George Dennis

Sound Designer

Biography

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)

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
CLEANSED
2026
Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By Sarah Kane, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

JUMPERS
2026
Hampstead Theatre

Sound Design
By Tom Stoppard, dir. Blanche McIntyre

Theatre

Production Company Notes
THE ARCHITECT
2026
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Sound Design
By Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Rebecca Frecknall, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
2026
@sohoplace

West End transfer

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
2026
Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre)

Sound Design
Book and lyrics by Richy Hughes and music and lyrics by Tim Sutton, dir. Lynette Linton

TWELFTH NIGHT
2025
Barbican Theatre/Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

TREASURE ISLAND
2025
Bristol Old Vic

Sound Design
By Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, dir. Paul Foster

CLARKSTON
2025
Trafalgar Theatre

Sound Design
By Samuel D. Hunter, dir. Jack Serio
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play

BORN WITH TEETH
2025
Wyndham's Theatre

Sound Design
By Liz Duffy Adams, dir. Daniel Evans
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play

INTIMATE APPAREL
2025
Donmar Warehouse

Sound Design
By Lynn Nottage, dir. Lynette Linton
Nominated for Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Revival Of A Play or Musical

POOR CLARE
2025
Orange Tree Theatre

Sound Design
By Chiara Atik, dir. Blanche McIntyre

KELI
2025
National Theatre of Scotland

Sound Design
By Martin Green, dir. Bryony Shanahan

ALTERATIONS
2025
National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Sound Design
By Michael Abbensetts, dir. Lynette Linton

TWELFTH NIGHT
2024
Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

ROOTS
2024
Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By Arnold Wesker, dir. Diyan Zora

THE CABINET MINISTER
2024
Menier Chocolate Factory

Sound Design
By Arthur Wing Pinero, dir. Paul Foster

ENGLISH
2024
Royal Shakespeare Company (The Other Place)/Kiln Theatre

Sound Design
By Sanaz Toossi, dir. Diyan Zora
Nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
2024
Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Emily Burns

A TASTE OF HONEY
2024
Royal Exchange Theatre

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

THE EFFECT
2024
The Shed, New York

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

JULIE
2024
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Sound Design
By August Strindberg, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

THE HOMECOMING
2023
Young Vic

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Matthew Dunster

CLYDE'S
2023
Donmar Warehouse

Sound Design
By Lynn Nottage, dir. Lynette Linton

THAT FACE
2023
Orange Tree Theatre

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

THE EFFECT
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

MOM, HOW DID YOU MEET THE BEATLES?
2023
Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

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

FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING
2023
Young Vic

Sound Design
By Zinnie Harris, dir. Jennifer Tang

LEMONS, LEMONS, LEMONS, LEMONS, LEMONS
2023
Harold Pinter Theatre/Wessex Grove

Sound Design
By Sam Steiner, dir. Josie Rourke

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2022
Rose Theatre Kingston

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

STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
2022
The Shed

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

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
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

SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS
2022
Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

Sound Design
By Roy Williams, dir. Nicole Charles

THE SEAGULL
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

THE SOUTHBURY CHILD
2022
Chichester Festival Theatre/Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Stephen Beresford, dir. Nicholas Hytner

MARY STUART
2022
Schauspiel Stuttgart

Sound Design
By Friedrich Schiller, dir. Michael Talke

STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
2022
Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By David Hare, dir. Nicholas Hytner

AN UNFINISHED MAN
2022
Yard Theatre

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

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2021
Rose Theatre Kingston

Sound Design
By Ciaran McConville, dir. Lucy Morrell

THE MOUNTAINTOP
2021
Royal Exchange Theatre

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

GLEE AND ME
2021
Royal Exchange Theatre

Sound Design
By Stuart Slade, dir. Nimmo Ismail

THE WINDSORS: ENDGAME
2021
Prince of Wales Theatre

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

TALENT
2021
Sheffield Crucible

Sound Design
By Victoria Wood, dir. Paul Foster

THE BEACON
2021
Schauspiel Stuttgart

Sound Design
By Nancy Harris, dir. Sophia Bodamer

FACES IN THE CROWD
2020
Gate Theatre

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

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
2019
Almeida Theatre

Sound Design
By John Webster, dir. Rebecca Frecknall

SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS
2019
Chichester Festival Theatre (The Spiegeltent)

Sound Design
By Roy Williams, dir. Nicole Charles

TWO LADIES
2019
Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Nancy Harris, dir. Nicholas Hytner

HEDDA TESMAN
2019
Headlong

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

THE DEEP BLUE SEA
2019
Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva)

Sound Design
By Terence Rattigan, dir. Paul Foster

SWEAT
2019
Donmar Warehouse/Gielgud Theatre

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

VENICE PRESERVED
2019
Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre)

Sound Design
By Thomas Otway, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

THREE SISTERS
2019
Almeida Theatre

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

RICHARD III
2019
Headlong

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

A SLIGHT ACHE/THE DUMB WAITER
2019
Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd

NINE NIGHT
2018
Trafalgar Studios/National Theatre (Dorfman)

