Sound and Projection Designer
Mic is an award winning sound and projection designer. He works across the broadest spectrum of theatre production, from West End and Broadway theatres, Fringe and Off-Broadway productions, international opera, site specific work, regional productions, and community projects.
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Mic Pool is an award winning sound and video designer who works across the broadest spectrum of theatre production, from the West End and Broadway, international opera, site specific work, regional productions, and community projects.
Date of Birth: 1958
Professional Experience: 40 Years+
1968-1972
Chorister, Magdalen College Oxford
1972-1975
Wanstead High School
1976-1977
Mountview Theatre School, London.
2 Year Stage Management Technical and Design Diploma. Specialised in sound and
lighting. Final term tour of Sweden as sound and lighting designer
Graduated with Notable ‘A’ Diploma October 1977
2008
Winner. Tony Award
Best Sound Design in a Play for the Broadway production of THE 39 STEPS.
2008
Nominated for Drama Desk, (New York), Helpmann, (Australia), Elliot Norton and IRNE (Boston) awards for international productions of THE 39 STEPS.
2007
Nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for the West End production of THE 39 STEPS
2001
Nominated Drama Desk Award
Nominated Lucille Lortel Award
for Sound Design for the New York Production of
THE UNEXPECTED MAN
1992
Winner TMA/Martini Award
Best Designer for sound design for LIFE IS A DREAM at West Yorkshire Playhouse
1976-Present
Freelance Sound and Video Designer
2000-2012
Director of Creative Technology,
West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds.
Sound and Video Design, Research and Development, Education and Community Projects.
1996-2000
Associate Director (Sound).
West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds.
Combining resposibilities as Resident Sound Designer
with project development, advisory and producing activities
1989-1996
Resident Sound Designer / Head of Sound.
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Leeds.
Responsible for sound in one of the largest producing theatre organisations outside London.
Designed all original installed production sound systems, specified equipment, supervised installation and commissioning and set up sound department.
Managed department of three full time staff responsible for the operation and
maintenance of all production sound, communication and recording studio
equipment.
Designed Sound for over 250 productions (1989-2012)
1989
Installation engineer. Autograph Sound Recording. Miss Saigon.
Theatre Royal Drury Lane London
1987-1989
Sound designer /Head of Sound.
Tyne Theatre Company Newcastle
Designed sound for all productions at this major regional producing theatre.
1981-1987
Sound Technician. Ballet Rambert. Rambert Dance Company
Extensive touring in UK, USA, Poland, Greece, Germany, France, Cyprus, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Finland, Jordan and Canada to theatres, tents and amphitheatres of capacities up to four thousand. Specified operated and maintained the company’s’ touring sound system and West London recording facility. Sound Designs for: Wildlife, Dipping Wings, Sergeant Earlys Dream, Requiem.
1987
Chief of Sound. Assembly Productions. Music Hall Edinburgh.
Sound Engineer. Edinburgh International Television Festival
1986
Chief of Sound Assembly Productions. Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
Responsible for sound in 5 auditoria, presenting an average of 25 performances daily for the duration of the Edinburgh Festival. Supervised team of four full time engineers and casual staff.
Chief of Sound. Commonwealth Arts Festival. Assembly Rooms Edinburgh.
1981
Head of Sound. Royal Court Theatre, London.
1979-1980
Head of Sound.
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
Established sound department at newly rebuilt theatre. Designed and operated sound for a full programme of theatrical productions , concerts and foyer events.
1978-1979
Stage Electrician. Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Operating and maintaining sound and lighting equipment in the schools Barbican premises. Instructing students in the correct use of equipment.
1977-1978
Sound Engineer. Night Out Theatre Restaurant, Birmingham.
Operating sound in 1300 seat cabaret venue for major cabaret artists including:
The Three Degrees, Gene Pitney, Des O’Connor, Danny LaRue
Sound for industrial presentations including:
Massey-Ferguson, Eaton Yale, British Midland Airways.
2022
Sound Designer
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Simon Friend Productions, UK No 1 Tour
dir Lucy Bailey
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Reopens after Covid closure,
County Hall London. dir Lucy Bailey
2020 (Theatres shut for most of the year due to Covid 19 restrictions)
Sound Designer
Band of Gold by Kay Mellor
Josh Andrews Productions, UK No1 Tour
dir Kay Mellor
Video Designer
The Ballad of Corona V by David Watson. Music by Jammz (World Premiere)
Big House Theatre Co. Site Specific. dir Maggie Norris
The Big House works with young people who have been through the care system and are finding life difficult. They provide a platform for them to participate in the making of theatre and to have their voices heard.
