Theatre

Theatre Biog

Recent work includes Player Kings (West End), Til The Stars Come Down (NT), Macbeth (Donmar Warehouse), Free Your Mind (Aviva Studios), Romeo and Juliet (Almeida), Medea (Soho Place), Diva (V&A), Jungle Book Reimagined (Akram Khan), On The Ropes (Park Theatre), A Christmas Carol, John Gabriel Borkman, Bach & Sons, Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, Beat The Devil (Bridge Theatre), Caucasian Chalk Circle (Rose Theatre), To The Streets (Birmingham 2022), Psychodrama (Traverse), Bedknobs & Broomsticks (UK tour), Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (London, New York, Melbourne, San Francisco, Hamburg, Toronto, Tokyo).

Other work includes The Encounter, The Master & Margarita, Shun-kin, Endgame (Complicité); The Language of Kindness (Wayward Productions), The Arrival (Bush Theatre), Still No Idea (Improbable); Invisible Cities (Manchester International Festival), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Apollo Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Noel Coward Theatre); Woyzeck (Old Vic); Let The Right One In, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland); CBeebies Thumbelina, Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol (BBC); Wings, The Cherry Orchard, Wild Swans, Hamlet (Young Vic); Boy (Almeida); The Barber Shop Chronicles, Othello, The Cat in the Hat, A Matter Of Life and Death, Attempts on Her Life, Waves (National Theatre, England); Road, B, Victory Condition (Royal Court); Othello (Frantic Assembly), John (DV8, National Theatre). Soundscape Design, Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. 

Gareth trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama in theatre design. He is the author of Sound Design for the Stage.

Awards include three Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, two Helpmann Awards and an Evening Standard award.

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2024

Til The Stars Come Down - Dorfman Theatre, NT. Directed by Bijan Sheibani.
Player Kings - UK tour & Noel Coward Theatre. Directed by Robert Icke.
Viola’s Room - Punchdrunk
Paranormal Activity - Leeds Playhouse. Directed by Felix Barrett.
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - US tour. Directed by John Tiffany.
Other projects still to be announced.

2023

On The Ropes - Park Theatre. Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
Othello - Frantic Assembly, Lyric Hammersmith. Directed by Scott Graham.
Medea - Soho Place. Directed by Dominic Cooke.
Romeo & Juliet - Almeida Theatre. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
Let The Right One In - Berkeley Rep. Directed by John Tiffany
The Magic Flute - New York Met Opera. Directed by Simon McBurney
Free Your Mind - Factory International, Manchester. Directed by Danny Boyle
Macbeth - Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Max Webster.

2022

Jungle Book Reimagined - Akram Khan. Written by Tariq Jordan, music composed by Jocelyn Pook
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - new productions in Toronto and Tokyo
Psychodrama - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Directed by Matt Wilkinson.
John Gabriel Borkman - Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nick Hytner.
Othello - Frantic Assembly, UK tour. Directed by Scott Graham.
Caucasian Chalk Circle - Rose Theatre. Directed by Chris Haydon.
Christmas Carol - Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nick Hytner.

2021

Typical - Soho Theatre. Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
The Language of Kindness - Wayward Productions. Based on the book by Christie Watson, adapted and directed by Sasha Milavic Davies and James Yeatman
Psychodrama - Never For Ever, Camden. Directed by Matt Wilkinson. Starring Emily Bruni
Bach & Sons - Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nick Hytner. Music 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. Directed by Chris Haydon.

2020

A Christmas Carol - Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Music by Grant Olding.
Beat The Devil - Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Music by George Fenton.
Playing Sandwiches - Directed by Jeremy Herrin
Lady of Letters. Directed by Jonathan Kent
Nights in the Garden of Spain - Directed by Marianne Elliott
Miss Fozzard Finds her Feet - Directed by Sarah Frankcom
The Outside Dog - Directed by Nadia Fall
The Hand of God - Directed by Jonathan Kent
The Shrine - Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bed Among the Lentils - Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Quarter Life Crisis - Directed by Jade Lewis
Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind - Hamburg. Directed by John Tiffany. Music by Imogen Heap.

