George Dennis

Sound Designer

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Photograph: Manuel Harlan

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Assistant: Isobel Davis (Maternity Cover)

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George studied at Manchester University.  He received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Sound Design in 2016 for The Homecoming and, with Ben and Max Ringham, won the 2018 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design for Killer.

Soon into the trial, Connie reports an increased level of hearing, a feeling George Dennis’s sound design and Michael Asante’s composition accentuate; the audio feels closer, almost tangible.
The Guardian on The Effect (National Theatre)

George Dennis’s sound design is perfect
Time Out on The Effect 

The exemplary sound design is by George Dennis
New York Times on The Southbury Child (Bridge Theatre) 

George Dennis' superb soundscape – screeching '70s guitars and the echo of landed blows
What's On Stage on Frost/Nixon (Sheffield Crucible)

In Development

ProductionCompanyNotes
2024

Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By Arnold Wesker, dir. Diyan Zora

2024

Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

2025

National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Sound Design
By Michael Abbensetts, dir. Lynette Linton

2025

Donmar Warehouse

Sound Design
By Lynn Nottage, dir. Lynette Linton

Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes
2024

Menier Chocolate Factory

Sound Design
By Arthur Wing Pinero, dir. Paul Foster

2024

Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place)/Kiln Theatre

Sound Design
By Sanaz Toossi, dir. Diyan Zora

2024

Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Emily Burns

2024

Royal Exchange Theatre

Sound Design
By Shelagh Delaney, dir. Emma Baggott
Nominated for UK Theatre Award for Best Play Revival

2024

The Shed, New York

Sound Design
By Lucy Prebble, dir. Jamie Lloyd
Nominated for Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

2024

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Sound Design
By August Strindberg, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

2023

Young Vic

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Matthew Dunster

2023

Donmar Warehouse

Sound Design
By Lynn Nottage, dir. Lynette Linton

2023

Orange Tree Theatre

Sound Design
By Polly Stenham, dir. Josh Seymour
Nominated for Off West End Award for Best Production

2023

National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Sound Design
By Lucy Prebble, dir. Jamie Lloyd
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Play Revival
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Play Revival

2023

Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

Sound Design
By Adrienne Kennedy & Adam P. Kennedy, dir. Diyan Zora

2023

Young Vic

Sound Design
By Zinnie Harris, dir. Jennifer Tang

2023

Harold Pinter Theatre/Wessex Grove

Sound Design
By Sam Steiner, dir. Josie Rourke

2022

Rose Theatre Kingston

Sound Design
Adapted by Morgan Lloyd Malcom, dir. Rosie Jones

2022

The Shed

Sound Design
By David Hare, dir. Nicholas Hytner
New York Transfer

2022

National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Sound Design
By Pearl Cleage, dir. Lynette Linton
Nominated for Sky Arts Award for Theatre
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Play Revival

2022

Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

Sound Design
By Roy Williams, dir. Nicole Charles

2022

Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Chekhov in a version by Anya Reiss, dir. Jamie Lloyd
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Play Revival

2022

Chichester Festival Theatre/Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Stephen Beresford, dir. Nicholas Hytner

2022

Schauspiel Stuttgart

Sound Design
By Friedrich Schiller, dir. Michael Talke

2022

Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By David Hare, dir. Nicholas Hytner

2022

Yard Theatre

Sound Design
By Dipo Baruwa-Etti, dir. Taio Lawson

2021

Rose Theatre Kingston

Sound Design
By Ciaran McConville, dir. Lucy Morrell

2021

Royal Exchange Theatre

Sound Design
By Katori Hall, dir. Roy Alexander Weise
Nominated for Best Play Revival at the 2022 UK Theatre Awards

2021

Royal Exchange Theatre

Sound Design
By Stuart Slade, dir. Nimmo Ismail

2021

Prince of Wales Theatre

Sound Design
By George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore, dir, Michael Fentiman

2021

Sheffield Crucible

Sound Design
By Victoria Wood, dir. Paul Foster

2021

Schauspiel Stuttgart

Sound Design
By Nancy Harris, dir. Sophia Bodamer

2020

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
Based on the novel by Valeria Luiselli, dir. Ellen McDougall