2019
Sound Designer
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
ATG No 1 tour. dir Sarah Esdaile
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
David Pugh Ltd. UK Tour. dir Ellie Jones
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
4th+5th Casts
County Hall London. dir Lucy Bailey
Porgy and Bess
Grange Park Opera. dir. Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
Gaslight
Bill Kenwright Ltd No 1 Tour. dir. Lucy Bailey
Band of Gold by Kay Mellor (World Premiere)
Josh Andrews Productions, Leeds Grand Theatre
dir Kay Mellor
Video Designer
Bullet Tongue Reloaded by Andrew Day and Sonya Hale
Big House Theatre Co. Site Specific. dir Maggie Norris
The Big House works with young people who have been through the care system and are finding life difficult. They provide a platform for them to participate in the making of theatre and to have their voices heard.
2018
Video Designer
Der Ring Des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
Royal Opera House. dir Keith Warner
Bullet Tongue by Andrew Day and Sonya Hale (World Premiere)
Big House Theatre Co. Site Specific. Inaugural Production at their new Englefield Road home. dir Maggie Norris
Sound Designer
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
3rd Cast
County Hall London. dir Lucy Bailey
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
David Pugh Ltd. UK Tour. dir Ellie Jones
Kathleen Turner-Finding My Voice (UK Premiere)
Fane Productions. The Other Palace & UK Tour. dir Andy Gale
Blueberry Toast by Mary Laws (UK Premiere)
Soho Theatre. dir Steve Marmion
Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi (UK Premiere)
Buxton Festival. dir Elijah Moshinsky
Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith (UK Premiere)
Ustinov Studio, Bath.. Ambassadors Theatre, West End. dir Lucy Bailey
Vulcan 7 Written by and starring Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer (World Premiere)
Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Jonathan Church Productions, UK Tour
dir Steve Marmion
Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston.
dir Maria Aitken
Writing
The QLab Cook Book is acquired by Figure53 LLC.
2017
Video Designer
Silver Lining by Sandi Toksvig (World Premiere)
English Touring Theatre, UK Tour. dir Rebecca Gatward
Filmmaker
Winestead by Gavin Bryars (World Premiere)
Opera North Projects. Filmed performance, installed PRS New Music Biennial, Hull
Sound Designer
Silver Lining by Sandi Toksvig (World Premiere)
English Touring Theatre, UK Tour. dir Rebecca Gatward
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
Theatre Royal Bath and tour. dir Sarah Esdaile
Roller Diner by Stephen Jackson (World Premiere)
Soho Theatre. dir. Steve Marmion
No’s Knife by Samuel Beckett
Abbey Theatre Dublin. dir Lisa Dwan & Joe Murphy
The Graduate by Charles Webb, adapted by Terry Johnson
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Curve, and UK tour. dir Lucy Bailey
Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
County Hall London. dir Lucy Bailey
Recording Producer
The Stopping Train by Gavin Bryars and Blake Morrisson
GB Records
2016
Video Designer
Beryl by Maxine Peake
Rose Theatre Kingston. dir Rebecca Gatward
Sound Designer
Sonic Journey. The Stopping Train by Gavin Bryars and Blake Morrisson
Sound UK. Site Specific. Train Goole to Hull
Beryl by Maxine Peake
Rose Theatre Kingston. dir Rebecca Gatward
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote adapted by Richard Greenberg.
Colin Ingram Productions. Curve Leicester, Haymarket Theatre West End, and UK tour
dir Nikolai Foster
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Fiery Angel. UK tour. dir Maria Aitken
No’s Knife by Samuel Beckett (World Premiere)
Old Vic. dir Lisa Dwan & Joe Murphy
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
Old Vic. dir Matthew Warchus
Deny! Deny! Deny! by Jonathan Maitland (World Premiere)
Park Theatre, London. dir Brendan O’Hea
2015
Video Designer
Beryl by Maxine Peake
UK, Rural, and Community theatre tours. dir Rebecca Gatward
Electric by Andrew Day (World Premiere)
Big House Theatre Co. Site Specific. Rio cinema basement, Dalston. dir Maggie Norris
Sound Designer
Underworld. Choreographed by Charlotte Vincent. Music by Gavin Bryars.