2019

Alys, Always - Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Music by Grant Olding.
Barbershop Chronicles - UK tour and Camden Roundhouse. Directed by Bijan Sheibani. Music Director: Michael Henry
Invisible Cities - Manchester International Festival, Rambert, 59 Productions. Directed by Leo Warner. Choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Music composed by Dustin O’Halloran & Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie of A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Melbourne and San Francisco. Directed by John Tiffany. Music by Imogen Heap.
The Arrival - Bush Theatre. Directed by Bijan Sheibani.

2018

The Encounter - Complicite: Paris, Barbican, London, Antwerp, Berlin, Moscow. Directed by Simon McBurney and Kirsty Housley.
Barbershop Chronicles - US tour. Directed by Bijan Sheibani. Music Director: Michael Henry
Genesis Inc - Hampstead Theatre. Directed by Laurie Sansom. Music by Zara Nunn.
The One - Soho Theatre. Directed by Steve Marmion.
As You Like It - Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Directed by Max Webster. Music by Charlie Fink (Noah and the Whale)
Still No Idea - UK tour and Royal Court. Directed by Lee Simpson
CBeebies’ Thumbelina. BBC. Directed by Jon Spooner. Music by Banks & Wag.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Broadway Directed by John Tiffany. Music by Imogen Heap.

2017

Let The Right One In - National Theatre of Scotland. - US tour and Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Director: John Tiffany.
City of Glass - HOME, Manchester and Lyric Hammersmith. Directed by Leo Warner
The Encounter - Australia & New Zealand, into Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, San Francisco, USA. Directed by Simon McBurney and Kirsty Housley.
Woyzeck - Old Vic Theatre. Directed by Joe Murphy. Music by Isobel Waller-Bridger
Barbershop Chronicles at the National Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse. Directed by Bijan Sheibani. Music Director: Michael Henry
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Apollo Theatre. Directed by Benedict Andrew
Road - Royal Court Theatre. Directed by John Tiffany
Wings - Young Vic Theatre. Directed by Natalie Abrahami.
B - Royal Court Theatre. Directed by Sam Pritchard
Victory Condition - Royal Court Theatre. Directed by Vicky Featherstone
CBeebies The Snow Queen. BBC. Directed by Jon Spooner. Music by Banks & Wag.

2016

Let The Right One In - National Theatre of Scotland. - Korea. Director: John Tiffany.
Boy - Almeida Theatre. Directed by Sacha Wares.
The Encounter - Barbican, London, Golden Theatre, New York. Complicite. Directed by Simon McBurney and Kirsty Housley.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Palace Theatre, London. Directed by John Tiffany. Music by Imogen Heap.
CBeebies The Nutcracker. BBC. Directed by Jon Spooner. Music by Banks & Wag.
Peter and the Starcatcher. Royal Theatre, Northampton. Director: Luke Sheppard.

2015

Let The Right One In - National Theatre of Scotland. - New York. Director: John Tiffany.
Othello. Frantic Assembly, Lyric Hammersmith. Directors: Scott Graham & Stephen Hoggett.
How To Hold Your Breath. Royal Court Downstairs. Directed by Vicki Featherstone.
Game. Almeida Theatre. Directed by Sacha Wares.
The Hudsucker Proxy. Southampton Nuffield and Liverpool Playhouse. Directed by Simon Dormandy and Toby Sedgwick
The Merchant of Venice. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford. Directed by Polly Findlay. Music by Marc Tritschler
Fully Committed. Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Directed by Mark Setlock
The Encounter. Edinburgh International Festival and UK tour, for Complicite. Directed by Simon McBurney and Kirsty Housley.
Glass Menagerie. UK tour for Headlong. Directed by Ellen McDougall.
First Love Is The Revolution - Soho Theatre. Directed by Steve Marmiom
CBeebies Alice in Wonderland - BBC. Directed by Jon Spooner. Music by Banks & Wag.
A Christmas Carol. Noel Coward Theatre for Sonia Friedman Productions. Directed by Phelim McDermott.

