Current / Recent projects:
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child- Palace Theatre (West End), Lyric Theatre (Broadway), Princess Theatre (Melbourne). Director: John Tiffany. Music by Imogen Heap. 2017 Olivier Award for Best Sound Design. 2018 Tony Award for Best Sound Design.
The Encounter - Complicité, with Pete Malkin. Director: Simon McBurney. Winner of Special Tony Award for Sound Design, as well as Drama Desk, Helpmann and Evening Standard Awards for sound design.
The Barber Shop Chronicles- National Theatre and USA tour. Director: Bijan Sheibani.
Omay, Between The Ears- BBC Radio 3. Produced by David Waters. Listen here (with headphones)
The Discovery Adventures- Land Rover / Cecilia. A 7-part family drama podcast, recorded binaurally. Listen here (with headphones)
Hear Their There Here- iPhone/Android app-based sound-walk around Brooklyn Bridge Park. Director: Geoff Sobelle
Draw Me Close- VR experience for the NT's Immersive storytelling studio, selected for Tribeca and Venice Film Festivals
Fraulein Julie- Schaubuhne, Berlin. Directed by Katie Mitchell.
The Cat in the Hat - MTI / National Theatre. Directed by Katie Mitchell
Gareth Fry is a multi award winning sound designer, best known for his cutting-edge work in theatre, and his collaborations with many leading UK theatre directors and companies. He has also designed events and exhibitions, from the V&A’s landmark David Bowie Is exhibition, to being asked by Danny Boyle to design the sound effects for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. He is a founder and ex-chair of the Association of Sound Designers, which supports those in, and trying to enter, the UK theatre sound industry. He is an expert in using binaural sound, as used in Complicité's The Encounter, for which he has won multiple awards. He is the only sound designer to have won three Olivier Awards for his work; and the only sound designer to have won two Tony Awards.
Pete Malkin and I won Australia's Helpmann Award for best sound design for The Encounter. This has been an amazing year for us for our work on The Encounter, winning an Evening Standard Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Tony Award and now a Helpmann.
