rain (NT), LesMiserables (Palace & Queens), MammaMia! (Prince of Wales) and DirtyDancing (Aldwych)

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Emma LaxtonDesigns include: Berenice (Donmar), TheSacred Flame (ETT). Other Designsinclude:The Physicists, Making NoiseQuietly, the Recruiting Officer (Donmar),Lady Windermeres Fan (RoyalExchange), Black T-Shirt Collection (UKTour and National Theatre), Invisible(Transport UK Tour & Luxembourg), OneMonkey Dont Stop No Show(Sheffield/Eclipse), Much Ado AboutNothing (Wyndhams), Precious LittleTalent (Trafalgar Studios), Like aFishbone, the Whiskey Taster, if There Is IHavent Found It Yet, 2ND May 1997,Apologia, the Contingency Plan,Wrecks,2000 Feet Away (Bush), Charged (CleanBreak), Men Should Weep (NationalTheatre), My Romantic History(Sheffield/Bush), Travels With My Aunt(Northampton), Europe(Transport/Dundee). Emma waspreviously sound deputy for the RoyalCourt, Designs there include:TheWestbridge, The Heretic, Off the Endz!,Tusk Tusk, Faces in the Crowd, That Face(and West End), Gone Too Far!, Catch,Incomplete and Random Acts ofKindness, My Name Is Rachel Corrie,Terrorism.

John LeonardJohn Leonard FGSM, HonFHKAPA,theatre and exhibition sound designerfrom 1972 to present day.Consultant, sound effects and musicrecordist, photographer and author.

Nick LidsterNick is a senior member of theAutograph design team.Designs include: Hey! Mr Producer -Cameron Mackintosh’s 30thAnniversary Royal Gala, Les Misérablesand Martin Guerre UK Bus & Trucktours, two seasons of Divas at theDonmar. Miss Saigon (UK tour andJapan), Les Misérables (Belfast,Scandanavian Arena Concert Tour),Simply Heavenly (Young Vic, TrafalgarStudios), Pacific Overtures (Donmar,2004 Olivier nomination), SweeneyTodd (Royal Opera House), Beautiful andDamned (Lyric), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(UK Tour), Sinatra (Palladium), NicholasNickleby and Tonight At 8.30(Chichester), On The Town, Kismet andCandide (ENO). He co-designed withTerry Jardine Parade (Donmar, 2008Olivier nomination), Sinatra (UK tour)and Imagine This (New London),Passion and Spelling Bee (Donmar),Lend Me A Tenor The Musical (WestEnd). He also co designed with AndrewBruce Mother Courage at the NationalTheatre for which they received anOlivier nomination.

Tom LishmanDesigns include:The Caretaker, PeteAnd Dud Come Again, Al Murray,Medea, I Love You You’re Perfect NowChange, Brief Lives, Twelve Angry Men,The Gin Game, Taking Sides, A Letter ofResignation, Life Support , TheHothouse, The Rivals, Vita and Virginia,Hobson’s Choice and Rope. He designedAshes to Ashes (Royal Court), I WasLooking at the Ceiling and Then I Sawthe Sky (Linbury), The Great Game:Afghanistan, Not Black & White, BrokenGlass,Women Power & Politics andGreta Garbo Came To Donegal (Tricycle),Tom’s Midnight Garden, Kensuke’sKingdom, Treasure Island, Jungle Book,Horrible Histories and George’sMarvellous Medicine (Birmingham), ATainted Dawn, Bill Shakespeare’s ItalianJob and A British Subject (Edinburgh),The Farm, Those Magnificent Men andThe Falling Sky (New Perspectives), TheMan Next Door (Hoipolloi), and fourseasons of operas for Grange ParkOpera, as well as for repertory theatresincluding Guildford,Windsor, Farnham,Bristol, Chester, Cheltenham and Derby,and many national tours. Tom hascreated almost 60 sound designs forChichester Festival Theatre.


Steve MayoDesigns include:The Amazing VancettiSisters (Tristan Bates); Midnight YourTime, Dusk Rings A Bell (HighTide,Edinburgh); Incoming (HighTide,Latitude) Nicked (HighTide); Lidless (E4Underbelly, Edinburgh, TrafalgarStudios); Flesh and Blood & Fish andFowl (Pit, Barbican, Associate SoundDesigner) Flyboy is alone again thisChristmas, Cabaret Simon (Pit,Barbican); Our Share of Tomorrow(Edinburgh 10 / York); The Line,Miniaturists, Silence (Arcola); PublicProperty, Ordinary Dreams, Sh*t M*x,Snowbound (Trafalgar Studios);Muhmah, Guardians, Fixer (HighTideFestival);Well (Apollo); I Caught Crabs inWalberswick (HighTide, Bush,Edinburgh); Stovepipe (HighTide,National Theatre, Bush); Fight Face (LyricStudio, Decibel Festival, Manchester); Lieof the Land, Lough/Rain (Edinburgh,Arcola, York); Hangover Square, Eden’sEmpire (Finborough); Absolutely Frank(Hornchurch); Jack and the Beanstalk;(Barbican). Composition:The AmazingVancetti Sisters (Tristan Bates),Breathing Corpses, Soft Armour(Theatre Souk); Love & Money (Arts Ed);Guardians, Fixer (HighTide); Simpatico(Old Red Lion); Absolutely Frank(Queen’s).

Adam McCreadyDesigns include: Arsenic and Old Lace(Colchester). Recent work includes:Roots, The Ashes, Spirit of the Man, IHave Been Here Before, After Miss Julie,The White Album,Whisky Galore(Nottingham), Assumption, King DavidMan of Blood (Colchester), ButterflyLion, The Honeyman, Dolly, Step UpDream Up,Wasteland (NewPerspectives), Taming of the Shrew,Skybus, Lysistrata, Merchant of Venice,The Mountaintop, Puss in Boots,Windin the Willows, Broken Hearted,Womenon the Verge of HRT, A Pair of Pinters(Derby LIVE), The Glee Club (Hull Truck),When You Whisper, Bodies in theLibrary, Threads (TWP), Granny’s Big TopTale, Turned Out Nice Again,WhatBecame of the Red Shoes (Little PixieProductions), Town (Northampton),Chicken Soup with Barley (Tricycle),Twelfth Night (Creation Theatre),Edward II (BAC), Twinkle Little Star(York), The Promise (Wimbledon),Stepping Out (Derby), Mother Courageand Her Children (Eclipse Theatre).

Matt McKenzieMatt joining Autograph in 1984.Designs include: Saturday SundayMonday, Easy Virtue, The Seagull,Master and Margarita, 5/11 and NicholasNickleby (Chichester); The Giant(Hampstead); Dracula, Frankenstein,Macbeth (Derby);Wuthering Heights(Birmingham); Made in Bangkok,Journey’s End, Irma Vep, Gasping, Mapof the Heart, Misery, The Odd Couple,Pygmalion, Things We Do For Love, LongDay’s Journey Into Night, Macbeth,Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Calico,Swimming With Sharks, Deep Blue Sea,Girl With A Pearl Earring (West End), forSir Peter Hall: Lysistrata, The MasterBuilder, School for Wives, A StreetcarNamed Desire, Three of a Kind,Amadeus (West End, Broadway); AfterMiss Julie (Donmar). Musical workincludes Love off the Shelf (Nuffield);Forbidden Broadway, Blues in the Night(West End); Matthew Bourne’s Car Man(West End, International Tour); Putting ItTogether, The Gondoliers, Carousel,Babes In Arms, Funny Girl, Music Manand Oklahoma (Chichester); Annie GetYour Gun (Young Vic); Mark Ravenhill’sDick Whittington (Barbican).

Jon McLeodJon is a London based sound designer,composer and theatre maker.Designs include: 66 Minutes inDamascus (Shoreditch Town Hall), TheInvisible Show (Pleasance, Edinburgh &Latitude), I Still Get Excited When I See aLadybird (Theatre 503),Woman Bomb(Tristan Bates), Blue Fence (Pleasance),Mojo Mickybo (Old Red Lion), MPH(BAC), Safer (Tristan Bates), Notes fromUnderground (Etcetera), MessrsComedy (Leicester Square Theatre),Romeo and Juliet, Dracula (BroadwayTheatre, Catford).Has experience with site specific,headphone and binaural work,including his own play Organs of LittleApparent Importance for HighTideFestival, 2012. Studied BA Sound Designat the Leeds College of Music and MAAdvanced Theatre Practice at theCentral School of Speech and Drama.