Vincent Dance Theatre. Shoreditch Town Hall and tour.
Beryl by Maxine Peake
UK, Rural and Community theatre tours. dir Rebecca Gatward
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Off- Broadway. Union Square Theatre NYC. dir Maria Aitken
Avocado by Eve Ensler
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Mark Rosenblatt
Talking Heads by Alan Bennett
Theatre Royal Bath and UK Tour. dir Sarah Esdaile
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
Royal Northampton. dir Lucy Bailey
Around The World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, adapted by Laura Eason.
St James Theatre London. dir Lucy Bailey
Writing
Mic Pool’s QLab Cook Book
An online educational resource containing advanced techniques for Projection, Sound, and Lighting Design using Figure 53’s QLab Software.
2014
Video Designer
Sing Something Simple 2 by Vanessa Brooks
Dark Horse. Lawrence Batley Huddersfield & UK Tour. dir Vanessa Brooks
Dark Horse is a leading vocational trainer of actors with learning disabilities
BabyLon by Andrew Day (World Premiere)
The Big House Theatre Company , Hackney Downs Studio. dir Maggie Norris
The Big House works with young people who have been through the care system and are finding life difficult. They provide a platform for them to participate in the making of theatre and to have their voices heard.
Beryl by Maxine Peake (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Grand Depart Tour de France, Leeds. dir Rebecca Gatward
Single Spies by Alan Bennett
Rose Theatre Kingston. dir Sarah Esdaile
The Realness by Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick & David Watson (World Premiere)
Big Broad Productions/Big House Theatre Co. Hackney Downs Studio. dir Maggie Norris
Sound Designer
Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
Fiery Angel. Mercury Theatre Colchester and UK Tour. dir Lucy Bailey
Beryl by Maxine Peake (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Grand Depart Tour de France, Leeds. dir Rebecca Gatward
The Dispute by Marivaux, adapted by Emily Kempson
HiBrow. Summerhall Edinburgh and Odeon Cinemas live broadcast. dir Emily Kempson
Single Spies by Alan Bennett
Rose Theatre Kingston. dir Sarah Esdaile
2013
Video Designer
Queen of The Nile by Tim Fountain (World Premiere)
Hull Truck Theatre. dir Mike Bradwell
Sing Something Simple by Vanessa Brooks (World Premiere)
Dark Horse. Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield. dir Vanessa Brooks
Dark Horse is a leading vocational trainer of actors with learning disabilities
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah, adapted by Lemn Sissay (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Gail Mcintyre
Sound Designer
The Captain of Kopenick by Carl Zuckmayer adapted by Ron Hutchinson
National Theatre (Olivier). dir Adrian Noble
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Fiery Angel. UK Tour. dir Maria Aitken
Sherlock Holmes-The Best Kept Secret by Mark Catley (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK tour. dir Nikolai Foster
Neighbors by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (UK Premiere)
Hightide Festival/Nuffield Southampton. dir Steve Atkinson
Sherlock’s Last Case by Charles Marowitz.
