2021

Death of England: Delroy

Dir: Clint Dyer

Venue: Olivier Theatre (National)

Co-Sound Design

A family in mourning. A man in crisis.

After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless and angry.

In a state of heartbreak, he confronts the difficult truths about his father’s legacy and the country that shaped him.

At the funeral, unannounced and unprepared, Michael decides it is time to speak.

Creative Team

Director: Clint Dyer

Writers: Clint Dyer and Roy Williams

Co-Sound Designer: Pete Malkin

Co-Sound Designer: Ben Grant

Set and Costume Design: Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey

Set and Costume Design: ULTZ

Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh

Reviews

iNews (Marianka Swain) (full review)

"Dyer’s production utilises an excellent soundscape from Pete Malkin and Benjamin Grant – including the thunderous banging of a judge’s gavel…"

The Arts Desk (Matt Wolf) (full review)

"That is just one of many terrific touches that lends a hurtling energy to proceedings whereby props (a football, a helium balloon, a suspended puppet) come suddenly into view, accompanied as often as not by a thumping, anxious sound design by Pete Malkin and Benjamin Grant that should translate particularly well as and when the play ends up onscreen"

Die Gelbe Tapate (The Yellow Wallpaper)

Dir: Lily McLeish

Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Venue: Galerie Seippel, 2021

Sound & Composition

Creative Team

Concept & Director: Lily McLeish

Adaptation: Lily McLeish & Leigh Quinn

German translation: Lily McLeish

Video: Akhila Krishnan

Sound & Composition: Pete Malkin

The Woman in the Wallpaper: Leigh Quinn

The Voice of the Woman: Ruth Marie Kröger

Monuments (Walk This Play)

ThickSkin

Writer/Director: Jonnie Roirdan

Location: Manchester City Centre

Composer and Sound Designer

Part of the Walk This Play series by ThickSkin, commissioned by Step Up MCR. Featuring stories and voices from the communities of Ancoats, Clayton, Beswick & Openshaw. 

Celebrating the monuments big and small, the people that built the buildings from the ground up and that keep the beating heart of the area alive.

I am cobbles. I am red brick and stone. I am cotton mills. I am the water racing

through the canals, connecting Manchester to the rest of the world.

I am communities that care. Looking for a connection.

Monuments guides you around the Ancoats cobbles, old and new, asking you

not to overlook the buildings and the communities that make the area unique.

What’s that sound? Find it.

Creative Team

Writer/Director: Jonnie Riordan

Composer and Sound Designer: Pete Malkin

Assistant Sound Designer: Raffaela Pancucci

App Developer: ECHOS

SHADE

Choreographers – Neil Bettles and Jonnie Riordan

Oldham Pride Festival

Sound Design


A work in development by ThickSkin, supported by Oldham Coliseum. Part of Oldham Pride and Festival Oldham.

Shade brings together seven unique characters in search of their true selves. Choreographed by award-winning duo, Neil Bettles and Jonnie Riordan, with sound design by Pete Malkin, Shade will amplify and illuminate the value of difference.

A new show that explores moments of self-discovery and acceptance against the backdrop of contemporary queer culture. Expect cool moves, classic grooves and sassy shapes, for anyone who wants to get lost in music.

Join us at the party, step out of the shade and onto the dance floor.

Deciphering

Curious Directive

Dir: Jack Lowe

Venue: New Diorama

Co-Sound Design

c.37,500 years ago on Sulawesi, Indonesia, someone made a series of markings on the wall of a cave. Elise is eight years old. She’s in primary school, making shapes on a piece of paper. In 35 years, Elise will travel to Sulawesi to decipher a set of geometric symbols, before floods destroy them forever. Her discoveries will shed new light on our collective need to communicate. 

Ground-breaking theatre company curious directive invite you on an inter-continental journey to the origins of human creativity.

Blending expansive storytelling, innovative technology and international collaboration, Deciphering takes audiences inside the real cave network containing the oldest graphic communication ever found. A unique show, conceived with Indonesian artist collective Bombo, granted world-first access to this extraordinary site.

Creative Team

Director: Jack Lowe

Co-Sound Designers: Pete Malkin & Kieran Lucas

Composition: Theo Whitworth

Design: Zoe Hurwitz

Lighting Design: Katherine Graham

Multimedia: Rais Rice & Reza Enem (Bombo)

3D modelling: Jordan Albo

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (re-imagined) Broadway

Sonia Friedman Productions

Dir: John Tiffany

Venue: Lyric Theatre Broadway

Associate Sound Design

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany,

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne. It is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is back on Broadway, boldly restaged as one magical show. The award-winning creative team has conjured an all-new experience exclusively for North America. With just one ticket in hand, you’ll enjoy the continuation of Harry’s story in one magical afternoon or evening. Do hold onto the edge of your seat though, as this spellbinding spectacular will whisk you back to Hogwarts and beyond your imagination for a one-of-a-kind journey that’s everything you hoped for—and more.

Death of England: Face to Face

National Theatre

Writers: Clint Dyer & Roy Williams

Dir: Clint Dyer

Composer and Co-Sound Designer

January 2021. Britain is locked down, divided and facing some difficult truths. Old friends Michael and Delroy are dealing with issues much closer to home.

Tensions are running high. During an explosive afternoon in Delroy’s East London flat, the pair are forced to confront their relationship with their country – and with each other.

Neil Maskell (Peaky Blinders, Small Axe) and Giles Terera (Hamilton) play Michael and Delroy in this powerful and timely new film from the National Theatre.

Creative Team

Director: Clint Dyer

Writters: Clint Dyer & Roy Williams

Co-Sound Designers: Pete Malkin & Ben Grant

Composition: Pete Malkin

Design: Sam Harley

Director of Photography: Sashi Kissoon