SOUND DESIGNERS

David McSeveneyDavid trained at the Central School ofSpeech and Drama completing a BAHons. in Theatre Practice (SoundDesign).Designs include: One For TheRoad/Victoria Station (The Print Room& Young Vic), Stones In His Pockets(Tricycle), On The Record (Arcola), TheVillage Bike, Ingredient X, Posh,Disconnect, Cock, A Miracle, The Stone,Shades, 7 Jewish Children, Contractions,Fear & Misery/War & Peace (RoyalCourt); The Girlfriend Experience, (RoyalCourt, Young Vic & Theatre RoyalPlymouth) Clybourne Park (Royal Courtand West End),The Tin Horizon (Theatre503); Gaslight (Old Vic); Charley’s Aunt,An Hour and a Half Late (Bath); APassage to India, After Mrs Rochester,Madame Bovary (Shared Experience);Men Should Weep, (Oxford StageCompany); Othello (SouthwarkPlayhouse). As assistant sounddesigner:The Permanent Way (Out ofJoint); My Brilliant Divorce, Auntie andMe (West End); Accidental Death of anAnarchist (Donmar).

Mark MelvilleMark is a composer and sound designerfor theatre, dance and film and trainedat Leeds College of Music.Designs include:Wonderland(Vanishing Point/Napoli Teatro FestivalItalia/Tramway), Mwana (Ankur/TheTron Theatre), Saturday Night(Vanishing Point/National Theatre ofPortugal), Knives In Hens, Miracle Manand Empty (National Theatre ofScotland),The Unsociables, The BFG,Two, Merlin & The Legend of KingArthur, Quicksand, The Snow Queen,Peter Pan, Children of Killers, Of Miceand Men, Jason and the Argonauts (TheDukes Theatre), My Star! iPhone Game(Mobile Pie/Orange), Grimm Tales(Theatre by the Lake), The BeggarsOpera (Vanishing Point/EdinburghLyceum/ Belgrade Theatre Coventry),Top Activities Promo Advert (BulbStudios/Sainsbury’s), Best Friends (M6Theatre/Ludus Dance),What HappenedWas This, One Night Stand, NakedNeighbour Twitching Blind (Never DidNothing)

Jon NichollsJohn studied composition at LondonCollege of Music and electroacousticmusic at Dartington. As comfortablewith a string quartet as I am with Qlab,I’m currently working as composer /sound designer across theatre, radiodrama and tv / film.Projects include (composer): SpringStorm, Beyond The Horizon, The HolyRosenbergs (NT), In The Next Room, RedLight Winter (Bath).Projects include (composer / sounddesigner):The Norman Conquests(Liverpool), Yerma (Gate),Who’s Afraidof Virginia Woolf (Sheffield), Rutherford& Son (Northern Stage), Eden End, InPraise of Love, The Prime of Miss JeanBrodie, Humble Boy (Northampton), TheMothership, Katherine DeSouza(Birmingham Rep), Amadeus,Masterclass, Be My Baby (Derby),Arcadia, Much Ado About Nothing,Private Lives, If I Were You, Rosencrantz& Guildenstern Are Dead (ManchesterLibrary), The Picture (Salisbury).Numerous music / sound scores forBBC radio drama, including Prix Italia-nominated What I Heard About Iraq

Davy OgilvyDavy currently works at DimensionAudio as a Project Manager/SoundDesigner after many years in thefreelance world.Designs include: Hampton CourtFestival, Guernsey Festival and LesMiserable at HMP Erlestoke. OtherProjects:Top Hat (Aldwych, AssociateSound Design). Terrible Advice (MenierChocolate Factory), Shirley Valentine,Educating Rita (Trafalgar Studio), Talent(The Old Laundry), It’s a Wonderful Life(New Wolsey), Rookery Nook, They’rePlaying Our Song (Menier chocolateFactory), Sponge Bob Square Pants (UKTour 09), The Producers (UK Tour), JesusChrist Superstar (Lyceum, SoundOperator), Tommy (Shaftsbury, SoundOperator), Cats (Euro Tour, SoundOperator), Return to The ForbiddenPlanet (UK Tour, Sound Operator), Beer& Jazz Festivals (Project Manager &FOH Sound), Sont Et Lumiere, DurhamCathedral (Project Manager), MonitorEngineer, including :The Pretenders, VanDer Graaf Generator, Blue Man Group.


Gareth OwenGareth has designed over a hundredcommercial musicals in London’s WestEnd and around the world.Designs include: Disney’s LittleMermaid Worldwide, End of theRainbow on Broadway; Sister Act in fivecountries; the World Première of TopHat in London’s West End; Let it Be,Torch Song Trilogy and Long DaysJourney in to Night also in the WestEnd; Evita in Las Vegas; Hairsprayaround the world; and the Cats, HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy and JesusChrist Super Star International ArenaTours.Gareth is the youngest person to benominated for the Tony Award forSound Design for Trevor Nunn’s A LittleNight Music. He is also the youngestperson to be nominated for the OlivierAward for Best Sound Design andrecently received a second Tonynomination for his work on TerryJohnsons End of the Rainbow.

Colin PinkColin trained at Guildhall School ofMusic and Drama. He was a residentSound Designer at The National Theatrefor ten years. He is now a FreelanceDesigner working in theatre, live eventsand film.Designs include: Heading up the SoundOperating Team for the 2012 Olympics,The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert.Theatre designs Include: Derren Brown’sSvengali & Enigma, Chess, The WitchesOf Eastwick, The History Boys, Jolsonand Co, The King and I, Night Of TheIguana, A Man for all Seasons, FlamencoFlamenka,We Happy Few), His GirlFriday, Troilus and Cressida, House andGarden, The Relapse, Honk! The UglyDuckling, Mother Clap’s Molly House,The Ramayana, Brassed Off, TheAlchemist. Associate Sound Design:South Pacific, My Fair Lady, The Coast OfUtopia. As an Operator he has openedover 50 shows including Guys and Dolls,Lady in the Dark, Oklahoma! andCandide.

Mic PoolMic has been involved in theatre soundfor over 36 years. He has been residentat the Lyric Hammersmith, the RoyalCourt, toured internationally with BalletRambert and designed manyproductions for the RSC. He hasdesigned over 350 productions,including more than 200 for WestYorkshire Playhouse where he iscurrently Director of CreativeTechnology. He won the first Tony forBest Sound design in a Play for The 39Steps and has received a TMA awardand many nominations including 2Drama Desk and an Olivier. He alsoworks as a video designer.Designs include: King Lear (WestYorkshire), The Go Between, The RealThing (UK tours), 39 Steps (sixth year atCriterion), Madness of George III(Apollo), The King’s Speech(Wyndham’s), Overworlds &Underworlds (Brothers Quay, GavinBryars, Site specific Leeds), Der Ring DesNibelungen (Video design, Royal OperaHouse)

Mick PotterMick gained a BA Honours degree inCreative Design at the Central School ofArt and Design London.Designs include: Saturday Night Fever(London, New York, worldwide), StarlightExpress (Las Vegas, USA Tour, UK tour),Bombay Dreams (London, New York),The Woman In White (London, NewYork), Phantom Of The Opera (London,New York, Las Vegas), Les Misérables(London), Zorro (London, Paris,worldwide), The Sound Of Music(London, Toronto, UK Tour), Joseph andhis Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(London), The Wizard of Oz (London,Toronto), Sister Act (London, Hamburg,Stuttgart), Les Misérables 25thAnniversary Production (London, UKTour, USA Tour and worldwide) andCelebration (O2 arena London),Phantom Of The Opera 25thAnniversary Celebration (Royal AlbertHall London). Love Never Dies (London,Australia), Miss Saigon (Tokyo,worldwide), Betty Blue Eyes (London),Evita (London, New York).Awards include: the 2005 Olivier for TheWoman In White, 2006 Parnelli USASound Designer Of The Year forPhantom Of The Opera in Las Vegas,2011 Helpmann nomination and GreenRoom Award in Australia for Love NeverDies.

SOUND DESIGNERS

Nick PowellDesigns include: 27 (National Theatre ofScotland, Lyceum), Composer for BBC3’sLip Service, New OSKAR material. Recentwork includes writing the music andco-writing the story of the Royal Court’sGet Santa, composing and designingThe Wheel (NTS), The Crucible, The Lordof the Flies (Regent’s Park), Falstaff(Centro Dramatico Nacional Madrid),Penumbra, Tito Andronico (Animalario,Madrid), Urtain (CDN, Animalario -winner Best Composition, nominatedBest Musical Director, Premios MaxSpain) ,Paradise (RuhrTriennale Festival,Dunsinane, The Drunks, God in Ruins(RSC), The Priory, Relocated, The VerticalHour (Royal Court), The Pirate Project,Panic (Improbable), The Family Reunion(Donmar), Bonheur (Comedie Francais),Marat-Sade (CDN), Realism (NTS), TheWonderful World of Dissocia (BestProduction, TMA and Scottish Theatre)and co-created and composed themusical The Wolves in the Walls for NTS& Improbable (, Scotland, London, NewYork, TMA Best Show for Young People).

