Pain
I am at an end with Schtanhaus and Headlong Theatre's production of The Winters Tale. Sunday morning I felt proud of the production, feeling proud of my contribution to my first professional Shakespeare production, now I want nothing to do with it. There have been three previews so far and press night is tomorrow and I feel the heart has been →
Helen
Working again with Tamsin Shasha of Actors of Dionysus on another aerial piece of theatre this time based upon stories and myths around Helen of Troy. Other collaborators incude director - Jan-Willem van den Bosch, designer - Caroline Collinge, choreographer - Helen Parlour, a very exciting team with lots of ideas. We are in the research and development stage and →
Iya-Ile
Just been doing initial forays into sound design for Oladipo Agboluaje's new play Iya-Ile over the last couple of weeks. Tomorrow I will meet the rest of the creative team and actors at Out of Joint in North London. Exciting to be working with Femi Elufowoju, jr again. He is precise, knows what he wants and choreographs action to music, →
Why I Don’t Hate White People
My work on Lemn Sissay's "Why I Don't Hate People" is now over. To begin with I was a little lost and not sure which direction to take my sound design and composition. The text goes at one hell of a pace and it was important that my work did not get in the way. Anyway I am pleased with →
Why I Don’t Hate White People
I'll be working as Sound Designer on Lemn Sissay's new show Why I Don't Hate White People directed by John E McGrath. This will be the sixth production I have worked on with the excellent Designer Rachana Jadhav. We will be in rehearsals through January, opening on the 22nd and finishing on the 14th February. Contact the Hammersmith Lyric for →
Death Of A Brother
Stroud Theatre Company are touring When The Lights Went Out written by Bristol based writer Mike Akers. I have been Musical Director and Composer on the production. The play is set in rural Gloucestershire around the time of the second world war, and focuses on the life of a young woman and her family. Apart from using music from the time, →