Watermill Theatre, Newbury. dir Maria Aitken
The Night Before Christmas by Anthony Neilsen
Soho Theatre. dir Steve Marmion
Fortune’s Fool by Ivan Turgenev
Old Vic. dir Lucy Bailey
2012
Video Designer
Steptoe & Son by Galton and Simpson, adapted by Emma Rice (World Premiere)
KneeHigh. West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK Tour dir Emma Rice
The Final Vision
Leeds Canvas. Brothers Quay. Site Specific, Dark Arches, Leeds
The Worm Collector by Jodie Marshall (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse Schools Touring Company. dir Gail McIntyre
Der Ring Des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
Royal Opera House. dir Keith Warner
Sound Designer
The Wind In the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Sarah Esdaile
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
English Touring Theatre. UK Tour. dir Kate Saxton
The Giant and the Bear. (World Premiere)
by Clare Duffy, Layla Rosa, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe
Unlimited Theatre. Circus Tent, Leeds. dir Jon Spooner
Underworlds & Overworlds (Lead Artist)
Cultural Olympiad, Leeds. curated by Brothers Quay
The King’s Speech by David Seidler (World Premiere)
Wyndham’s Theatre West End and UK Tour. dir Adrian Noble
The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
Theatre Royal Bath Productions. Apollo Theatre West End. dir Christopher Luscombe
2011
Video Designer
The Wiz by William Brown and Charlie Small
Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Josette Bushell-Mingo
His Teeth by Ben Musgrave (World Premiere)
Only Connect. dir Maggie Norris
Only Connect is an arts company that works with prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of crime
Sound Designer
Yerma by Federico García Lorca
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Róisín McBrinn
The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Sarah Esdaile
Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jonathan Munby
The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
Theatre Royal Bath Productions. UK Tour. dir Christopher Luscombe
King Lear by William Shakespeare
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
The Go-Between (World Premiere)
by David Wood and Richard Taylor, based on the novel by L P Hartley
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Derby Live, Royal Northampton. dir Roger Haines
Sleeping Beauty by Rufus Norris
Birmingham Repertory Theatre at the Crescent. dir Sarah Esdaile
Guest Designer and adjudicator
National Student Drama Festival
2010
Video Designer
Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Sarah Esdaile
Mission to Mars by Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe (World Premiere)
Unlimited Theatre. Polka Theatre and UK tour. dir Jon Spooner.
Sound Designer
Rum and Coca Cola by Mustafa Matura
Talawa & English Touring Theatre. UK tour. dir Don Warrington
The Count of Monte Cristo (World Premiere)
by Alexander Dumas, adapted by Joel Horwood
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Alan Lane
Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Sarah Esdaile
Hay Fever by Noel coward
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nick Bagnall
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
The History Boys by Alan Bennett
Theatre Royal Bath Productions. UK Tour. dir Christopher Luscombe
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Musical adaptation by Gary Lyons and Tim Sutton
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. dir Ian Brown
2009
Video Designer
The Worm Collector by Jodie Marshall (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse Schools Touring Company. dir Gail McIntyre
Sound Designer
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
USA no 1 Tour. dir Maria Aitken
Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Shared Experience. UK Tour. dir Nancy Meckler
The Secret Garden (World Premiere)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Musical adaptation by Gary Lyons and Tim Sutton
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Tamara Harvey
When We Are Married by J B Priestley
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
The Moon, The Moon by Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe (World Premiere)
Unlimited Theatre and Curve. UK Tour. dir Jon Spooner.
The Hounding of David Oluwale (World Premiere)
by Kester Aspden adapted by Oladipo Agboluaje
Eclipse Theatre Company. Hackney Empire ,UK Tour. dir Dawn Walton
2008
Video Designer
Any Which Way by David Watson (World Premiere)
Only Connect. dir Maggie Norris
Only connect is an arts company that works with prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of crime
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. dir Ian Brown
Fast Labour by Steve Brown (World Premiere)
Hampstead Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Salonika by Louise Page
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nikolai Foster
Sound Designer
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Broadway, UK Tour, Australia, Italy. Hong Kong. Korea, Israel. dir Maria Aitken
Animal Farm by George Orwell adapted by Peter Hall
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nikolai Foster
Don’t You Leave Me Here by Clare Brown (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Sarah Punshon
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. dir Ian Brown
Fast Labour by Steve Brown (World Premiere)
Hampstead Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Monkey by Colin Teevan
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Dominic LeClerc
Salonika by Louise Page
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nikolai Foster
Year of the Rat by Roy Smiles (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Alan Strachan
Infinite Lives by Chris Goode
North Wall Oxford. directed by Jon Spooner
2007
Video Designer
Der Ring Des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
Royal Opera House. dir Keith Warner
Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts and Maureen Chadwick
Big Broad Productions. Garrick Theatre, West End. dir Maggie Norris
How many Miles to Basra by Colin Teevan (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Bollywood Jane by Amanda Whittington
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nikolai Foster
Don Quixote (World Premiere)
by Cervantes adapted by Pablo Ley and Colin Teevan
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Teatro Madrid . dir Josep Galindo
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Sound Designer
Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts and Maureen Chadwick (Sound FX design)
Big Broad Productions. Garrick Theatre West End. dir Maggie Norris
Hound of the Baskervilles (World Premiere)
by Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Steve Canny and Peepolykus.