Adrienne QuartlyBsc.Hons in Music, City University,London. MA (distinction) in Theatre,Central School of Speech and Drama. Aformer radio producer, Adrienne is acomposer and sound designer fortheatre. She has worked withcompanies including the RSC, KatieMitchell, National Theatre of Scotland,Frantic Assembly, Told by an Idiot, theYoung Vic and the Barbican.Internationally she has worked at theHong Kong Arts Festival, St. AnnsWarehouse, NYC, the Schaubhne, Berlinand the Schauspiel, Cologne.Designs include: Rings of Saturn forKatie Mitchell, The Roundabout Season,Paines Plough, Horse Piss for Blood,Drum Plymouth and you cant take itwith you, Royal Exchange Manchester.Composing credits include: ThomasHobbes (RSC); Duchess of Malfi,Faustus, Volpone, School for Scandal(Stage on Screen); The Painter, Enemy ofthe People (Arcola)

Clement RawlingClement’s sound designs have rangedfrom the opening of the famousBlackpool Rollercoaster involving a halfmile open air sound system with TheRoyal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra,The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber inthe National Opera House of Ukraine,arena systems for Chess, Evita, JesusChrist Superstar, Fame and the RussianState Ballet in the 6500 seat SpectrumArena, Oslo to the other extreme of theCheltenham Festival of Literature fornineteen consecutive years.Designs include: productions of Cyrano,Take 5 and The Nutcracker at the O2Arena for Birmingham Royal Ballet withthe Royal Ballet Sinfonia, CatwalkConfidential in the West End andMiami, the European premiere of WhiteChristmas the Musical, national Toursof Spend, Spend, Spend,WonderfulTown & Radio Times and the YorkMystery Plays.

Peter RiceDesigns include: Orpheus Descending,Black Roses’ Saturday Night & SundayMorning, Beautiful Thing, A View fromthe Bridge, As You Like It & Lady fromthe Sea at the Royal ExchangeManchester, Fireface at the Young Vic,Fragile at the Belgrade, ThoroughlyModern Millie,Wind in the Willows,Radio Times & Treasure Island at theWatermill, Manchester Lines & HardTimes for the Library Theatre CompanyManchester,Winterlong at the SohoTheatre, Cinderella at the LiverpoolPlayhouse, Lady In The Van, Punk Rock &Haunted, UK National tours and asassociate sound designer on TheKitchen’at the National Theatre.Previously he has held positions asSenior Sound Technician at the NationalTheatre and Deputy Head of Sound atthe Royal Exchange and corporate workfor George P Johnson, Aspect, Flourish,Freestyle Audio & Blitz.


Max RinghamDesigns include: Democracy (SheffieldCrucible), Duchess Of Malfi (Old Vic),What The Butler Saw (Vaudeville). SheStoops To Conquer, Really Old Like 45,Henry IV, Parts 1+2 (National Theatre), AChristmas Carol (Arts), The Ladykillers(Gielgud), The Painkiller (Lyric, Belfast),Inadmissible Evidence, Polar Bears(Donmar), My City (Almeida), AmericanTrade, Little Eagles (RSC/Hampstead),Remembrance Day, The Author (RoyalCourt), Glorious (Rajni Shah Projects),Racing Demon, Hamlet, An Enemy OfThe People (Sheffield Crucible), LesParents Terribles (Trafalgar Studios),Man From Stratford (Ambassadors, UkTour), Salome (Hampstead), The ElectricHotel (Fuel, Uk Tour), The Little DogLaughed (Garrick), The Rise And Fall OfLittle Voice (Vaudeville), Three Days OfRain (Apollo), The Pride (Royal Court),Piaf (Donmar, Vaudeville, nominated foran Olivier Award), The Lover And TheCollection (Comedy), Contains Violence(Lyric Hammersmith), All About MyMother (Old Vic), Tropicana And AmatoSaltone (Shunt Vaults, in collaborationwith NT)

Nick SagarDesigns include: Appointment with theWicker Man, Men Should Weep(National Theatre of Scotland), Life &Death of Marina Abramovic inManchester, Madrid, Basel, Amsterdam& Antwerp (Manchester InternationalFestival/Teatro Real Madrid), End of theRoad in Singapore (Young@HeartChorus), Horrible Histories BarmyBritain in the West End and HorribleHistories UK Tour 2010-2012(Birmingham Stage Company). Nickmade his Broadway debut with Wolvesin the Walls in 2008 for NationalTheatre of Scotland and has since alsobeen involved with their productions ofBlack Watch & Bacchae as well asdesigning Caledonia for the EdinburghInternational Festival. He also spentover a decade as Head of Sound onmany West End productions includingworld premiers of Whistle Down TheWind, Beautiful Game and BombayDreams.

Christopher ShuttChristopher played in various bands asa teenager, then trained at the BristolOld Vic Theatre School, later becomingHead of Sound at its parent theatre.After spells at the Royal Court and theNational Theatre, he became freelancein 2002. Along the way, he’s workedwith some of the greatest theatredirectors in the world, and somerubbish ones too. His designs haveincluded Road with Ian Dury, SeriousMoney with Gary Oldman, Arturo Uiwith Al Pacino and Tom Waits, andmany more. He has also been a regularcollaborator with Complicite. He hasreceived 3 Drama Desks and a Tony inNew York and been nominated 4 timesfor an Olivier Award. He has made 2radio plays for the BBC. His father stillholds the Canadian National Record forthe 880 yards, which he has held since1960. He claims this is because thefollowing day, Canadian athletics wentmetric.Designs include: Timon of Athens, Lastof the Haussmans (National Theatre);War Horse (Toronto); Philadelphia Here ICome (Donmar); Tempest/ TwelfthNight/ Comedy of Errors (RSC);Bacchae/ Blood Wedding(Northampton).

Olly SteelDesigns include: Rebel Cell (EdinburghFringe), Sweeney Todd (National YouthMusical Theatre Project), SleepingBeauty (Newcastle Theatre Royal, forQDOS Pantomimes). Associate Designfor Gareth Owen Sound include AChorus Line (Tel Aviv Performing ArtsCentre), Pippin (Menier ChocolateFactory). International credits in otherareas include Sister Act (Milan and UK),Hair (Slovenia), Noise Ensemble(Holland), Footloose, Rocky Horror Show,Little Shop of Horrors, Bloodbath theMusical, Disney’s High School Musical.

SOUND DESIGNERS

James TebbDesigns include: Annie – The Musical,(UK tour), Come Dancing – The RayDavies Musical (Theatre Royal StratfordEast), Alan Cumming – I Bought A BlueCar Today, Megan Mullally + SupremeMusic Program, Snow White & TheSeven Designers, Caroline O’Conner –The Showgirl Within, Ross Noble –Things, Dylan Moran – What It Is (WestEnd), Marilyn & Ella (West End, TheatreRoyal Stratford East), Family Man(Theatre Royal Stratford East), FrancisRuffelle – Beneath The Dress (WestEnd). Lynda Carter – At Last (West End),Jason Robert Brown (West End).Production Sound Credits Include:TheLadykillers (West End) , Swallows &Amazons (West End, UK tour), TheBuddy Holly Story (West End, UK tour),The Harder They Come (West End),Peter Pan (Kensington Gardens, O2Arena, San Francisco), Slava’s SnowShow (Royal Festival Hall, UK tour)

Alexander TwiseltonTrained at SAE Institute, London.Designs include: Parallel, Epsom Downs,Anne & Zef, Jack & the Beanstalk, TheGirl in the Yellow Dress (sound & video),The Game of Love and Chance, TheCountry, Death and the Maiden, ThePicture (video), Aladdin, Peter Pan, Toro!Toro!, Private Lives, Cinderella, Blackbird,The Wizard of Oz, Faith Healer, Oliver!, ATaste of Honey, Dick Whittington andHis Cat (Salisbury Playhouse); The Girl inthe Yellow Dress (sound & video)(Theatre 503);West Side Story, TheWizard of Oz, Annie, The Secret Garden,Fame and Scrooge (MTA, Shropshire);Peggy Sue Got Married and Hot Mikado(Audio Visual Designer for ArtsEducational School, London)

Mike WalkerTrained at Guildhall School of Musicand Drama.Designs include: St Matthew Passion,Major Barbara, Caroline or Change, JerrySpringer – The Opera for which he wonthe first Olivier Award for Best SoundDesign (National Theatre); Hay Fever,Crazy for You, The Fantasticks!, LatinFever, Eurobeat (Almost Eurovision),Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, BatBoy - The Musical, Songs My MotherTaught Me, Jus’ Like That, The FullMonty, The Graduate (West End); Crazyfor You, Beggar’s Opera, Lord of the Flies,Into The Woods, Hello, Dolly!, Gigi(Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); ArturoUi (Chichester), The Three Musketeers(Kingston), Stop Dreamin’ (Guildfordand Windsor) Peter Pan (WYP), Aspectsof Love (tour), Amadeus (Sheffield),Time’s Up! (Guildford); Macbeth, MuchAdo About Nothing, Avenue Q,Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cabaret,My Fair Lady, Forbidden City, Honk!,Chang and Eng, They’re Playing OurSong, M Butterfly, Art, A Twist of Fate,Hamlet, Death of A Salesman, Into TheWoods (Singapore). Mike with hiscompany, Loh Humm Audio, providesconsultancy, project management, salesand installation services for theatres.

