2018
Death of a Salesman
Dir: Sarah Frankom
Venue: Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre
Sound Design
Reviews
British Theatre Guide - David Chadderton (Full review)
“This is helped by a disturbing sound design from Pete Malkin, that sometimes breaks out into atmospheric music but then sinks far into the background with a simple tone running under whole scenes, as well as some reverberation on the voices returning as echoes from the past to a man who is not in his perfect mind.”
The Unreturning
Dir: Neil Bettles
Frantic Assembly
Venue: Plymouth Theatre Royal / UK Tour / London Stratford East
Sound Design
Reviews Hub (Mark Fisher) (full review)
“With Pete Malkin’s forceful electro-orchestral score and Zoe Spurr’s high-precision lighting, it is fluid, brooding and intense.”
Reviews Hub (James Eves) (full review)
"The sound design by Pete Malkin and lighting design Zoe Spurr add the depth that a show of this calibre needs to put the metaphorical icing on the cake. With subtle orchestras in the background or blisteringly loud dance music accompanying a dim stage with a single, pinpoint spotlight or a completely blinding lighting flash to mask a transition, the lighting and sound not only work well together but with the rest of the production as a whole to create a sense of absolute synchronicity within this piece. In every sense of the word, The Unreturning is a visual and auditory feast. “
Queens of the coal age
Dir: Bryony Shanahan
Venue: Manchester Royal Exchange
Sound Design
Schism
Dir: Lily Mcleish
Venue: Park 90
Sound Design
The Encounter - Barbican and European Tour
Complicité
Dir: Simon McBurney
Touring: Barbican Theatre in London, Odeon Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris, DeSingel in Antwerp, Schaubühne in Berlin and Golden Mask Festival in Moscow
Sound Design with Gareth Fry
Reviews
New York Times (Ben Brantley) (full review)
"Mr. McBurney and his ace sound designers, Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, have created an aural labyrinth of many layers. You’ll be watching Mr. McBurney’s lips moving in sync with what you’re hearing, only to discover that it’s just a recorded voice you’ve been listening to."
Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney) (full review)
"the production's most astonishing artistry is the infinitely layered enveloping world conjured by sound designers Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin. Close your eyes and you might find yourself reaching for bug spray."
Exuent (Nicole Serratore) (full review)
"the show is heavily reliant on binaural sound to create a sonically immersive environment (the incredibly complex sound design by Gareth Fry and Peter Malkin is a great reason to resuscitate the now-defunct Sound Design Tony award). With the headphones, we have no distance from the events because the show is happening inside our heads. With the intimate power of sound, we give over entirely to what we hear, even if we know it is not real. We’ve been told that’s not an actual recording of a buzzing mosquito and when we hear it later as part of the artificial cacophony of jungle sounds we do not stop and question it."
Talkin Broadway (Matthew Murray) (full review)
"the astonishing sound design by Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, who use a trio of microphones (including a binaural head) to play games with time, space, and thought you probably never thought possible. Echoes repeat and sustain themselves into infinity. Seemingly random noises layer into gorgeous but chilling tapestries outlining entire ecosystems. The British McBurney, simply by angling his head, can conjure an electronic American voice that rings utterly natural. Words transform into memory, which in turn become a wholly different reality, which is itself then subject to McBurney's tiniest whims. And if he wants you to become hot, cold, or despairing, or to escort you to the brink of death, he'll stand in exactly the right place and unleash his utterance in just the right way to ensure you're helpless in his hands. It really is all this precise."
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Broadway
Sonia Friedman Productions
Dir: John Tiffany
Venue: Lyric Theatre Broadway
Associate Sound Design