Peepolykus. UK Tour. Duchess Theatre West End
How many Miles to Basra by Colin Teevan (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Bollywood Jane by Amanda Whittington
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Nikolai Foster
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
2006
Video Designer
Scuffer by Mark Catley (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Alex Chisholm
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, musical adapted by John Wells and Carl Davis
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. dir Ian Brown
Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts and Maureen Chadwick (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Maggie Norris
Sound Designer
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Tricycle Theatre, Criterion Theatre West End (Ran for 9 years) dir Maria Aitken
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, musical adapted by John Wells and Carl Davis
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. dir Ian Brown
Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts and Maureen Chadwick (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Maggie Norris
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, adapted by Christopher Sergel
Centreline Productions. UK Tour dir Michael Buffong
Savages by Christopher Hampton
National Youth Theatre. The Royal Court. dir Edward Kemp
2005
Video Designer
Ying Tong by Roy Smiles (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Ambassadors Theatre West End. dir Michael Kingsbury
Die Walkure by Richard Wagner
Royal Opera House. dir Keith Warner
Dracula by Bram Stoker adapted by Bryony Lavery (World Premiere)
Centreline Productions. UK Tour dir Rachel Kavanaugh
Three Thousand Troubled Threads by Chiew Siah Tei (World Premiere)
Stellar Quines, Edinburgh International Festival dir Muriel Romanes
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, musical adapted by John Wells and Carl Davis
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir Ian Brown
Two Tracks and Text Me by Sol B River. (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Joe Williams
Sound Designer
Ying Tong by Roy Smiles (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Ambassadors Theatre West End. dir Michael Kingsbury
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
West Yorkshire Playhouse, UK Tour. dir Fiona Buffini
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain adapted by Andrew Rattenbury
Playhouse Theatre West End. dir Lucy Bailey
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, musical adapted by John Wells and Carl Davis
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir Ian Brown
Jerusalem by Simon Armitage (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir John Tiffany
2004
Video Designer
Solid Gold Cadillac by Teichmann and Kaufman
Garrick Theatre West End dir Ian Brown
Crap Dad by Mark Catley (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Gail McIntyre
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
Royal Opera House. dir Keith Warner
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
Sound Designer
Solid Gold Cadillac by Teichmann and Kaufman
Garrick Theatre West End dir Ian Brown
Vodou Nation by Brett Bailey and Richard Morse (World Premiere)
UK Arts. UK Tour dir Brett Bailey
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (World Premiere)
by George Orwell adapted by Pablo Ley and Allen Baker
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Northern Stage, Barcelona and Paris. dir Josep Galindo
Beauty And The Beast by Laurence Boswell
RSC. dir by Laurence Boswell
Electricity by Murray Gold (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir Ian Brown
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis, Adrian Mitchell, Shaun Davey
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Ian Brown
TV Concert Graphics
Lesley Garrett and Friends
BBC. dir Rhodri Huw
2003
Video Designer
Siegfried by Richard Wagner
New National Theatre Tokyo. dir Keith Warner
Il Tabarro by Puccini
Welsh National Opera (Small venues Welsh tour)
Wizard of Oz by Frank L Baum
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
The Wooden Frock by Emma Rice and Tom Morris (World Premiere)
Kneehigh. UK Tour. dir Emma Rice
Sound Designer
Pretending To Be Me by Tom Courtney
Comedy Theatre West End dir Ian Brown
Brand by Henrik Ibsen
Stanhope Productions. RSC.