Rich WalshRich has been a resident designer at theRoyal Court (two years) and theNational Theatre (12 years), and is nowfreelance.Designs include:Welcome To Thebes,The Observer, The Five Wives Of MauricePinder, The Reporter, The Alchemist,Southwark Fair, Sing Yer Heart Out ForThe Lads, Scenes From The Big Picture,Dinner (NT); Under The Blue Sky (RoyalCourt); Primo (Music Box Theater,Broadway); Vernon God Little (YoungVic);What The Night Is For (Comedy);How To Be An Other Woman (GateTheatre); Eigengrau (Bush Theatre);Fimbles Live! (National Tour); Dirk (TheOxford Playhouse). Associate SoundDesigner on: Beauty And The Beast, TheCat In The Hat (NT); An Anatomie InFour Quarters (Sadler’s Wells); CoolHand Luke (Aldwych Theatre). Recentprojects: Associate SoundscapeDesigner for London 2012 OlympicGames Opening Ceremony; Our Father(Watford Palace Theatre); TravellingLight (NT). Future Designs include:People (NT)


Sarah WeltmanSound designer and engineer.Designs include:Wild Oats (Bristol OldVic); Designer and Engineer forShakespeare’s Globe 37 Stages Season;The Riots (Tricycle Theatre), The HiredMan (Landor Theatre), Convictions andGlengarry Glen Ross (Synergy TheatreProject),Wolf Boy (Trafalgar Studios), InThe Spirit of Diaghilev (Sadlers Wells),What Fatima Did.. (Hampstead), TheGood Soul Of Szechuan (Young Vic); forENO – Caligula, Two Boys, Marriage ofFigaro, Damnation of Faust, Elegy forYoung Lovers (ENO / Young Vic),Idemoneo and playback for A Dog’sHeart.Associate work includes: Swallows andAmazons (Bristol Old Vic and VaudevilleTheatre), Street Scene (Young Vic 2011),One Flew Over The Cuckoos’ Nest (WestEnd and tour). Other projects includedesign and installation for The Swan atThe Globe’s corporate entertainmentarea and Consultant and installengineer for York University’sHeslington East Theatre, Film andTelevision site – both in conjunctionwith Autograph Sales. Head of Sound atthe Young Vic, London 2000 – 2007.

Donato WhartonDonato lives and works in London as acomposer and sound designer and haspublished three records on theManchester/Berlin-based label CityCentre Offices and onerecord on theCardiff-based Serein label.Designs include: Lear (CSSD) and TheGovernment Inspector (Young VicParallel Production). He has touredextensively as the Sound Manager forRobert Lepage/Ex machina’s The BlueDragon. Donato trained at The CentralSchool of Speech and Drama, to whichhe regularly returns as a VisitingLecturer in Sound Design for Theatre.

Matthew ‘Wills’ WilliamsBetween now and Christmas, Matthewwill be working as sound designer forthe productions of, The God Of Carnage,directed by Emma Lucia, Boeing, Boeing,directed by Terry Hands and, GlengarryGlen Ross, directed by Kate Wasserberg.In the 20th year in the profession.Designed sound for over 60professional theatre productions,including shows in London and NewYork. Studio engineering for film (I ToldYou I Was Ill - The Life & Legacy of SpikeMilligan), music, including The DogsD’Amour & The Quireboys and morevoice overs than I care to imagine.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS

Hamish BamfordHamish has been based in London sinceSeptember, and has been keeping hishead down, slowly building contacts. Alot of the work he has been doing hasbeen people skill based, and has lefthim laying down a lot ofcommunication between associatesand generally keeping the workplaceflowing smoothly. Consequently thishas slowed down the amount of timehe has access to learn my away aroundequipment. He is now hunting for somejoyful hardcore workers that are willingto take him on and show him the ropes.It’s always possible to train a technician,It is much more difficult teach peopleskills.Current projects include: London 2012Olympics - Audio Rehearsal TechnicianContent.

Nela Brown (fig. 1)Nela is a Croatian sound artist,composer and sound designer based inLondon. In the recent years her soundwork has travelled across Canada, Italy,Brazil, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic,England, Scotland and United States aspart of exhibitions, theatre plays, danceperformances, electroacousticcompositions, short films,documentaries, interactive installations,music hacks and mobile phoneapplications. She is currently doing a

PhD supported by EPSRC at QueenMary, University of London where she isalso a leader of G.Hack, a women-onlyhacking club focusing on sharingknowledge and developing interactivemedia projects through collaborationwith other universities, artorganisations and industry partners.

Sam CharlestonSam trained at LAMDA, and is nowworking as a freelance Sound Designerand Engineer, and also as SoundOperator at the Royal Court.Designs include: Hard Shoulders(Latitude Festival), Six Rounds, AmericanBytes Back, (LOST Theatre), After TheEnd, The Ugly One (St Mary’s University@ Battersea Arts Centre), Lashings ofWhipped Cream (Light IndustrialTheatre), American Bytes (NewWimbledon Studio), Painting a Wall(Finborough Theatre).

Tom CoxCurrently working as Sound Number 2 /Guitar Tech on Dreamboats andPetticoats at the Playhouse Theatre.Tom has also been working freelanceon a number of projects most recentlyPaul Taylor-Mills concert production ofLittle Women and Andy Abraham’sHistory of the Big Bands UK tour. Tomstarted working in theatre at a youngage and has been involved in sound for

many years. He begun as a casualtechnician at the Epsom Playhouse,Surrey before touring with a number ofproductions companies throughout theUK and Europe. He has toured manyvenues in the UK including theHammersmith Apollo and the MetroRadio Arena as well as working onshows as diverse as Thomas the Tank inBudapest Arena to the Rat Pack in CairoOpera House.

Stephen EdwardsHaving moved from four years ofworking in live sound into theatre,Stephen is now working alongsideamateur and professional companies toallow them to bring the sound theywant to the stage.

Dan Evans (fig. 2)Dan is Freelance Sound Engineerworking in the live sound industry,specifically in musical theatre. Hegraduated with a degree in SoundTechnology from The Liverpool Institutefor Performing Arts, where he alsoreceived the Sennheiser StudentAchievement Award. He immediatelyjoined the tour of Dreamboats &Petticoats as Sound No.2/InstrumentTech, where he stayed for a year, beforerecently taking up a position as anAudio and Comms operator for theLondon 2012 Olympic & Paralympic

Opening and Closing Ceremonies. I amalways up for a challenge and aim tobring a detailed and enthusiasticapproach to everything I work on.Recent projects: London 2012Ceremonies, Dreamboats & PetticoatsTour (2011 and 2012), 3rd Degree Festival(2011), Peter Pan:The Musical Adventure(2010), Assembly Theatre - EdinburghFringe Festival (2010).

Gareth EvansLondon based sound engineer, designerand tutor. Former head of sound forSherman Cymru,Wales’ New WritingTheatre Company. Currently employedfull time as Production Sound Tutor atthe London Academy of Music andDramatic Art (LAMDA). Roller coasterfanatic.Current projects include: Finishing thefirst draft of my reference book‘Building the Crew, a teachers guide tobringing technical theatre into theclassroom’.

