Sounds

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel by Isobel McArthur

Traverse Theatre with Dundee Rep

Aaron and Amy work as room attendants and cleaners in a soulless chain hotel that inhabits a once magnificent opera house. There are tales that the ghosts of the opera still haunt the corridors and amongst the chaos Aaron seeks a magical voice that has captured his ears and his heart.

This excerpt joins Aaron and Amy at the end of another long day, alone in their rooms. Amy has found a strategy for managing the noisy, oppressive environment of the hotel - she listens to opera recordings on tape. Aaron is yet to discover this.

The original design used a recording of Nessum Dorma. For the purposes of this demo I have replaced it with an out of copyright recording of E Lucevan Le Stelle from Puccini's Tosca.

The QLab outputs have been translated to a binaural mix to better represent the original space
Headphones recommended


Director - Gareth Nicholls
First performed at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh - August 2023

Fix by Julie Tsang

Unbroken Theatre

Kevin is a repairman who responds to a call out from an old woman, Li Na, at her house in the woods. Fix is a two hander weaving chinese mythology with a tale of guilt and childhood memory.

The show was performed in a black box studio, in the round. My sound design sought to create the space of the old, remote house in the woods, underscoring and supporting the actors with the shifts of tension and unease within the play.

The excerpt follows a section of text where mythical elements begin to bleed through and unsettle Kevin. Li Na says her cat Zhen Zhen is the cause of the noise upstairs but it’s possible it may be something else entirely.

The QLab outputs have been translated to a binaural mix to better represent the original space
Headphones recommended


Director - Jen Tan
Performed at Pleasance Theatre, London - January 2020

DOTUS: A US Election Special

Traverse Theatre

A three part podcast written by Sarah Kosar in response to the US Election 2020.


Director - Debbie Hannan
Available on Spotify or via the RSS feed from Acast.

Zombies, Run!

Six to Start

An Android/iOS running app that places you in the shoes of 'Runner 5' to investigate the story behind the zombie apocalypse.
You can read about some of the sounds here


Director - Matt Wieteska
Available via Zombies, Run!