2014

Wunschloses Unglück (A Sorrow Beyond Dreams) - Kasino Theatre, Vienna Burgtheater. Director: Katie Mitchell. Music by Paul Clark.
The One - Soho Theatre. Director: Steve Marmion.
Let The Right One In - Apollo Theatre. Director: John Tiffany. National Theatre of Scotland.
A Small Family Business. Olivier Theatre, National Theatre. Director: Adam Penford. Music by Grant Olding.
John - DV8, International tour and Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre. Director: Lloyd Newson
The Forbidden Zone - Salzberg Festival and Schaubühne, Berlin. Director: Katie Mitchell. Music by Paul Clark.
Dusk - Fevered Sleep. UK tour. Directors: David Harradine & Sam Butler
Cherry Orchard - Young Vic. Director: Katie Mitchell
Wildefire - Hampstead Theatre. Director: Maria Aberg

2013

Die Gelde Tapete (The Yellow Wallpaper). Schaubuhne, Berlin. Director: Katie Mitchell. Music: Paul Clark.
Longing. Hampstead Theatre. Director: Nina Raine.
Hamlet. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford. Director: David Farr
Othello - Olivier Theatre, National Theatre. Director: Nicholas Hytner. Music: Nick Powell
Let The Right One In - National Theatre of Scotland, Dundee Rep and Royal Court Theatre. Director: John Tiffany.
Shun-kin - Complicite, Lincoln Centre, New York. Director: Simon McBurney
The Secret Agent - Theatre O, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, UK tour and Young Vic. Director: Joseph Alford
The Noise - Unlimited Theatre, UK Tour. Director: Jon Spooner
The Magic Flute - ENO. Director: Simon McBurney
A CBeebies Christmas Carol - BBC. Directed by Jon Spooner. Music by Banks & Wag.

2012 includes: Wild Swans (ART, Boston and Young Vic), The Master and Margarita (Complicité, Barbican, European tour and Avignon Festival), The Rings of Saturn- (Die Ringe des Saturn (Shauspiel, Cologne and Avignon Festival), Canvas (Chichester), 10 Billion (Royal Court & Avignon Festival), Opening Ceremony, London 2012 Olympic Games, Black Watch (NTS, US tour), Night Train - Reise Durch die Nacht (Shauspiel, Cologne), The Magic Flute (Dutch National Opera), Trojan Women (Gate Theatre), Hansel & Gretel (Cottesloe, National Theatre).

2011 includes: Small Hours (Hamsptead ), Die Wellen - Waves (Schaubuhne, Berlin), Wastwater (Royal Court and Vienna Festival), Chicken Soup with Barley (Royal Court), Richard III (Bridge Project, Old Vic, Brooklyn Academy of Music and world tour), A Woman Killed With Kindness (Lyttelton, National Theatre), Truth and Reconcilliation (Royal Court), The Missing (Tramway, National Theatre of Scotland), Mågen - The Seagull (Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen), Hamlet (Young Vic),

2010 includes: Babel (Stan Won’t Dance), Sweet Nothings (Young Vic), Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Young Vic), Sucker Punch (Royal Court), Prisoner of 2nd Avenue (Vaudeville Theatre), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Arcola), No Idea (Improbable), Fraulein Julie (Schaubuhne, Berlin), Duchess of Malfi (Northampton), Beauty and the Beast (Cottesloe, National Theatre)