Adam FisherCurrent projects include: Soho Cinders,Les Misérables (Korea), Les Misérables(London)West End operator credits include:Woman in White (Palace),WhistleDown The Wind (Palace), Mamma Mia!(Prince of Wales), Monty Python’sSpamalot (Palace), Joseph and the


Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(Adelphi), The Phantom of the Opera(Her Majesty’s), Betty Blue Eyes(Novello).As Assistant / Associate / Programmer:Love Never Dies (Adelphi), Ich War NochNiemals in New York (Apollo, Stuttgart),Les Misérables 25th AnniversaryConcert (The O2),Wizard Of Oz(Palladium) and Phantom of the Opera25th Anniversay Concert (Royal AlbertHall)

Paul GavinTrained at RADA.Sound designs include: Pattie Boulyle’sSun Dance, In the Wings production ofPeter and the Wolf, Trey Anthony’s DaKink in My Hair, Hackney EmpiresSunday Selection, Channel 4’s Nights atthe Empire,The New 291 Show, StevenBerkoff’s Sit and Shiver, LouiseJameson’s Face Value and the HackneyEmpire Christmas productions (1997-2008). The three AmnestyInternational’s Sleeping Police DogsCompare Balls (Duke of York’s Theatre,London), Rawhide’s Slappers and SlapHeads (Liverpool Empire andManchester Opera House), NVA’sinstallation The Unfolding Landscape,Isle of Skye, Urdang Academyproductions of Sweet Charity and Howto Succeed In Business Without ReallyTrying, Pleasure for Pleasure’s Lotte’s

Journey (New End Theatre).Birmingham Rep / NottinghamPlayhouse tour of Once on this island,More recently four productions forTrinity Laban - Sweet Charity / Springawakening / Cinderella / Godspell atBlackheath Concert Halls London,Concert work includes LeMans Jam24Concert, Green Man Festival, DocklandsJazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival,Hackney’s Spice Festival, Tan HillFestival, Moon Fest and the LondonBlues Festival.

Jeremy GeorgeLondon-based Theatre Sound Operator& Production Sound Engineer.Experience working in large scalemusical theatre, plays, repertory houses(Royal Opera House, ENO LondonColiseum) and concerts.Recent and current credits include: No.1Sound and PE on 42nd Street (UK Tour),No.1 Sound and PE on The King’s Speech(UK Tour) and PE on subsequent WestEnd transfer, No.1 Sound on 42nd Street(Curve Leicester).

Jenn Goodheart-SmitheSound design credits include: I KnowWhere the Dead Are Buried, at Large:Dave Allen – a Journey Through Life,Threshold, Lingua Franca (AssistantDesigner), Jekyll & Hyde, TitusAndronicus, The Musical of Musicals

The Musical, Sounds of the Radio.Sound technician credits include: UkTours: Birds of a Feather (ClassicComedies), Oklahoma! (Dep – UkProductions), Oh! What a Lovely War(Northern Stage), Scooby Doo & thePirate Ghost (Aeg Themestar). RoyalExchange Theatre: the Gatekeeper,Beautiful Thing, Edward II, as You Like It,5@50, Mogadishu, Lady From the Sea.Panto: Robin Hood (Qdos - NewcastleTheatre Royal), Robin Hood (Qdos -Cardiff New Theatre). West End: BillyElliot (Dep), Me & My Girl. Rep/Fringe:Gizmo,Wedded Blitz, Snow White,Colour of Dance, Jazz Cafe

Tom HaresPrimarily based at Sadler’s Wells Theatreas one of the Senior Technicians dealingmost often with sound and flys, thisrole also incldues a broader purview ofmaintaining departmental financialrecords and administrative duties andtracking broader sector responsibilities,including sustainability, education(most often with CCSkills and OCR),legislative changes (such as the800Mhz Clearance), trade unionrepresentation and technical provisionfor disabled patrons

Andrew HintonWith a background in Psychoacoustics(having studied this at Cambridge

University), as well as several yearsworking on productions large andsmall, Andrew is currently work insupport of all things sound-related atMountview Academy of Theatre Arts, aswell as being assigned to Sound Designsome of their public shows. He will,however, be leaving in September 2012,at which point he will be available forfreelance work.Recent sound design projects include:Fire Island (Charing Cross Theatre), TheLight in the Piazza, Hello Again, TrojanBarbie (Mountview).

Adam Hockley (fig. 3)Adam is a freelance sound engineerwith experience in UK and InternationalTouring, Regional and Disabled Theatre.Whilst studying music at college, hedeveloped an interest in audiotechnology and later worked as anAdvanced Apprenticeship in TechnicalTheatre in the college’s performing artsdepartment. After a year, spending all ofmy spare time working wherever hecould, Adam was offered the No.1position on the 2010 UK Tour of Annie.He has since completed two more UKtours on Annie, a UK Tour as No.1 onReasons To Be Cheerful and has recentlyspent time in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Will JacksonWill graduated from Central in 2010

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studying Theatre Sound. He is workingas an operator in a variety of differentpositions and have recently finishedoperating Gatz at the Noel Coward aswell as the Olympic and ParalympicTennis. He has also toured across theUK and run my own business selling avariety of accessories for RadioMicrophones. Will has also designed asmall number of musicals, includingYou’re a Good Man Charlie Brown(Tabard) and Just So (Tabard)

Karen LaukeKaren is a composer and sounddesigner primarily interested in creatingoriginal experimental music and soundfor theatre, installations, liveperformances and exhibitions. Hermusic has been performed andexhibited nationally and internationallyat festivals, concerts and performanceevents. She is particularly interested inthe relationship that sound has withspatialisation, text and visual imagery,whether through live performance,installation or multimedia based work.Current work includes: All Because ofMolly - written by Paul Ferguson (NorthWest tour); Sound Design Exhibition -V&A Museum.

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Dave NortonDave is currently work for the RoyalExchange Theatre in Manchester as aTheatre Sound Technician. He startedout as a freelance theatre technicianworking locally around the GreaterManchester area after gaining aManchester University BA(Hons) inPerformance Design and Management.

Matt PaddenMatt is getting ready to bring ourproduction of Macbeth to life in NewYork. Once that’s up it’s time to focus onthe Wicker Man’s return for theEdinburgh Fringe and Menage a Troison a short tour. He is a sound designerand engineer based in Glasgow, andsince 2008 has been Head of Sound forthe National Theatre of Scotland. Aswell as designing for NTS, Matt hasdesigned sound for shows by VanishingPoint and Corcadorca. He is possibly theonly sound engineer to have workedwith Sting in such a way that he sawonly his feet throughout. When he’s notwearing headphones, he takesphotographs.

Simon PowellSimon is a freelance sound and videodesigner based near Leeds with over

fifteen years experience working in theperforming arts, music and creativemedia industries. With strong links tolocal colleges, he runs enlighteningworkshops and masterclasses exploringsound and video production.If you feel your next project wouldbenefit from his involvement why notsay hello?

Kyle Sepede (fig. 1)Kyle has been working in professionaltheatre for six years, with his main basebeing the Wycombe Swan Theatre as afull time technician from 2007. With aspecialism in sound, in 2009 he wasasked to sound design and operate allof the Swans youth productions. Morerecently Kyle has been designing for anumber of stage schools.Recent projects include: Les MiserablesSchools Edition, High School Musical,The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,Fame,Wizard of Oz, Crazy for You, Honk!

Helen Skiera (fig. 2)Helen is a sound designer andcomposer.Recent theatre includes: five shows forthe Old Vic New Voices US/UKExchange, An Absolute Turkey (E15Acting School), The Criminals, House ofBones and Medea (Drama Centre at thePlatform Theatre, Kings Cross);Pandora’s Box (Arcola Tent), Concrete

Jungle (Riverside Studios); Brightest andBest (WeWereHere, Half Moon); TheRiot Act and Beautiful Blows (TheMayhem Company, Southbank Centre);Medea; Deirdre and Me (Language LaidBare Productions, tour); Two Halves ofGuinness (Seabright Productions, tour),Miss Julie and Sister Of (Arcola Theatre);Keeping Mum, Nina and Shaz(Language Laid Bare, Brockley Jack);Mixtape (HighTide, Latitude), Colors(Company of Angels/Festen/DramaCentre); Stockwell (Landor Theatre andTricycle Theatre), Stories ForBoys/Deepcut (Roland Egan), andSuperbugs (Lightning Theatre/NHS).Helen has written andperformed/recorded music for thePlanet Science website, and comedycabaret ensembles Vive l’hysteric andRuby Slippers.

Mathew Smethurst-EvansMathew trained at Central School ofSpeech and Drama. He then became asound engineer at Ronnie Scott’s JazzClub, as well as working on a variety oftheatre productions in London’s WestEnd and on tour. Mathew worked as aSenior Sound Technician and operatednumerous productions at the RoyalNational Theatre, as well as Sounddesigner for The Seafarer and SlowTime, associate sound designer forOnce in a Lifetime, the revival of His


Dark Materials and Death and theKing’s Horseman. Since 2007, Mathewhas been working with Theatreplan asspecialist sound and communicationsconsultant, designing soundinstallations for many venues, includingthe refurbishment of the Lyric Theatre,Belfast and Sheffield’s Crucible Theatreand Studio, and the design of NewBaths Hall, Scunthorpe. Mathewcontinues to work as a theatrepractitioner, transferring his sounddesign of the NT’s The Seafarer toBroadway, assisting Paul Groothuis withthe revival of Waiting for Godot inLondon’s West End; and Paul Ardittiwith London Road in the Cottesloetheatre.