Swan Theatre. Haymarket Theatre West End. dir Adrian Noble
My Dad’s Corner Shop by Ray Grewal (World Premiere)
Derby Playhouse. dir Stephen Edwards
Beauty And The Beast by Laurence Boswell (World Premiere)
RSC dir by Laurence Boswell
Blues in the Night
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Geraldine Connor
2002
Video Designer
Die Walkure by Richard Wagner
New National Theatre Tokyo. dir Keith Warner
Singin In The Rain by Betty Comden, Adolph Freed, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
David Ian Productions. UK tour .dir Jude Kelly
Johnson Over Jordan by J B Priestley
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
Sound Designer
The Late Shakespeare Plays
The Winter’s Tale dir Matthew Warchus
The Tempest dir Michael Boyd
Pericles dir Adrian Noble
RSC. The Roundhouse London and Stratford
Paco Pena Voces y Ecos by Paco Pena
Peacock Theatre. dir Jude Kelly
Carnival Messiah by Geraldine Connor (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Geraldine Connor
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
West Yorkshire Playhouse, dir Ian Brown
Pretending To Be Me by Tom Courtney (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse, dir Ian Brown
2001
Video Designer
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
New National Theatre Tokyo. dir Keith Warner
Il Travatore by Verdi
English National Opera dir Nicholas Payne
Dangerous Corner by J B Priestley
Bill Kenwright. Garrick Theatre West End. dir Laurie Sansom
Smoking With Lulu by Janet Munsil
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Soho Theatre. dir David Giles
Sound Designer
Naked Justice by John Mortimer (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. UK Tour. dir Christopher Morahan
Hijra by Ash Kotak (World Premiere)
Bush Theatre dir Ian Brown
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
Aldwych Theatre West End. UK Tour. dir Thea Sharrock
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
RSC. dir Lindsay Posner
Dead Funny by Terry Johnson
Nottingham Playhouse dir Topher Campbell
Dangerous Corner by J B Priestley
Bill Kenwright. Garrick Theatre West End. dir Laurie Sansom
Smoking With Lulu by Janet Munsil
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Soho Theatre. dir David Giles
TV Sound Design
How Wide is Your Sky
Channel 4
2000
Video Designer
Singin In The Rain by Betty Comden, Adolph Freed, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed
West Yorkshire Playhouse. National Theatre dir Jude Kelly
Rinaldo by Handel
Grange Park Opera dir David Fielding
The Turk In Italy by Rossini
English National Opera dir David Fielding
Sound Designer
Shockheaded Peter Martyn Jaques, The Tiger Lillies
Cultural Industry. Victory Theatre off-Broadway NYC. dir Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
The Seagull by Anton Checkhov
RSC. Swan Theatre, UK Tour dir Adrian Noble
The Rivals by R B Sheridan
RSC. Swan Theatre. dir Lindsay Posner
Victoria by David Grieg (World Premiere)
RSC. Pit. dir Ian Brown
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
RSC. dir Michael Boyd
Another Country by Julian Mitchell
Arts Theatre West End. dir Stephen Henry
The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
Off-Broadway Promenade Theater New York. dir Matthew Warchus
1999
Sound Designer
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
Los Angeles. dir Matthew Warchus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
RSC Stratford and London. BAM New York. dir Michael Boyd
1998
Sound Designer
Shockheaded Peter by Martyn Jaques, The Tiger Lillies (World Premiere)
Cultural Industry. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith and World Tour.
dir Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
You’ll Have Had Your Hole by Irvine Welsh (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Astoria Theatre London. dir Ian Brown
Afore Night Come by David Rudkin
Theatr Clwyd Mold. dir Dominic Cooke
Trackers of Oxyrynchus by Tony Harrison. Music by Stephen Edwards
Northern Broadsides. West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Barrie Rutter
The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
RSC Pit. Duchess Theatre West End. dir Matthew Warchus
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Out of Joint. Young Vic and UK Tour. dir Max Stafford Clark
Spend! Spend! Spend! (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse dir Steve Brown and Justine Green
The Ian Mckellen Company Season.
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov dir Jude Kelly
Present Laughter by Noel Coward dir Malcolm Sutherland
The Tempest by William Shakespeare dir Jude Kelly
Courtyard Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse
1997
Sound Designer
Goliath by Bryony Lavery, Bea Campbell (World Premiere)
Sphinx Theatre Company. UK Tour. dir Annie Castledine
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
Produced by David Pugh & Sean Connery. Royale Theater Broadway. dir Matthew Warchus
1996
Sound Designer
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Phelim McDermott
Foe by J M Coetzee adapted by Mark Wheatley (World Premiere)
Complicite. West Yorkshire Playhouse, Young Vic, UK Tour dir Annie Castledine.
