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CURRENT PROJECTS

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The Rats in the Walls

A retelling of the H. P. Lovecraft story about a descent from idealism to madness, now in the shadow of the Vietnam War.

Three cards, all with question marks. One head, one dagger and one room
It's Not Cluedo!
Comedy gameshow developed with the Rotunda Theatre. Choose your own suspects, weapons and locations.
Map of the English and Scottish Borders in Reiver days.
Endgame
A follow-on to The Reiver Trilogy by Steve Byron. It is 1603 and King James is clamping down on the Reiver clans. Can John Croser talk his way out of the gallows?
Silhouette of ballerina in window
Doctor Coppelius

Brand new writing for 2024. The tragic villain from Léo Delibes's Coppelia tells his side of the story.

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Durham Fringe

From 2021, I've been running the tech and looking after acts at the City Theatre during Durham Fringe week.

PAST PROJECTS

Heather Carroll as Lucy
Ask Me Anything

Online monologue written for Elysium Theatre's Covid-19 Monologues season, in a cautionary tale of tribalism.

Howard and Mimi flyer, using the eyes of a dog and cat as letters.
Howard and Mimi

I brought to Durham Fringe Caroline Gold's wonderful play where Nick and Jane move in together - which means dog Howard and cat Mimi also move in together.

Painting of gandalf
Waiting for Gandalf

Adrian Marks's solo play where I played the role of Kevin Brook, which I did for over five years, got me noticed on the fringe circuit, and got my first professional commission.

Musical notation covered in blood
Directing for Durham Dramatic Society

Between 2013 and 2018, I directed five full-length plays for Durham Dramatic Society.

Old movie title card saying "The Gentleman of Russell Square"
The Gentleman of Russell Square

A silent movie on stage. WIP showcase for a Gala Theatre scratch night.

Grainy black and white picture of stockings and suspenders
A Nasty Little Play

I produced Alan Godfrey's play for Buxton, set in the smut and depravity of a 1950s sex shop.

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The First Sign of Madness

My first play I took on the fringe circuit.

PAST SOUND DESIGN

Danny Solomon as Macbeth and Hannah Ellis Ryan as Lady Macbeth, modern civil war era
Macbeth

Part of Durham Shakespeare festival in the summer of 2023.

Ewen Cummins and Daniel Poyzer holding fists in the air
The Island
The third of Elysium Theatre's Athol Fugard productions, set on the notorious island where Nelson Mandela was held.
Hannah Ellis Ryan as Nora
A Doll's House
Sound design for Elysium Theatre, September 2022, and my first sound plot played in the main house of a large theatre.
Drawing of people queuing outside a fish and chip shop
Haddock and Chips
Sound design for Carol Wears Productions, October 2021
Danny Solomon and Hannah Ellis Ryan as the Schmidt siblings
Hello and Goodbye
Elysium Theatre's second Athol Fugard play, first created for online streaming and later transferred to live performances.
Danny Solomon as Gideon and Faz Singhateh as Martinus
Playland
Elysium Theatre's first Athol Fugard play, and my first real opportunity to really make a mark with the sound.
Hannah Ellis Ryan's face faded into water
The River
One of Jez Butterworth's best know plays, and the beginning of my association with Elysium Theatre.