Ian Stickland (fig. 3)Ian is an experienced sound designer,theatre consultant and technicalmanager and is currently employed byCharcoalblue as a senior consultant. Hehas worked across a range of showsand tours including time at Abbey Roadstudios, and as Technical Manager ofBattersea Arts Centre. Ian is a graduateof the Music and Sound Recording(Tonmeister) course at the Institute ofSound Recording, University of Surreyand holds a Diploma in Acoustics andNoise Control from the Institute ofAcoustics.For Charcoalblue his sound and

audiovisual system design includes:Liverpool Everyman theatre; ChichesterFestival theatre; Dorfman Theatre, RNT;Birmingham Library Theatre. Theatrical,film and music credits include:TheAdventure (Bad Physics), Masque of theRed Death (Punchdrunk/BAC), I love you- Diana Ross, Scale - Matthew HerbertBig Band, Children of Men - JohnTavener (dir. Alfonso Cuaran), The Queen- Alexandre Desplat (dir. StephenFrears).

Scott TostevinHaving Graduated from MountviewAcademy of Theatre arts in 2011, Scottobtained a role as a casual technician atBeau Sejour Leisure centre in Guernseyrigging and operating events and alsoas a freelancer for Delta Sound in theUK.

David TullochDavid is curently the Director atSoundbaseUK. He has been in theprodution and theatre industry for 32years starting with my first productionat The Congress Theatre Cwmbran. Hehas worked in most theatresthroughout South Wales and havecovered all aspects of theatreproduction including stagemanagement, sound and lightingdesign and operation. David currentlyoperates sound on approximately 13

productions a year. He also travels toSwitzerland to work with the Englishspeaking theatre company of Zug.Working with my team at Soundbasehe can offer support and productionservices to a large client base includingmany County Councils. He has beenworking with Rhydian Roberts over thepast three years; providing him withSound management and support atmost of his UK based liveperformances.

Graeme WattFull time sound engineer at Eden Court,just finished a production of JesusChrist Superstar. Next run of shows varyfrom conference, opera, ballet, bands.

Derrick ZiebaDerrick’s career in sound hasencompassed being Head of Sound atthe Royal National Theatre, work forTheatre Projects Services Ltd and aDirector and founder member ofDimension Audio. He has worked withdirectors including Sir Peter Hall,Lindsay Anderson, Hal Prince and DavidHare; and has worked with such diversemusical talents as Harrison Birtwhistle,Mark Elder, Andrew Davis, Tina Turner,Sergio Mendez, Jimmy Page and DianaRoss.Designs include:West End Shows andMusicals such as Beethoven’s 10th and

Jukebox; Guys & Dolls (Royal NationalTheatre); Turandot for Tony Palmer andFaust for Mark Elder (ENO). Derrick hasbeen Production Sound for manyMusical Productions including MartinLevan’s Phantom of the Opera & DavidCollinson’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Otherwork includes the MTV Europe MusicAwards (since 1997); Brit Awards (since1994); Live Event Sound Supervisor,coordinating all of the soundrequirements for the Queen’s GoldenJubilee Concerts.

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Simon Birchall (fig. 1)Simon designs and operates sound foramateur theatre companies in andaround Nottingham, Derby andLeicester.Recent work includes: Me and my Girl(Buxton Opera House), Chess(Chatsworth Centre, Long Eaton).

Chris BarlowChris started to pursue a career intheatre sound in 2008 with a four weekwork placement in the sounddepartment of the Royal ShakespeareCompany. He has since gained severalproduction credits, as designer,technician and operator picking up anomination for Best Sound Design atthe 2011 ‘Offies’ for Gotcha at RiversideStudios. His main source of income is asa freelance technician in the corporateAV industry, working in venues such asChurch House Conference Centre, TUC,Grovensor Hotel and providing onsitesupport for companies includingCitigroup, Aviva and Pinsent Masons.Recent work includes: A New Way To PayOld Debts (Rose Theatre, Bankside), pre-production for a demo by female vocaltrio, Royst.

Neil DrewittRecording bands and vocal artists,setting up youth events for youth bandsand ongoing signings.

Ben Davies (fig. 2)Programme Director, Rose BrufordCollege

Stuart DeanRecent work includes: Godspell (NKTheatre Arts, Romiley Forum Stockport),Sweet Dream Baby (Hyde FestivalTheatre).Previous productions include: JesusChrist Superstar, Girls Night, Return tothe Forbidden Planet, Eight Miles High(Hyde Festival Theatre). Sound designand operating for Rent (Romiley ForumStockport).

David HarveyDavid has been contributing to smooth-running behind the scenes in a range ofcapacities for over 30 years. His rolesinclude set design, sound, lighting andstage management. He has contributedto productions with a succession oftheatre groups and is now producingand staging fringe theatre with anumber of companies. He is alsoinvolved in video and audio productions.Recent work includes: recording andediting audio plays for Network Theatreas well as preparing and operating

sound scapes in fringe theatre. Alsospecification and installation of theatresound systems.

Karolin Killig (fig. 3)Karolin studied media technology atthe University of Applied SciencesMittweida (2000-2004 - first jobs atthe local theatre in Chemnitz) andSound at the University for Film andTelevision Potsdam Babelsberg (2004-2009) (both in Germany). During herstudies she worked for several film,television and radio productions.Currently working in a fulltime positionat the Schauspiel Essen as sounddesigner/sound engineer. Karolin justfinished three productions: Benefiz -Jeder rettet einen Afrikaner, Hanna,Holger und der ganze kranke Rest andYou’re a bad man, Mr Gum; and she ispreparing forthcoming productions likeKaspar Häuser Meer for the nextseason and the third of three childrenplay readings under the directorThomas Ladwig.

Craig NiemensSound Ideas. Sound Ideas is the world’slargest publisher of professional soundeffects, royalty free music, & productionelement libraries.

Jennifer L. Rarick (fig. 4)Jennifer received her MFA in Design +

Technology from the San Francisco ArtInstitute in 2008. She has been activelyworking in the field (as sound artist,sound for film and sound for theatre)for more than ten years. In addition toher active practice, she is currentlyteaching postproduction audio for filmand sound design for a MediaProduction program.Recent projects: New media, multi-projection, with sound design public artinstallation. Currently in production forCloser Than Rust, production sound andpostproduction sound design for iBook.

Davinah Shah (fig. 5)Macnaughton Lord Representation


Will BoneWill is 21 and in his final year of my B.Ain Theatre Arts specialising in SoundDesign.

Samuel BrazierCurrently studying Technical Theatreand Stage Management, at RADA, witha particular focus in Sound Engineeringand Sound Design for both Radio andTheatre.Sound Designs for: Divine Wordsdirected by Paul Hunter, From Both Hipsdirected by Donnacadh O’Briain.Production Sound Engineer for:TheBrothers Karamazov, directed by SueDunderdale.

Jerrome Buck-TownsendInfo not provided

Thomas ClachersCurrently a first year student at theCentral School of Speech and Dramastudying Theatre Sound.

Ben CollinsStudying Peformance sound at CentralSchool of Speech and Drama.

Chantelle DysonCurrently in her first year studyingTheatre Sound at Central School ofSpeech & Drama.

Madison EnglishCurrently a student studying sounddesign at The Central School of Speechand Drama.

Jeff GaryJeff trained at The Theatre School atDePaul, and will receive a BFA inTheatrical Sound Design. He was theFAIR Assistant Sound Designer atOregon Shakespeare Festival for the2011 Season, and assisted onproductions of Pirates Of Penzance (KaiHarada, Joanna Lynn Staub), Henry IV, pt2 (Paul James Prengergast), Love’sLabours Lost (Paul James Prendergast),Ghost Light (Andre Pluess) and TheAfrican Company Presents Richard III(Todd Barton).Recent professional designs include:Local Produce 2 (Ashland ContemporaryTheatre) and La Cage aux Folles (OSFDaedalus Project).Recent student work includes: MaydayMayday Tuesday, Medea, Much AdoAbout Nothing, The Skriker, Cabaret,Four Twins, Pygmailon, Twelfth Night,and Romeo and Juliet. (DePaulUniversity) Music Production Includes: Sobriquet,Everything Ends EP Awards Include: Student Merritt Award2011

Thyge HarbergCurrent work includes: SatansPlayground (Sacred and Profane,Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe 2012)One Hour Only (Made From ScratchTheatre Company, Underbelly,Edinburgh Fringe 2012)

Laura HammondA second year student at Central Schoolof Speech and Drama studying TheatreSound.

