2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | Pre 2009 | TEACHING / EDUCATION | SOUND ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL | OTHER
SOUND DESIGN
2018
Double Vision R&D | GaggleBabble / Wales Millenium Centre | Dir.: Matthew Blake
All Of Me R&D | Caroline Horton | Director: Alex Swift
Misty | Bush Theatre | Director: Omar Elerian
Mountains: The Dreams Of Lily Kwok | Royal Exchange | Director: Jennifer Tang
2017
Years of Sunlight | Theatre 503 | Director: Amelia Sears
Julius Caesar | Guildford Shakespeare Company | Director: Gemma Fairlie
The Bear/ The Proposal | Young Vic | Director: Lucy J Skilbeck
The Vacuum Cleaner Project | One Tenth Human | Director: Sarah Punshon
Boat | Company 3 / BAC | Director: Ned Glasier
The Lounge** | Soho Theatre | Director: Ben Lewis
HIR | Bush Theatre | Director: Nadia Fall
Mountains R&D | New Diorama | Director: Jennifer Tang
How I Hacked My Way Into Space | Unlimited Theatre | Director: Jon Spooner
Pixel Dust | Metta Theatre | Director: Poppy Burton Morgan
Wondr | Metta Theatre | Director: Amanda Huxtable
Natural Quarantines R&D | Analogue | Director: Liam Jarvis
The Caretaker | Bristol Old Vic / Royal And Derngate | Director: Chris Haydon
Bauble** | Inspector Sands | Director: Giulia Innocenti
The Suicide | Arts Ed | Director: Alex Thorpe
A Million Tiny Glitches R&D | Sleepdogs | Director: Tanuja Amarasuriya / Timothy X Atack
2016
Thebes Land | Arcola Theatre | Director: Daniel Goldman
I Call My Brothers | Gate Theatre | Director: Tinuke Craig
Level Playing | Theatre Centre | Director: Amelia Sears
Layla’s Room | Theatre Centre| Director: Natalie Wilson
The Man Who Would Be King | Dawn State Theatre| Director: Daniel Coleman
Sleepless | Analogue / Staatstheater Mainz, Germany| Director: Hannah Barker
Patrias | Sadlers Wells | Director: Paco Peña / Jude Kelly
The Lounge **| Summer Hall | Director: Lu Kemp
The Iphigenia Quartet | Gate Theatre| Director: Chris Haydon / Elayce Ismael / Jennifer Tang / Rebecca Hill
We’re Stuck | Shoreditch Town Hall and Touring| Director: Sarah Punshon
Have Your Circumstances Changed?| ArtAngel – Online Film| Director: Lu Kemp
2015
Astro Science Challenge | Unlimited Theatre – Online Episodes | Dir: Jon Spooner
Brainstorm | BBC4 and iPlayer Live at Television Centre | Dir: Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
The Grandfathers | Mountview | Director: Katie Henry
Prince Of Denmark | Mountview | Director: Audrey Sheffield
Ant Street | Arcola Theatre | Director: Amelia Sears
For The Little People | Caroline Horton / Latitude Festival | Director: Omar Elerian
The Christians | Gate Theatre / Traverse Theatre| Director: Christopher Haydon
You Have Been Upgraded | Unlimited / Science Museum | Director: Jon Spooner
Have Your Circumstances Changed?| ArtAngel – Performance Installation| Director: Lu Kemp
Duchamps Urinal| BBC Radio 4 | Director: Lu Kemp – Recordist / Designer / Editor
StoryLab | Tricycle Theatre | Director: Emily Lim
Brainstorm | National Theatre / Company Three | Director: Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
Islands | Bush Theatre | Director: Omar Elerian
2014
The Meet Cute| BBC Radio 4 | Director: Lu Kemp – Recordist / Designer / Editor
Soechon Odyssey** | HiSeoul Festival, Korea | Director: Ben Lewis
Patrias | Edinburgh International Festival | Director: Paco Peña / Jude Kelly
Better Than Life | Coney | Director: Annette Mees
Macbeth Digital | China Plate| Director: Paul Warwick
The Muddy Choir | Theatre Centre | Director: Natalie Wilson
Yes, These Eyes Are The Windows | Art Angel | Audio Installation | Lead Artist: Saskia Olde Wolbers
Rock Pool** | Inspector Sands | Director: Lucinka Eisler
The Girl’s Guide To Saving The World | HighTide Festival | Director: Amelia Sears
The Kilburn Passion | Tricycle Theatre | Director: Emily Lim
The Wardrobe | Tricycle Theatre / NT Connections | Director: Emily Lim
What The Thunder Said | Theatre Centre | Director: Amelia Sears
Not Now Bernard | Unicorn Theatre and Touring | Director: Ellen McDougall
Macbeth: Blood Will Have Blood | Touring – China Plate | Director: Paul Warwick
2013
Sue: The Second Coming | Dafydd James | Director: Ben Lewis – Sound Designer /Percussion / Keys / Guitar / Musical Arrangements
Pim & Theo | NIE / Odsherred Teater, Denmark | Director: Alex Byrne
The Planet And Stuff | Polka Theatre | Writers: Joel Horwood, Lucy Kerbel, Simon Daw | Director: Lucy Kerbel
Undiscovered** | Inspector Sands | Director: Ben Lewis
87 Hackford Road R&D | Artangel | Visual Artist: Saskia Oldewolbers
A High Street Odyssey** | Inspector Sands | Director: Ben Lewis
Flashes | Young Vic | Director: Amelia Sears
Macbeth: Blood Will Have Blood | China Plate | Director: Paul Warwick
2012
Arabian Nights | Tricycle Theatre | Director: Lu Kemp
Cooking Ghosts | Beady Eye Theatre | Director: Kristin Fredricksson
Mass Observation** | Almeida Theatre | Director: Lu Kemp
Quimeras | Sadlers Wells / UK Tour | Director: Jude Kelly
White Noise R&D | Birmingham MAC | Director: Sarah Thom
Brimstone & Treacle | Arcola Theatre | Director: Amelia Sears
The Littlest Quirky | Theatre Centre | Director: Gemma Fairlie