2019

Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By John Webster, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

2019

Chichester Festival Theatre (The Spiegeltent)

Sound Design
By Roy Williams, dir. Nicole Charles

2019

Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Nancy Harris, dir. Nicholas Hytner

2019

Headlong

Sound Design
By Cordelia Lynn, after Henrk Ibsen, dir. Holly Race Roughan

2019

Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

Sound Design
By Terence Rattigan, dir. Paul Foster

2019

Donmar Warehouse/Gielgud Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
By Lynn Nottage, dir. Lynette Linton
Evening Standard Award for Best Play

2019

Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre)

Sound Design
By Thomas Otway, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

2019

Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By Chekhov in a version by Cordelia Lynn, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

2019

Headlong

Sound Design and Composition
By William Shakespeare, dir. John Haidar

2019

Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd

2018

Trafalgar Studios/National Theatre (Dorfman)

Sound Design
By Natasha Gordon, dir. Roy Alexander Weise

2018

Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Martin McDonagh, dir. Matthew Dunster

2018

Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd

2018

Young Vic/UK Tour

Sound Design
By Katori Hall, dir. Roy Alexander Weise

2018

Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd and Lia Williams

2018

Vaudeville Theatre/Classic Spring

Sound Design
By Oscar Wilde, dir. Michael Fentiman

2018

National Theatre (Dorfman)/Orange Tree Theatre

Sound Design
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, dir. Ned Bennett
Winner of Creative Innovation in Sound, 2018 Theatre & Technology Awards
Shortlisted for 2017 Off West End Award for Best Production

2017

Sheffield Crucible

Composition and Sound Design
By Peter Morgan, dir. Kate Hewitt

2018

Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Sound Design
By Georgia Christou, dir. Chelsea Walker

2017

Liverpool Playhouse

Sound Design
By Ken Ludwig, dir. Loveday Ingram

2017

Theatre By The Lake

Sound Design
By Jessica Swale, dir. Liz Stevenson

2017

Orange Tree Theatre

Sound Design
By Lot Vekemans (English translation by Rina Vergano), dir. Paul Miller

2017

Chichester Festival Theatre

Sound Design
Trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn, dir. Blanche McIntyre

2017

Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Matthew Dunster

2017

Sheffield Crucible Studio

Composition and Sound Design
By Nina Raine, dir. Kate Hewitt

2017

Bush Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
By Rajiv Joseph, dir. Jamie Lloyd
Shortlisted for 2018 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design

2017

Shoreditch Town Hall

Co-Sound Design with Ben and Max Ringham
By Philip Ridley, dir. Jamie Lloyd
2018 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design

2017

Shoreditch Town Hall

Co-Sound Design with Ben and Max Ringham
By Philip Ridley, dir. Jamie Lloyd

2017

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Danai Gurira, dir. Christopher Haydon

2016 - 2017

Polka Theatre/UK Tour

Sound Design
By David Wood, adapted from the book by Dick King-Smith, dir. Michael Fentiman

2016

Royal Court/UK Tour

Sound Design
By Al Smith, dir. Richard Twyman

2016

Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Matthew Dunster

2016

Traverse Theatre/HighTide Festival

Sound Design
By Rob Drummond, dir. Steve Atkinson

2016

Royal Court Upstairs/Tour

Sound Design
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise

2016

Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Caroline Byrne

2016

Nottingham Playhouse/Live Theatre/Nuffield Southampton

Sound Design
By Michael Frayn, dir. Blanche McIntyre

2016

Orange Tree Theatre/Up In Arms

Sound Design
By Robert Holman, dir. Alice Hamilton

2016

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Nina Segal, dir. Ben Kidd

2015

Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Tom Holloway, dir. Steven Atkinson

2015

The Jamie Lloyd Company/Trafalgar Studios 1

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd
Olivier Award nomination for Best Sound Design

