Parade Nominated for Manchester Theatre Awards
I just wanted to share the fantastic news with you all that PARADE has been nominated for BEST MUSICAL in THE MANCHESTER THEATRE AWARDS. The unique space at the new theatre Hope Mill was home to the production and I had the exciting opportunity to work with James Baker again as Director and built a new […]
Let the sun shine in.
Its been a surprisingly busy few weeks for me following on from a summer of outdoor events, some theatrical but most more rock and roll to be honest. I always look forward the summer around around spring time when I can’t wait to get out side however usually around mid July I remember that the […]
The Lowry Scores 100%
I was so pleased when the head of theatre operations over at the Lowry asked me to design exciting new project as part of their week 53 festival. Less of a theatre performance and more a piece of interactive community work, the project pioneered by Rimini Protokoll take 100 people from around the city. The […]
It’s all peachy in Greenwich
After a few weeks at home during March its great to be getting back into designing a theatre show. This week I have been down at Greenwich Theatre opening the International tour of James & The Giant Peach. This lovely little kids show with new music by a wonderful composer, Harry Sever is set to […]
Post opening week thoughts.
Wow what a few weeks its been working on this gritty but funny and touching play. End of the Rainbow has opened to some fantastic reviews, Lisa is doing a fabulous job in the role of Judy with a great supporting cast and the audience reaction has been great. Many commenting on the sound of […]
January Blues
After a well earned Christmas break, I had almost no time this year before getting right back into designing with my annual pantomime, for financial giant PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. Avenue Q has been getting ready to bring the house down in Cardiff and there was also a new exciting project, Peter Quilter’s End Of The […]
Come Into The Garden
I was thrilled to be asked back again to work with my friends at the BBC Philharmonic, this time on a different project, a poetry reading with music to be recited live and broadcast on BBC Radio. The concert took place to mark The Salford Institute for Dementia’s second year and was held at Peel […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
With Bonfire night already over, I’ve spent the last few weeks opening this years first Christmas show. Miracle on 34th St The Musical was brand new design for me and I was thrilled when Paul Taylor Mills asked me to get involved. Christmas is a big part of the end of my year, even more […]
Seussical International tour opens.
This week I have been in bridlington working for Sell a Door theatre company opening Seussical The Musical ahead of its International tour to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore. The project started back at the beginning of the year when I was asked if I was interested following the shows trip to Hong Kong. Its […]
Willemijn Verkaik’s sold out Westend Concert.
A few weeks back I had the absolute pleasure of designing the audio for a one night concert with Willemijn at the Ambassadors Theatre London. The Sold out event produced by Paul Taylor Mills took place over the top of the resident production Stomp.. Our load in and set up time was limited but all […]