The Kreutzer Sonata | Gate Theatre | Director: Natalie Abrahami – Associate
2011
Twelve Years | BBC Radio 4 Drama | Writer: Alex Wood – Recordist / Designer / Editor
Macbeth: The Abuse of Power| R&D China Plate Theatre, WAC | Director: Paul Warwick
Polar Molar | MacRobert Arts Centre | Director: Lu Kemp
The Village Social | National Theatre Wales | Director: Ben Lewis – Designer /Percussion / Keys / Guitar / Musical Arrangements
Mass Observation R&D** | National Theatre Studios | Director: Lu Kemp
3rd Ring Out | Metis Arts Edinburgh Festival | Director: Zoe Svendsen – Associate
If That’s All There Is** | Pleasance,Edinburgh | Director:Inspector Sands – Associate / Resound
Bette & Joan: The Final Curtain | Foursight Theatre | Director: Becs McCutcheon
3rd Ring Out | Metis Arts UK Tour | Director: Zoe Svendsen – Associate
A Mini Mass Observation Project** | South Bank Centre | Director: Inspector Sands
A Life In 22 Minutes** | Inspector Sands | Director: Lucinka Eisler
One Night In Iran | Oran Mor | Director: Lu Kemp
2010
Hysteria/ If That’s All There Is** | 59 E 59, New York | Director: Inspector Sands – Associate /Resound
Love And Money |ArtsEd, London | Director: Gemma Fairlie
The Talented Mr Ripley | Royal & Derngate, Northampton | Director: Raz Shaw – Associate
Quimeras | EIF, Playhouse | Director: Jude Kelly
Mass Observation** | EIF | Director: Lu Kemp/ Inspector Sands
13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo | RSC | Director: Lu Kemp
Facebox | National Theatre of Scotland | Director: Ben Lewis
Gambling | Soho Theatre, London | Director: Raz Shaw
Knives In Hens | Arcola Theatre, London | Director: Serdar Billis
2009
Flamenco Sin Fronteras R&D Sadlers Wells Theatre | Director: Jude Kelly
Aspidistras | Edinburgh Festival | Director: Maria Hodson, Gez Coyne
My Name Is Sue | Edinburgh Festival, Soho Theatre and UK tour | Director: Ben Lewis – Musician and Musical Arrangement
The House of Yes | Birmingham School of Acting | Director: Iain Davie
Under Milk Wood | Royal&Derngate | Director: Adele Thomas
Unbroken | Gate Theatre | Director: Natalie Abrahami
If That’s All There Is** | Lyric Theatre, London; BAC, London; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Director: Inspector Sands – Associate
Pre 2009
Plasticine | Southwark Playhouse | Director: Natalie Abrahami Aug 2008
The Internationalist | Gate Theatre | Director: Natalie Abrahami April 2008 – Assistant
Punch and Judy Redux | Dissentertainment | Director: Max Dana August 2007
Fish Story | People Can Run | Director: Robert Evans August 2006
Final Year Radio Plays | Central School of Speech and Drama | Director: Various June 2008 – Assistant
TEACHING / EDUCATION
Devised Theatre and Sound Design | Young Vic – October 2017
Mentoring in Sound Design for Devising, Wuthering Heights by Inspector Sands | Central School of Speech and Drama – January 2016
Workshop Leader, workshop in Sound Design for Theatre, Young Vic, London | Young Vic Participations Projects – October 2013
Course tutor, workshop in Sound Design for Performance, Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London | BA (Hons) Performance Design and Practice – October 2010
Mentoring in Sound Design and Music | Women’s Arts Association, Cardiff – Aug-Nov 2010
SOUND ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL
The Singing Bones | Devil’s Violin Company | Barbican Theatre Sound Engineer 2010
3rd Ring out | Metis Arts |Director: Zoe Svendsen Sound Installation 2010
Paco Peña Ensemble Concert | St John’s Smith Square Sound Engineer 2010
Dalston Songs | Helen Chadwick |Royal Opera House Linbury |Director: Helen Chadwick / Steven Hoggett Sound Programmer 2008/10
Festival of Firsts | Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre Sound Engineer 2006/ 2009
Voices Across The World Festival | Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre Sound Engineer 2008
Hysteria** | Inspector Sands | Tours UK, China, Armenia | Director: Inspector Sands with Joseph Alford Sound Programmer/ Engineer 2007-2008
Snagged and Clored | Royal Opera House Clore Studio Theatre Sound Engineer 2004/5
Various shows | Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre Sound Engineer 2004 – 2008
OTHER
Technical Manager for the Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, including international touring to Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, USA, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Bahrain, Lebanon, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and many European countries, and visiting venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Royal Festival Hall and Sadlers Wells in London.
Extensive technical work in theatres such as London’s Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre and Peacock Theatre.
*Soñarus – from the Spanish ‘soñar’ (to dream) and the Welsh ‘soniarus’ (melodious) – is a company formed by sound designer Elena Peña and composer Dafydd James. Together they bring their own expertise to theatrical sound design, whilst ensuring that what is created is always the result of a playful collaboration.
**Inspector Sands – Associate artist with Inspector Sands Theatre Company