Joe KeatJoe has just completed my FoundationDegree in Sound & Lighting Design andis off into the world of work.

Dominic KennedyDominic is in his second year of study atCentral School of Speech and Drama.He is currently designing a piece ofverbatim theatre on the Americantobacco industry at Central, and amalso designing the sonic environmentfor a pop up theatre.His experience as of yet has beenvaried, the path to where he is now, wasthrough music production. Hespecialised in a style of texturedambient music and has done a numberof sound design and composition forshort film and animation.Since being at Central he has developedgreatly in the theatre field, and aim to

specialise in theatre sound design.Other educational and work experiencehas involved fine art and amateurdramatics.

Alexander KosankeBegan studying BA (Hons) TheatrePractice:Theatre Sound in October of2011 at Central School of Speech andDrama in London after years of variousprojects with smaller companiesthroughout Germany.

Frederick LoucksFrederick is a young designer just out ofundergraduate who practices thetheatre arts in the Treasure Valley area.Currently working on a devised playcalled Theres Chinese Tunnels UnderBoise (misspelling intentional). It willincorporate a ton of really interestingeffects including a cave-in, a whirl-pool,a bonfire party, and many more. Shouldbe great fun.Grad school is down the road, so thepossibilities are wide open! Thoughmost of my credits are original showswritten by Boise natives, other creditsinclude Last of the Boys by Steven Dietz,The Water Engine by David Mamet.

Pete Malkin (fig. 1)Pete is a London Based Sound Designerfor Theatre and Film and will begraduating from the Central School of

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Speech and Drama in 2012.He is passionate about designing soundwithin theatre and film and as afreelance Sound Designer/Engineer, isextremely enthusiastic about bringingthe highest quality of work to a project.Striving to work in creative andcollaborative ways with Directors aspart of the creative team.Recent work includes: London 2012Olympics Opening Ceremony (AssistantSoundscape Designer), The Master andMargarita (Additional Sound design,Complicite), Littlefoot (MProductions),The Rochdale Pioneers (BYFA), I dreamtabout a Bomb (RSC Studio Workshop),Little Women (MProductions/Trestle),Sold - Devised (CSSD/Quiconque), TheGood Actor (Lightwork)

James Nicholson (fig. 1)James has been passionate aboutsound for most of his life and lookforward to exploring sound for both liveand recorded media. He has designed avariety of shows from devised studiodrama’s to fully accompaniedproscenium arch musicals, via creatingsound for digital media installationsand operating sound for a large swingband.He is an enthusiastic musician playing:Bass Guitar, Piano, Guitar, Double Bassand anything he can get his hands on.Recent projects include: Richard II

(Feature Film, BYFA), City of Angels(Embassy Theatre)

Charles Parry (fig. 2)Just completed his second year of BScMusic Technology at Birmingham CityUniversity, and is now taking a year outto gain experience in theatre sound, sothat when he leaves he can go straightinto a career he is passionate about.Based in Watford (out of term time)and has experience in using a variety ofsoftware including Pro Tools, Logic Pro,MaxMSP, and Matlab and he hasexperience in both analogue and digitalmixing desks including Audient,Digidesign, Yamaha, Allen & Heath, andDiGiCo.Recently, he has been worked as part ofthe sound team at BirminghamChristmas Market,Watford LIVE festival,and EPIDEMIC, a community musical inthe Old Vic Tunnels.

Tom RundleOperator and Tech based in London.

Graeme SneddonGraeme has worked on a variety ofshows, mainly based around the ADCTheatre in Cambridge. He has recentlycompleted a degree in Natural Sciencesat the University of Cambridge, and willbe shortly commencing a PhD at theUniversity of Glasgow.

Recent work includes: Ruddigore(Cambridge University Gilbert andSullivan Society, Minack, Cornwall)Interruption (Cambridge UniversityAmateur Dramatic Club - C AquilaStudio, Edinburgh Fringe 2012)Previous theatre credits as SoundDesigner include: Guido! TheGunpowder Treason Plot, Jerry Springerthe Opera, Highlight (ADC Theatre,Cambridge), The Mikado (MumfordTheatre, Anglia Ruskin University,Cambridge). As Assistant SoundDesigner: Pirates of Penzance (MinackTheatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall).As Technical Director, Lighting Designerand Sound Designer: Moments (LarkumStudio, ADC Theatre, Cambridge).

Ella Wahlström (fig. 3)Ella is a third year BA PerformanceSound student from Rose BrufordCollege and a freelance stage manager.Conceptual sound design creditsinclude: Revengers Tragedy, Henry V andREDfest 2011 and 2012 (Old Red LionTheatre) and stage managementcredits: Mercury Fur (Trafalgar Studios),REDfest 2012 (Old Red Lion Theatre),Canterbury Tales (SouthwarkPlayhouse).

Jo WalkerJo is a young London based SoundDesigner. He has recently graduated

from Central School of Speech andDrama from the BA Hons TheatrePractice:Theatre Sound Course. He is amulti-instrumentalist and specialises indevised work.Recent work includes: In The Image OfYou (West Yorkshire Playhouse, CuriousDirective), Your Last Breath (EdinburghFringe & UK tour, Curious Directive), As ILay Dying (Central School of Speech andDrama’s Collaborative and DevisedTheatre Strand 2012,Webber DouglasStudio), Mysterious Skin (Em-LouProductions, The Drill Hall) , Zazous!Zazous! (Aquila Road - Jersey, Off TheRock! Productions).


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Avid TechnologyDerk HagedornAvid creates the digital audio and videotechnology used to make the mostlistened to, most watched and mostloved media in the world – from themost prestigious and award-winningfeature films, music recordings,television shows, live concert tours andnews broadcasts, to music and moviesmade at home. Some of Avid’s mostinfluential and pioneering solutionsinclude Media Composer®, Pro Tools,Interplay®, ISIS®, VENUE, Oxygen 8,Sibelius®, System 5, and PinnacleStudio™.avid.com

Blitz CommunicationsChris Jordan, Richard Rogers,Adam Rudd, Peter Russell, Brad WardWe have supplied the sound equipmentfor ‘The Phantom of The Opera’ since itopened in 1986 and video playback for‘We Will Rock You’ since it opened in2002. Other current work includessound for ‘42nd Street’ on tour, video for‘Soldier of Orange’ in Holland as well asbeing sound supplier to the MenierChocolate Factory since 2010.blitzcommunications.co.uk

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DiGiCoDavid WebsterDiGiCo is primarily a digital mixingconsole manufacturer that bringstogether the design and developmentskills and digital engineering expertisethat have helped create some of theworld’s most popular, successful andground-breaking digital audio solutions.The products cover all market segmentswith live sound, Theatre, Houses ofWorship, Broadcast, Corporate, Sportingevents and also recording and PostProduction areas too. 2012 being a tripleanniversary for the company marking40 years since the original company(Soundtracs) was formed, 20 years sincethe first digital console and 10 yearssince the brand of DiGiCo.digico.biz

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DPA MicrophonesMorten StoveDPA’s ultimate goal is to provide you –whether you’re in live sound, recording,theater or broadcast – with theabsolute finest possible microphonesolutions for your tasks. We take noshortcuts in our design processes normake any compromises in ourmanufacturing, which is all done inDenmark. As a result, our products areglobally praised for their exceptionalclarity and transparency, superbspecifications, supreme reliability and,above all, pure, uncolored andundistorted sound. Although DPA hastechnically only been in existence since1992, our company draws on more thanfive decades of world-class microphonedesign experience going back to thefirst range of measurementmicrophones created by our progenitor,Bru?el & Kjær, in the 1950s.dpamicrophones.com

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Duran AudioNick Screen, Andrew TaylorAXYS® is a brand from Duran Audio andwas conceived as not only a superblyengineered range of professional audioproducts but as a series of innovativesolutions to real-life electro acousticalproblems – such as poor intelligibility invoice evacuation systems andunpleasant distortion in musicreproduction. Many of the AXYS®technologies were so advanced whenwe first developed them, somemanufacturers were a little sceptical.Actively controlled loudspeaker systemsseemed like science fiction 24 years ago.But by 1994, the world’s first installedsystem using Digital Directivity Control(DDC) to minimise sound reflectionswent into Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.‘Science fiction’ had become sciencefact. Since then, AXYS® solutions andtechnologies have been widelyaccepted at an academic level andextensively proven in installationsthroughout the world.duran-audio.com

