Sound Designs by Gareth Fry - 2020
Bridge Theatre - A Christmas Carol
Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Music by Grant Olding.
The Magic Flute - Directed by Simon McBurney and Josie Daxter - Basel
This opera which originated in Amsterdam and features a live Foley artist onstage, opened briefly in Basel before another Coronavirus lockdown cancelled/postponed most of the performances. Associate sound design by Mathieu Maurice.
Scott Silven’s The Journey
I created the sound design for this innovative live-streamed show using cutting edge audience interaction.
Bridge Theatre - Talking Heads, Beat The Devil and Quarter Life Crisis
After the 2020’s UK lockdown #1 finished, the Bridge Theatre re-configured itself into a socially distanced auditorium. I sound designed Alan Bennet’s monologues from Talking Heads, a new play by David Hare, and Quarter Life Crisis
Beat The Devil, performed by Ralph Fiennes, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Playing Sandwiches, performed by Lucian Msamati, directed by Jeremy Herrin
Lady of Letters, performed by Imelda Staunton, directed by Jonathan Kent
Nights in the Garden of Spain Performed by Tamsin Greig, directed by Marianne Elliott
Miss Fozzard Finds her Feet, performed by Maxine Peake, directed by Sarah Frankcom
The Outside Dog, performed by Rochenda Sandall, directed by Nadia Fall
The Hand of God, performed by Kristin Scott Thomas, directed by Jonathan Kent
The Shrine, performed by Monica Dolan, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bed Among the Lentils, performed by Lesley Manville, directed by Nicholas Hytner
Quarter Life Crisis, written & performed by Yolanda Mercy, directed by Jade Lewis
Typical
Soho On Demand
This 1 hour special was filmed in August 2020 in response to the death of George Floyd, telling the story of Black British ex-serviceman Christopher Alder who died in police custody. It stars Richard Blackwood and is directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour. It was based on the one-man stage play which featured sound design by Duramaney Kamara. I created additional sound design for this version, worked as sound recordist, and edited and mixed the film.
Devising Strategies workshop for Central School of Speech and Drama
I ran a 3 hour course for the sound students on the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama theatre sound course, focusing on Devising Strategies, looking at how to create material for devised theatre, from optimal workflows to using limitations to stimulate creativity.
All Kinds of Limbo - Sundance Film Festival and Tate Modern
We created a new iteration of All Kinds of Limbo, which opened last year at the National Theatre, to play at the Sundance Film Festival, and then at the Tate Modern,
unReal City - DreamThinkSpeak and Access All Areas
unReal City blends intimate live performance with virtual and mixed reality, using Oculus Quest, Unity and Oculus Spatialisation, alongside QLab and a multi-channel speaker system.
Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind
We opened the first non-English production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the incredible Mehr! Theatre in Hamburg
