2022

The Chairs

Director: Omar Elerian

Venue: Almeida Theatre

Co-Sound Design

The water is rising. The world outside is crumbling. Alone in a room, an old man and an old woman set out chairs ready for the arrival of a very special audience.

They’ve invited everyone. The dancers, the chancers, the editors, the creditors, the picketers, the hecklers, the Leavers, the Remainers, the Remoaners. Even the bankers. All the movers and shakers are gathering to hear the old man’s final message to humanity. But will the message ever be delivered?

Creative Team

Director: Omar Elerian

Co-Sound Designers: Elena Peña & Pete Malkin

Co-Designers: Cécile Trémolières & Naomi Kuyck-Cohen

Wigs, Hair and Makeup Co-Designer: Suzanne Scotcher

Voice Coach: Michaela Kennen

Assistant Director: Nastazja Domaradzka

Magic Consultant: Patrick Ashe

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Tokyo

Director: John Tiffany

Venue: TBS Akasaka Act Theatre

International Associate Sound Designer

Creative Team

Director: John Tiffany

Movement Director: Steven Hoggett

Sound Design: Gareth Fry

International Associate Sound Designer: Pete Malkin

Composer & Arranger: Imogen Heap

Music Supervisor: Martin Lowe

Stage Designer: Christine Jones

Lighting Designer: Neil Austin

Video Designers: Finn Ross and Ash Woodward

International Associate Director: Des Kennedy

International Associate Movement Director: Neil Bettles

Let the Right One In

Writer: Jack Thorne

Director: Bryony Shanahan

Venue: Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre

Composer and Sound Designer

Lonely at home and bullied at school, Oskar only has a Rubik’s cube and his imagination for company. Then Eli moves in next door. Despite Eli’s odd odour of infected bandages and dead-dog, the teenagers develop a powerful and unusual friendship. But when a butchered body is found in a nearby forest, Oskar slowly unravels the truth about Eli and their strange bond is stretched to breaking point.

An international cult classic, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN makes its Manchester stage debut this Halloween. Adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s cult novel by Jack Thorne (HIS DARK MATERIALS, HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, KIRI) and directed by the Royal Exchange Theatre’s Joint Artistic Director Bryony Shanahan, this is a compelling and unnerving coming of age story like no other.

Creative Team

Writing: A stage adaptation by Jack Thorne based on the Swedish novel and film by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist

Director: Bryony Shanahan

Composer and Sound Designer: Pete Malkin

Designer: Amelia Jane Hankin

Lighting Designer: Joshua Pharo

Movement Director Yandass Ndlovu

Fight Director: Kevin Mccurdy

Reviews:

The Stage (Holly Williams):

‘Joshua Pharo’s iced neon lighting and Pete Malkin’s perfect score – rippling retro synths, pulling off the same nostalgic trick as the music in Stranger Things – help thicken the atmosphere nicely.’

Theatre Reviews North (Peter Ruddick):

‘Like all the best scary movies, sound is key. Pete Malkin’s design and composition are not just horrifying though; Morse code taps and slaps combine with echoes and music to create something hauntingly beautiful.’

British Theatre Guide (David Chadderton):

‘Pete Malkin's sound design and music varies from sinister undertones to full musical scoring, but doesn't try to intrude on some of the more intimate scenes.’