Portfolio - 2021
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Soho Theatre 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.
The Language of Kindness
Wayward Productions.
Based on the book by Christie Watson, adapted and directed by Sasha Milavic Davies and James Yeatman
“an immersive sound design by Gareth Fry:” The Stage
“Gareth Fry’s sound design is as phenomenal as ever, both nurturing the play while also driving the narrative on where needed.” London Theatre 1
“Sound design by Gareth Fry was truly the star of the show. Fry creates a deep, omnipresent and overwhelming (in all the right ways) soundscape which perfectly underscores the drama and heightens the already high stakes of hospital life.” Pocket Size Theatre
Birmingham Sea Life Centre
I created additional sound effects for an upgrade to the Birmingham Sea Life centre.
Layer
Audio drama for ETT podcast series “That Podcast”
Written by Ella Hickson. Directed by Sacha Wares.
Available to listen to here.
Psychodrama
Never For Ever, Camden. Directed by Matt Wilkinson. Starring Emily Bruni.
“it is enhanced by a glorious soundscape by Gareth Fry” London Theatre
“a terrific wall of sound devised by Gareth Fry” ReviewsGate
“Gareth Fry’s sound scape is perfect” Theatre Vibe
Alice in Wonderland
V&A Museum
I created the sound design for this major new exhibition by the V&A exploring Alice in Wonderland: its origins, adaptations and reinventions over 157 years.
Facebook Portal
I created sounds for the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child AR experience on the Facebook Portal device
Glastonbury Weekender
V&A Museum
I created the soundtrack for a film made by Palma Studios, celebrating the Glastonbury Festival, screened over the weekend of what would’ve been the festival dates in 2021.
Bach & Sons
Bridge Theatre
Directed by Nick Hytner. written by Nina Raine. Music supervised by George Fenton.
Bedknobs & Broomsticks
UK tour
With original songs by the Sherman Brothers, new music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill, directed by Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison.
Leopards
Rose Theatre
Written by Alys Metcalf. Directed by Chris Haydon.
Museum of Austerity
A mixed reality exhibition that records personal stories of disabled benefit claimants who died between 2010-2020. Combining verbal testimony, original music and ground-breaking volumetric capture, this exhibition invites audiences to contemplate close-up the human impact of austerity. Co-produced by English Touring Theatre, the National Theatre Storytelling Studio and Trial & Error, this powerful installation combines the skills of theatre/XR director Sacha Wares with the in-depth knowledge of John Pring, editor of Disability News Service.
Previewed at the London Film Festival and IDFA DocLab
*** Winner of IDFA DocLab award for Immersive Non-Fiction ***
Adult Children
Set during lockdown, and staged in a scanned replica of the Donmar Warehouse theatre auditorium, this poignant short 360 film invites us to explore the ways in which our actions are tangentially connected even when we are apart. Adult Children is a unique collaboration between leading theatre artists and groundbreaking XR creatives. Combining their talents, playwright Ella Hickson, XR/theatre director Sacha Wares and digital innovators ScanLAB Projects have created a new form of 360 theatre that explores the psychogeography of solitude, probes the nuances of social responsibility and evokes the feelings of loss that characterise the COVID-19 era for us all.
Premiered at the London Film Festival
”Gareth Fry’s spatial sound design is remarkable” Whatsonstage
World Expo 2020
I created sound designs, with Richard Bell, for Bild Studios epic video projections in the Al Wasl Plaza in Dubai for the World Expo 2020 (which opened in 2021 due to Covid).
Shifts
** winner of an Audio Production 2021 award **
Shifts is available to listen to on BBC Sounds here.
In Shifts, we hear from a paramedic, several ICU nurses, a mental health nurse, a retired matron and a perfusionist. They were interviewed during lockdown on Zoom calls, on mobile phones and in gardens with microphones on long poles. They were asked about their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we heard how it had changed them and shifted their ideas about nursing and frontline healthcare.
In response, writer Stephanie Jacob listened to these interviews and wrote the poetry sequence Shifts. The healthcare workers themselves read some of the poems along with actors Caroline Catz, Anni Domingo and Siobhan McSweeney. Extracts from the original interviews are featured throughout the programme. The soundscape is designed by award-winning designer Gareth Fry and features music by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry.
Secret Cinema presents Ghostbusters: Gates of Gozer
I created multiple design elements for this virtual live experience, ranging from UI effects, cinematic, live interactive sequences and 3D binaural effects.
Style in Revolt exhibition at SKP / T-10 Beijing
I sound designed this exhibition for Kennedy Studio, working with Creative Technology
Workshops
for Complicite, Glad Theatre, Birkbeck, StoryFutures, Mountview, NSDF