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Autograph’s talented band of Sound Designers has had a productive time of late, between them completing no fewer than five hugely successful theatre sound designs in recent weeks . . .
First up, Luke Swaffield brought his design experience to the creative team behind The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Ambassadors Theatre, in London’s West End.
Photo: Juan Coolio
Described by Whatsonstage as “The best British musical in decades” this adaptation from Jethro Compton and Darren Clark takes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s moving tale of a life lived in reverse, transposing the action from Baltimore to a fishing village on the north coast of Cornwall.
Next, over the pond in NYC, award-winning designer Nick Lidster applied his magic touch to Tammy Faye at the Palace Theatre, Broadway.
With music from the legendary Elton John, this sadly ill-fated Broadway version made its debut at London’s Almeida Theatre in 2022, where, in direct comparison to Broadway, it enjoyed a sold-out run and collected two Olivier Awards in the process. Success is never guaranteed in the world of theatre!
A short time later came the opening of Ballet Shoes at the National’s Olivier Theatre, with sound design by Autograph’s Ian Dickinson.
Based on the original, classic children’s novel by Noel Streatfeild, first published in 1936, it tells the story of three adopted sisters trying to pursue their dreams. Hot on the back of this success Ian next moves to the much-anticipated production of Unicorn at the Garrick Theatre.
Autograph’s next big sound design success saw our chairman, the vastly experienced sound designer Terry Jardine, coming “out of retirement” to deliver (alongside a member of our newer generation of sound designers, the brilliant Niamh Gaffney) the sound creation for a comedy classic.
The revival of The Producers by Mel Brooks, staged at the Menier Chocolate Factory, has Tony Award-winning director Patrick Marber at the helm.
Then came yet another credit for Nick Lidster, this time alongside another of our sound designers, Gareth Tucker, for a musical production at The Donmar Warehouse in London’s West End.
Natasha, Pierre, And The Great Comet of 1812 is a dazzling ‘electropop’ musical created by composer Dave Malloy, inspired by a scandalous portion of Count Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace. When it first appeared on Broadway it was nominated for no fewer than 12 Tony Awards.
It’s been a busy and rewarding few weeks for our extraordinary team, working alongside some of the most accomplished creative talents in the theatre world and ensuring audiences’ listening experiences meet the very highest expectations . . .