Question 1

Associate Sound Designer Install - Viking Vesta - December 2025

Accepted Answer

An absolute privilege to install 6 amazing shows aboard the Viking Vesta. In particular Legends, the ships signature show.

Question 2

Cinderella - Pantomime, Crown Wharf Theatre - Sound - December 2025

Accepted Answer

A wonderful regional panto from the Stone Revellers. Such a fun one!

Question 3

Install Sound Technician - MS Iona - P&O SCHHH

Accepted Answer

An immersive, multi-sensory entertainment experience designed by Nicole Scherzinger for P&O Cruises.

Question 4

Associate Sound Designer with Theatrical Sound Design for Blackburn International, MS Zaandam, October 2025

Accepted Answer

Designed 10 shows in 5 weeks. Such an exciting time with some outstanding shows. Everything from country, pop, rock movie soundtracks and musical theatre.

Question 5

House Singing Streaming Event, Wrekin College, Project Lead

Accepted Answer

Streaming an entire schools worth of choir performances to every parent at the school. Such a special evening!

Question 6

Sound No.2 - Broadway to Bridgnorth with Bonnie Langford, St. Leonard’s Theatre - July 2025

Accepted Answer

A full PA install and orchestra close mic.ing for  one night only, Broadway artists Bonnie Langford and Jeremy Secomb, alongside West End performers Chris Key, Jessie Hart, Lucy Key, and Erica Ann Deakin, will appear in a unique event in Bridgnorth. They will share the stage with an orchestra conducted by Alfonso Casado Trigo.

Question 7

Sound No.1 - Broadway Collections, Centenary Theatre, The Arts Centre Telford - July 2025

Accepted Answer

The Arts Centre Telford will always have my support with their opportunity driven musical theatre concerts. A pleasure to mix.

Question 8

Sound No.1 - Oliver!, Brownhills Ormiston Academy, July 2025

Accepted Answer

Always love being back with Brownhills Ormiston Academy to support with their outstanding productions.

Question 9

Sound Designer - Hamlet, Gatehouse Theatre, 2025 -

Accepted Answer

Thrilled to have contributed a tense and somewhat dystopian soundscape for Richard Cheshire's production of Hamlet.

Question 10

Sound No.1 - The Band (Take That Musical), Crown Wharfage Theatre, Stone, March 2025

Accepted Answer

* The first musical at the Crown Wharfage Theatre in Stone
* We used 16 radio microphones
* Had to be very creative and rely heavily on line by line mixing 
 of DCAs to support the playing space
* Some effective sound effect work
* The band on in ears kept a very clean and controlled sound
* Stone Revellers providing an excellent cast

Question 11

House Singing - Video Streaming Event, Project Lead

Accepted Answer

Streaming an entire schools evening of choir performances to another venue at the school to all the parents. Such a special evening every year!

Question 12

Sound No. 1 - Soul Brothers Syndicate, 2024 - Present

Accepted Answer

* Sound No. 1 for a 22 piece Northern Soul band.
* Lead Vocals by: Darrell Smith, Judith Ude and Grace Curran
* Malvern Theatre: March 2025 
* Lichfield Cathedral: February 2025
* Stafford Gatehouse: June 2024

Question 13

🥇 Sound No. 1 - Jack and the Beanstalk, Imagine Theatre, Gatehouse, Stafford

Accepted Answer

* An epic panto adventure featuring a live band and multiple SFX
* Winner of Best Sound - Panto Awards 2025
* Sound Designer: Kate Harvey
* Director: Richard Cheshire
* MD: Clive Fishlock
* Choreographer: Verity Bray

Question 14

Sound No. 1 - Twelfth Night (A Cornish Tale), Gatehouse, Stafford, July 2024.

Accepted Answer

* An actor muso production of the Shakespeare classic, set in a Cornish fishing village.
* Director: Sean Turner 
* Sound Designer: Hattie North

Question 15

Sound Designer - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gatehouse, Stafford, August 2024.

Accepted Answer

* Sound Designer for the new musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic. 
* Director: Mark Chatterton
* MD: Ben Beer
* Choreographer: Verity Bray

Question 16

Sound Designer - Fat Tongue, Riverside Studios, London August 2023

Accepted Answer

* A gig theatre pop rock musical 
* Produced by Joe Rose (flengwin)
* Directed by Christa Harris 
* Starring Dyd

Question 17

Sound No. 1 - Musical Theatre Showcase, Wrekin College, February 2025

Accepted Answer

* An exciting musical theatre concert from the students of Wrekin College. 
* Musical Director: Simon Platford
* Director: Rhian Ellis

Question 18

Les Misérables, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2024

Accepted Answer

* A revisit to Les Mis. Learning from the last production this production shot to the next level. Powerful show. 
* Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.

Question 19

Matilda, Centenary Theatre, TACT 2023

Accepted Answer

* A youthful cast rose to the challenge presented to them and absolutely smashed this one out of the park. 
* Roald Dahl's Matilda, also known simply as Matilda and Matilda the Musical, is a musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Dennis Kelly.