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Meyer SoundRachel Archibald, Richard Bugg, RogerHarpum,Winnie Leung, Jerry PlackenMeyer Sound and modern theatricalsound design have come of agetogether. One of the company’s firstproducts, the UPA-1, was designed inconsultation with pioneering sounddesigner Abe Jacob as a compact,powerful, low-distortion loudspeakerfor theatre. The UPA-1 was introduced tothe West End with the 1981 productionof Cats, and the rest is history. Theintroduction of self-powered systems inthe mid-1990s rapidly made MeyerSound first choice for sound designersworldwide. Meyer Sound systems canbe heard in performances nightly, onBroadway and in the West End as wellas in touring shows and in many globalCirque du Soleil productions.meyersound.com


Merging UKPaul Mortimer, Johan WadstenWe are working hard at making ourOvation Media server and sequencerthe most powerful playback engine fortheatre and live events. And, bycombining it with our new Horusnetworked audio interface, we aremaking installations more flexible thanthey could ever have been imagined tobe.merging.com

Orbital SoundDan Bailey, David Bartholomeusz,Chris Headlam, Keith Hutchinson,Richard CarterOrbital is a major supplier of sound,communication systems and designsolutions for the theatre, live event,conference, exhibition, film andtelevision industries and is an ISO9001certified company. We supply audiosolutions for sale or rental to clients inany part of the globe coupled withoutstanding levels of support. Orbital’ssound systems are synonymous withtheatre - be it supplying London’s latestinternational musicals or supplyingamateur companies. Our Rental Desk isalways competitive, informative andapproachable and our easiHire onlinebookings facility can advise and guideyou through our products - producingan estimate for whatever you want -24/7. Sales supply a comprehensiveportfolio of audio and communicationsequipment to the end user and installeralike.orbitalsound.com

HAVEsoundThomas HackleyHAVEsound, is your premier sound hireand design company. From 1998, we haveworked extensively in Theatre,Conference and Events, both in Londonand the Midlands.We provide all aspectsof your sound requirements, and we nowstock video and lighting equipment.Westock the industries leadingmanufactures and products at verycompletive prices, all maintained to thehighest standard.We pride ourselves onour technical and customer support,provided with a friendly smile. Sowhether it’s a small conference you needa mic and projector, a full touring theatreshow or even a live gig night then weHAVE what your looking for. All ourequipment is prepared and checkedtwice before leaving the warehouse toensure optimum reliability. Every client istreated as a friend and not a number onthe page. Our aim is to always be onestep ahead of the trend.We strive to beat the forefront of the sound world.have.uk.com

Out BoardDave Haydon, Robin WhittakerOut Board specialise in source-orientedreinforcement (SOR) delay-matrixtechniques for authentic localisation ofvoices, instruments and sound effects.We originate and market proprietarysystems for audio localisation, showcontrol and sound effectsmanagement, amplified opera, theatresound and event automation, AVinstallations and live surround sound,with versatile media show control andsystems integration interfaces,including customisable iPad apps.Products for sale or hire include theTiMax2 SoundHub dynamic delay-matrix with built-in TimeLine andPanSpace sound effects playback andshow control, plus TiMax Trackerperformer tracking systems for real-time vocal localisation. We also offerTiMax sound system and sound effectsdesign consultancy, setup,programming and operational support.outboard.co.uk

Roland Systems GroupSimon Kenning, Phil PalmerRoland has introduced many innovativeproducts to the professional marketover the past few years and has built astrong trust across many users andinstallations around the world. Throughcontinuous development and a clearfocus on professional audio/videoproducts, Roland Systems Group iscommitted to providing uniquesolutions to improve workflow andmaximize creative possibilities.rolandsystemsgroup.co.uk

Royal Shakespeare CompanyJeremy Dunn, Andy Franks,Jonathan Ruddick, Martin SlavinThe Royal Shakespeare Company SoundDepartment employs around eight fulltime sound technicians.About 50% of the sound designs aredone internally, there is a mix of soundeffects and live orchestra used in eachproduction, the RSC runs threeauditoria in Stratford upon Avon, andhas a strong presence in London, NewYork and on tour. Productions arepresented by an ensemble of actorswithin a repertoire system, meaningthat part of the sound department’srole is not only to mix every show, butto ‘change over’ each show on a dailyand sometimes twice daily basis.rsc.org.uk

SennheiserAndrew Lillywhite, Tim Sherratt,Dave WoosterSound is Sennheiser’s greatest passion;the desire create the greatest and mostexciting sound experience for peopleworldwide is its goal. Whether at homeor out and about; on stage or behindthe DJ console; in a museum or in aconcert hall, it is our ambition to enablepeople all around the world to enjoy aunique sound experience.Approximately 2000 Sennheiseremployees in 90 countries around theglobe, work as a team in a constanteffort to fulfill this promise. For morethan 60 years the name Sennheiser hasstood for the highest quality productsand customised solutions across allareas of sound recording, transmissionand reproduction. As one of the world’sleading providers of integratedsolutions for electro-acoustic products,systems and services, we constantly setourselves the challenge of developingcreative answers which satisfy therequests and requirements of ourcustomers, committing ourselves to thepursuit of perfect sound.sennheiser.co.uk

CORPORATE MEMBERS

Sound NetworkRalph DunlopSound Network Ltd was established in1996 by Pete Wandless and RalphDunlop to distribute DPA microphonesin the UK. Ralph’s association with therange of microphones goes back to1985 when he joined Bruel & Kjaer asEuropean Sales Manager and Petehaving started as a sound engineer atCTS Studios and went on to beInternational Sales Manager for highlyesteemed companies such as SSL andFocusrite. With the development of the4060 miniature microphone DPA soonestablished a high profile in the Theatreand Broadcast markets, becomingknown for their transparent sound andhigh SPL handling. Today SoundNetwork Ltd distributes a number ofprofessional audio products includingLinear Acoustic, Smart Research andAcoustics Energy.soundnetwork.co.uk

Stage ResearchCarlton GucStage Research, Inc, creators of SFX™,the industry’s first standard for soundplayback, provides software andhardware solutions to the theatricaland related industries. With over 15years of experience, Stage Research hasthe experience and expertise to bringsuperior products to designers,operators, and technicians to meet thedemands of today’s entertainmentrequirements. Along with its SFX™software used on Broadway, the WestEnd, academy and theatres all over theworld, Stage Research also providesother audio and lighting softwaresolutions to entertainmentprofessionals including sound designmanagement (ShowBuilder), lightingdesign (SoftPlot), lighting control(LightFactory), and photometrics(LightShop Online).stageresearch.com


Stage Sound ServicesPhil Hurley, Mike BeerStage Sound Services has been tradingfor over two decades with Phil Hurley atthe helm. The company currentlyemploys over 20 full time staff as wellas an ever growing team of freelancersfrom all corners of the industry. Sinceit’s inception as a small Cardiff basedhire company, Stage Sound Services hasgrown into a thriving sound and videohire/production company, providingequipment and technical specialistsacross the UK and abroad, with severalhigh profile shows in London’s WestEnd and Equipment hire to showsshipping all over the world. In recentyears, in partnership with ourassociated company Stage LightingServices we have broadened our profileto provide services to the Events andProduction industries as well as TV andFilm. We are the largest independentsupplier of Sound, Video, Lighting,Staging and Set in Wales and provide acomplete one stop shop for ourCustomers.stagesoundservices.co.uk

TTA StagetrackerJohn Torger Skjelstad,Flemming SorensenAll R&D, software development,assembly and testing is carried out in-house at TTA in Norway. Two of thebiggest challenges in reinforcement arethat the actor’s voices do not appear tooriginate from the performers but froma detached place above or beside thestage; it is also often difficult to tellwhich actor is speaking with manyactors onstage. TTA StageTracker allowsthe creation of a more immersive,realistic listening experience, where thereinforced sound tracks the performersonstage. Sound designers can alsocreate sound effects in QLab and havethem follow the performers, andStagetracker Cues can also be firedfrom QLab to control performers’localisation. We are convinced thatlocalised, natural sound will becomeone of the next ‘big things’ in audio. Weaim for Stagetracker FX to be at theforefront of that revolution.tta-sound.com

Yamaha Commercial AudioKarl ChristmasYamaha Commercial Audio is a worldleader in the manufacture and supplyof professional audio products for awide range of applications includinglive sound reinforcement, postproduction, recording, worship andbroadcast. With a world-wide presence,Yamaha’s Commercial Audiosubsidiaries and dealer networksprovide comprehensive local servicesbacked by a global Yamaha CA supportpolicy.yamahacommercialaudio.com

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