When We Are Married by J B Priestley
Chichester Festival Theatre and Savoy Theatre West End. dir Jude Kelly
Art by Yasmina Reza (Translated by Christopher Hampton)
Produced by David Pugh & Sean Connery. Wyndham’s Theatre. dir Matthew Warchus
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
1995
Sound Designer
Road by Jim Cartwright
Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester. dir Jim Cartwright
Winter Guest by Sharman McDonald (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse.Almeida Theatre London. dir Alan Rickman
Getting On by Alan Bennett
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Prunella Scales
A Call in the Night by Bernard Kops (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
King Lear by William Shakespeare
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Hackney Empire. dir Jude Kelly
The Beatification of Area Boy by Wole Soyinka
West Yorkshire Playhouse and World Tour. dir Jude Kelly
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
1994
Sound Designer
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (World Premiere)
adapted by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Phelim McDermott
Two by Jim Cartwright
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Cathy Denford
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
1993
Sound Designer
The Plough and the Stars by Sean O’Casey
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. dir Jude Kelly
A Passionate woman by Kay Mellor (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir David Liddiment
The Servant of Two Masters by Goldoni
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Goldoni Theatre Venice, dir Phelim McDermott
1992
Sound Designer
The Gulf Between Us by Trevor Griffiths (World Premiere)
The Building Company. West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Trevor Griffiths
The Revengers Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
Life is a Dream by Calderon
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
The Wicked Old Man by John McGrath (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
Kvetch by Steven Berkoff
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Vicky Featherstone
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
Fiddler on the Roof by Bock, Harnick & Stein
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Matthew Warchus
1991
Sound Designer
What Every Woman Knows by J M Barrie
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Annie Castledine
The Pope and The Witch by Dario Fo
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Comedy Theatre West End. dir Jude Kelly
Getting Attention by Martin Crimp (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. dir Jude Kelly
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
National Youth Theatre. Bloomsbury Theatre. dir Matthew Warchus
Savages by Christopher Hampton
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
Pratt of the Argus by David Nobbs, adapted by Michael Birch (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse. dir Jude Kelly
Blitz! by Lionel Bart
Northern Stage Company. Tyne Theatre. dir Ed Wilson
1990
Sound Designer
Wild Oats by John O’Keeffe
West Yorkshire Playhouse (Opening Production). dir Jude Kelly
The Maple Tree Game by Pavel Kohout
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir John Harrison
Sunsets and Glories by Peter Barnes (World Premiere)
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir Stuart Burge
Second to Last in the Sack Race by David Nobbs, (World Premiere)
adapted by Michael Birch
West Yorkshire Playhouse . dir Jude Kelly
Blitz! by Lionel Bart
National Youth Theatre. Playhouse Theatre West End. dir Ed Wilson
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
National Youth Theatre. Tramway Glasgow. dir Matthew Warchus
1989
Sound Designer
Murder in the Cathedral by T S Elliott, Music by Geoffrey Burgon
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Moscow Arts Theatre USSR. dir Ed Wilson
The American Clock by Arthur Miller
Tyne Theatre Company dir Andrew McKinnon
1988
Sound Designer
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
Tyne Theatre Company. dir Ken Hill
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
Oxford Playhouse Company.
National Tour dir John Blackmore
1986
Television Sound Recording Supervisor.
Voices and Light Footsteps choreographed by Richard Alson
RM Arts. Danish Ballet
1985
Television Sound Recording supervisor
Wildlife
and Sergeant Earlys Dream by Rambert Dance Company
RM Arts.
Sound Designer
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. dir Griff Rhys Jones
1982
Sound Designer
Nightingale by Charles Strouse
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith dir. Peter James.
1981
Sound Designer
Tibetan Inroads by Stephen Lowe (World Premiere)
Royal Court Theatre. dir. William Gaskill
Restoration by Edward Bond, Music by Nick Bicat. (World Premiere)
Royal Court Theatre. dir. Edward Bond
Glasshouses (AKA Moving Pictures) by Stephen Lowe (World Premiere)
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. dir. Annie Castledine
Faith Healer by Brian Friel
Royal Court Theatre. dir. Christopher Fettes
Touched by Stephen Lowe (World Premiere)
Royal Court Theatre. dir. William Gaskill
1980
Sound Designer
The Ice Chimney by Barry Collins (World Premiere)
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh. dir. John Chapman
Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith & Fortune Theatre West End dir. Christopher Fettes
Make or Break by Michael Frayn (World Premiere)
Travelling North by David Williamson
The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, dir. Michael Blakemore
Summer with Monika by Roger McGough (World Premiere)
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. dir. Mel Smith, designer Peter Blake.
1979
Sound Designer
You Never Can Tell
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, dir. David Giles
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