Question 20

Peter Pan (Musical), Telford Theatre, TACT, 2023

Accepted Answer

* We flew, we fought, we had fun. One of my favourites I've ever done. 
* Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure is a musical with book by Willis Hall and music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Question 21

Our House, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2022

Accepted Answer

* A show that I couldn't wait to revisit. We focussed on telling the story in an honest and heartfelt way. 
* Our House is a musical with music and lyrics by Madness.

Question 22

Songs For A New World, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2021

Accepted Answer

* An exciting "New World" where we explored what life would be like pre and post pandemic. 
* Songs for a New World is a work of musical theatre written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

Question 23

tube, Lion and Unicorn Theatre, flengwin, 2020

Accepted Answer

* Produced by Joe Rose (flengwin) this piece was developed over a couple of years having originally won the Stockwell Bursary Prize for new writing. 
* TUBE gives you an honest look into the emotional and physical impact people can have on each other, and the lengths they will go to for the ones they love.

Question 24

Legally Blonde, Memorial Hall, TACT, 2019

Accepted Answer

* An intensive two week turn around on this project, very happy with the results. 
* Legally Blonde is a 2007 musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and a book by Heather Hach. It is based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name.

Question 25

High School Musical, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2019

Accepted Answer

* One for my inner child. One of my favourite guilty pleasures!
* We're all in this together in Disney Channel's smash hit musical featuring the students of East High.

Question 26

Oliver!, Memorial Hall, TACT, 2019

Accepted Answer

* Happy to revisit this show and this time create an entire performance venue to accommodate the show. 
* Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

Question 27

A New Brain, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2018

Accepted Answer

* A minimal, band on stage and powerful retelling of one of my favourite musicals. 
* William Finn’s semi-autobiographical musical, about a young composer facing a life-threatening medical emergency, is a quirky, funny, life-affirming look at love and loss.

Question 28

Jekyll and Hyde, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2018

Accepted Answer

* Five surface dynamic projection mapping, rock reimagining and a very dark take. 
* Originally conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, it features music by Frank Wildhorn, a book by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by all of them

Question 29

As You Like It, The Arts Centre Telford, 2018

Accepted Answer

* A world where technology has not yet interfered and the woods remain a place of mystery and danger. 
* William Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Question 30

Spamalot, Centenary Theatre, TACT, 2017

Accepted Answer

* Loved getting to direct this one. A homage to my favourite comedy series. 
* Spamalot (also known as Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book by Idle.

Question 31

Addams Family, Memorial Hall, TACT, 2017

Accepted Answer

* A comedic and delightfully horrific show. 
* The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

Question 32

Cats, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2017

Accepted Answer

* Composite set, large cast and outstanding costume design by Ruth.
* Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.

Question 33

West Side Story, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2017

Accepted Answer

* West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.

Question 34

Macbeth, The Arts Centre Telford, 2017

Accepted Answer

* A Macbeth set in s dystopian world where computers, warfare and politics run amok. 
* William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Question 35

Phantom of the Opera, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2016

Accepted Answer

* Heavy use of projection, grand costume and large orchestra. 
* The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart.

Question 36

Les Misérables, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2016

Accepted Answer

* I directed Les Mis. It was very Les Mis. It was great!
*  Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.

Question 37

Just So, Phoenix Theatre, TACT, 2016

Accepted Answer

* Exciting concept using 6 sided blocks as a jigsaw to change location.
* Just So is a musical by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles written in 1984 based on the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

Question 38

James and the Giant Peach, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2015

Accepted Answer

* Exciting use of projection and original composition to achieve an exciting production.
* Roald Dahl's fantastical tale of a boy, his insect friends and their amazing journey across the ocean on a giant piece of fruit.

Question 39

Our House, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2015

Accepted Answer

* One of my favourite shows. Big production, well worth it.
* Our House is a musical with music and lyrics by Madness and one song "It Must Be Love" written by Labi Siffre and a book by playwright Tim Firth.

Question 40

Jane Eyre, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2014

Accepted Answer

* An exciting production, first experiment with essentialist set design and projection. 
* Jane Eyre is a musical drama with music and lyrics by composer-lyricist Paul Gordon and a book by John Caird.

Question 41

Oliver!, Oakengates Theatre, TACT, 2013

Accepted Answer

* Lionel Bart's classic. Great to work with a range of cast and to return to Oakengates as a director.

Question 42

Blood Brothers, Little Theatre, TACT, 2012

Accepted Answer

* Willy Russel's classic play performed in a WW2 bomb shelter.

Question 43

Children of Eden, TACT, St. Michael's Church, 2012

Accepted Answer

* Special show with a great cast. Performed In St Michael's Church, Madeley, Telford.

Question 44

Slice of Saturday Night, TACT, Pussycats, 2010

Accepted Answer

* An exciting show set in a night club. So we did it in one!

Question 45

Bugsy Malone, Wrockwardine Wood, TACT, 2010

Accepted Answer

* A pleasure to direct my first full scale musical.

Bobby Standley

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