2015

Arcola Theatre/Up In Arms

Sound Design
By Barney Norris, dir. Alice Hamilton

2015

HighTide Festival

Sound Design
By Al Smith, dir. Richard Twyman

2015

Royal and Derngate/Touring Consortium

Sound Design
From the novel by Aldous Huxley, adapted by Dawn King, dir. James Dacre

2015

Eastern Angles

Sound Design
By Molly Davies, dir. Steven Atkinson

2015

Royal Court Upstairs/Tour

Sound Design
Dir. Debbie Hannan

2015

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Elinor Cook, dir. Christopher Haydon
Winner, 2015 Off-West End Award for Best Production

2015

UK Tour (Revival)

Sound Design
By Jonathan Harvey, dir. Nikolai Foster

2015

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Danai Gurira, dir. Caroline Byrne
Nominated for 2015 Off-West End Award for Best Production

2015

Print Room

Sound Design
By Robert Holman, dir. Robert Hastie

2015

Arcola Theatre/HighTide Festival/59E59, New York

Sound Design
By Harry Melling, dir. Steven Atkinson

2015

Royal Court Upstairs

Sound Design
By Dalia Taha, dir. Richard Twyman

2015

Royal Court Upstairs

Sound Design
By Diana Nneka Atuona, dir. Matthew Dunster

2014

Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Barney Norris, dir. Alice Hamilton

2014

Tricycle Theatre

Sound Design
Dir. Mark Londesborough

2014

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Adam Rapp, dir. Christopher Haydon
Shortlisted for 2014 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design

2014

Royal and Derngate/Touring Consortium

Sound Design
From the novel by Pat Barker, adapted by Nicholas Wright, dir. Simon Godwin

2014

National Theatre of Wales

Sound Design
By Owen Sheers, dir. Matthew Dunster

2014

Polka Theatre/Clwyd Theatr Cymru

Sound Design
By Kevin Dyer, dir. Michael Fentiman

2014

Headlong Theatre/UK Tour

Sound Design
New version by Anya Reiss, dir. Ben Kidd

2013

Young Vic

Sound Design
By Athol Fugard, dir. Alex Brown

2013

Sheffield Crucible Studio

Composition and Sound Design
By Robin Hooper, dir. Richard Wilson

2013

Southwark Playhouse

Sound Design
By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, dir. Matthew Dunster

2013

Print Room

Sound Design
By Arthur Miller, dir. Cathal Cleary

2013

Park Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
By Ben Travers, dir. Eleanor Rhode
Nominated for 2013 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design

2013

Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Strindberg, in a new version by Howard Brenton, dir. Tom Littler
Nominated for 2013 Off-West End Award for Best Sound Design

2013

HighTide Festival/Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Declan Greene, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

2013

Arts Theatre/UK Tour

Sound Design
By Jonathan Harvey, dir. Nikolai Foster
20th Anniversary Production
Also recorded by Digital Theatre

2013

Jermyn Street Theatre

Sound Design
By Graham Greene, dir. Tom Littler

2013

Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Composition and Sound Design
By Peter Souter, dir. Tamara Harvey

2013

Unicorn Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
By EV Crowe, dir. Blanche McIntyre

2012

Southwark Playhouse

Sound Design
New version by Anya Reiss, dir. Russell Bolam

A LIFE

2012

Finborough Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
Dir. Eleanor Rhode

GOOD GRIEF

2012

Theatre Royal Bath/UK Tour

Sound Design
Dir. Tom Littler

THE ONLY TRUE HISTORY OF LIZZIE FINN

2012

Southwark Playhouse

Composition and Sound Design
Dir. Blanche McIntyre

THE DRAWER BOY

2012

Finborough Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
Dir. Eleanor Rhode

SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME

2012

Southwark Playhouse

Composition and Sound Design
Dir. Jessica Swale

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

2012

Salisbury Playhouse

Sound Design
Dir. Blanche McIntyre

FOXFINDER

2011

Finborough Theatre

Composition and Sound Design
Dir. Blanche McIntyre

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MY MOTHER?

2011

Trafalgar Studios 2

Sound Design
Dir. Blanche McIntyre

ANTIGONE

2011

Southwark Playhouse

Sound Design
Dir. Tom Littler