2009 includes: Be Near Me (UK tour & Donmar Warehouse, National Theatre of Scotland), Dancing at Lughnasa (Old Vic ), After Dido (English National Opera, Young Vic), One Evening (Snape Maltings Concert Hall), Parthenogenesis (Royal Opera House), The Lady in the Van (Salisbury Playhouse), The Fahrenheit Twins (Told By An Idiot, UK tour), Endgame (Complicite, Duchess Theatre), Pains of Youth (Cottesloe, National Theatre), The Cat in the Hat (Cottesloe, National Theatre),

2008 includes: Shun-kin (Complicite, Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo and International Touring), Fram (Olivier, National Theatre), The City (Royal Court), Rosmersholm (Almeida), Some Trace of Her (Cottesloe, National Theatre), Othello (Frantic Assembly, UK tour & Lyric Hammersmith), Forbidden Peacock (Brunswick Shopping Centre), Wunschkonzert - Request Programme (Schauspiel, Cologne),

2007 includesL Attempts on Her Life (Lyttelton, National Theatre), The Jewish Wife (Young Vic), How Much Is Your Iron? (Young Vic), A Matter of Life and Death (Kneehigh, Olivier, National Theatre), Starseeker (Northampton), Tangle (Unlimited Theatre, UK tour), Sexual Perversities of our Parents (Gate Theatre), The Overwhelming (Roundabout, New York), Women of Troy (Lyttelton, National Theatre),

2006 include: O Go My Man (Out of Joint, UK tour & Royal Court), Romans in Britain (Sheffield Crucible), The Overwhelming (Cottesloe, National Theatre & UK tour), Shadowmouth (Sheffield Crucible), The Flowerbed (Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Barbican), Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland. International Tour), The Father (Chichester), Waves (Cottesloe, National Theatre), Pinnochio (Northampton)

2005 includes: Astronaut (Theatre O, UK tour), Giselle (Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Barbican), Talking to Terrorists (Out of Joint, UK tour & Royal Court), Theatre of Blood (Lyttelton, National Theatre), Chimps (Liverpool Playhouse), The Found Man (Traverse ), The Scarlett Letter (Chichester), Harvest (Royal Court), The Bull (Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Dublin Festival), Phaedra’s Love (Bristol Old Vic & Barbican Pit), Red Night (Finborough), Almost Blue (Riverside)

2004 includes: World Music, The Dark (Donmar Warehouse), Strange Poetry, Hector Berlioz and the Poetry of Dreams (Complicite and the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, Walt Disney Concert Hall), Time and Space (Dashazi Arms Factory, Beijing), Man and Superman, Galileo’s Daughter, Blithe Spirit, Don Juan (Peter Hall Season, Theatre Royal Bath & UK tour), Iphigenia at Aulis (Lyttleton, National Theatre), Macbeth (Out of Joint), Zero Degrees and Drifting (Unlimited Theatre, UK Tour), Forty Winks (Royal Court), By The Bog Of Cats (Wyndhams Theatre), Fix Up (Cottesloe, National Theatre)

2003 includes: Mr Placebo (Traverse Theatre & Plymouth Drum), Living Costs (DV8, Tate Modern), Three Sisters (Lyttleton, National Theatre),The Watery Part of the World (Sound and Fury), Under the Whaleback (Royal Court), Shape of Metal (Abbey Theatre, Dublin),

2002 includes: Night Songs, Face to the Wall, Genoa 01 (Royal Court), Ivanov (Cottesloe, National Theatre),

2001 includes: Mountain Language, Ashes to Ashes (Royal Court and Lincoln Centre), Redundant (Royal Court), Accrington Pals (Chichester),

2000 includes: The Noise of Time (Complicite with the Emerson String Quarter, New York and international tour), The Country (Royal Court), Venecia (Gate Theatre), The Wexford Trilogy (Chester Playhouse & Tricycle Theatre), Play to Win (Yellow Earth Theatre)

1999 includes: The Glass Ceiling (BAC), Holy Mothers (Vaudeville Theatre), The Oresteia (Cottesloe, National Theatre)

1998 includes: Getting Attention (Tristan Bates Theatre),