Sound Design
By Natasha Gordon, dir. Roy Alexander Weise

A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER
2018
Bridge Theatre

Sound Design
By Martin McDonagh, dir. Matthew Dunster

THE LOVER/THE COLLECTION
2018
Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

Sound Design
By Harold Pinter, dir. Jamie Lloyd

THE MOUNTAINTOP
2018
Young Vic/UK Tour

Sound Design
By Katori Hall, dir. Roy Alexander Weise

ONE FOR THE ROAD/A NEW WORLD ORDER/MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE/ASHES TO ASHES
2018
Harold Pinter Theatre/ATG

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

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
2018
Vaudeville Theatre/Classic Spring

Sound Design
By Oscar Wilde, dir. Michael Fentiman

AN OCTOROON
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

FROST/NIXON
2017
Sheffield Crucible

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

YOUS TWO
2018
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Sound Design
By Georgia Christou, dir. Chelsea Walker

BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY
2017
Liverpool Playhouse

Sound Design
By Ken Ludwig, dir. Loveday Ingram

THE SECRET GARDEN
2017
Theatre By The Lake

Sound Design
By Jessica Swale, dir. Liz Stevenson

POISON
2017
Orange Tree Theatre

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

THE NORMAN CONQUESTS
2017
Chichester Festival Theatre

Sound Design
Trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn, dir. Blanche McIntyre

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
2017
Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Matthew Dunster

TRIBES
2017
Sheffield Crucible Studio

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

GUARDS AT THE TAJ
2017
Bush Theatre

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

KILLER
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

THE PITCHFORK DISNEY
2017
Shoreditch Town Hall

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

THE CONVERT
2017
Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Danai Gurira, dir. Christopher Haydon

BABE, THE SHEEP-PIG
2016 – 2017
Polka Theatre/UK Tour

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

HARROGATE
2016
Royal Court/UK Tour

Sound Design
By Al Smith, dir. Richard Twyman

IMOGEN
2016
Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Matthew Dunster

IN FIDELITY
2016
Traverse Theatre/HighTide Festival

Sound Design
By Rob Drummond, dir. Steve Atkinson

PRIMETIME
2016
Royal Court Upstairs/Tour

Sound Design
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
2016
Shakespeare's Globe

Sound Design
By William Shakespeare, dir. Caroline Byrne

NOISES OFF
2016
Nottingham Playhouse/Live Theatre/Nuffield Southampton

Sound Design
By Michael Frayn, dir. Blanche McIntyre

GERMAN SKERRIES
2016
Orange Tree Theatre/Up In Arms

Sound Design
By Robert Holman, dir. Alice Hamilton

IN THE NIGHT TIME (BEFORE THE SUN RISES)
2016
Gate Theatre

Sound Design
By Nina Segal, dir. Ben Kidd

FORGET ME NOT
2015
Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Tom Holloway, dir. Steven Atkinson

THE HOMECOMING
2015
The Jamie Lloyd Company/Trafalgar Studios 1

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

EVENTIDE
2015
Arcola Theatre/Up In Arms

Sound Design
By Barney Norris, dir. Alice Hamilton

HARROGATE
2015
HighTide Festival

Sound Design
By Al Smith, dir. Richard Twyman

BRAVE NEW WORLD
2015
Royal and Derngate/Touring Consortium

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

CHICKEN
2015
Eastern Angles

Sound Design
By Molly Davies, dir. Steven Atkinson

PRIMETIME
2015
Royal Court Upstairs/Tour

Sound Design
Dir. Debbie Hannan

IMAGE OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG WOMAN
2015
Gate Theatre

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

BEAUTIFUL THING
2015
UK Tour (Revival)

Sound Design
By Jonathan Harvey, dir. Nikolai Foster

ECLIPSED
2015
Gate Theatre

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

A BREAKFAST OF EELS
2015
Print Room

Sound Design
By Robert Holman, dir. Robert Hastie

PEDDLING
2015
Arcola Theatre/HighTide Festival/59E59, New York

Sound Design
By Harry Melling, dir. Steven Atkinson

FIREWORKS
2015
Royal Court Upstairs

Sound Design
By Dalia Taha, dir. Richard Twyman

LIBERIAN GIRL
2015
Royal Court Upstairs

Sound Design
By Diana Nneka Atuona, dir. Matthew Dunster

VISITORS
2014
Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Barney Norris, dir. Alice Hamilton

STORY LAB
2014
Tricycle Theatre

Sound Design
Dir. Mark Londesborough

THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES
2014
Gate Theatre

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

REGENERATION
2014
Royal and Derngate/Touring Consortium

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

MAMETZ
2014
National Theatre of Wales

Sound Design
By Owen Sheers, dir. Matthew Dunster

MINOTAUR
2014
Polka Theatre/Clwyd Theatr Cymru

Sound Design
By Kevin Dyer, dir. Michael Fentiman

SPRING AWAKENING
2014
Headlong Theatre/UK Tour

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

THE ISLAND
2013
Young Vic

Sound Design
By Athol Fugard, dir. Alex Brown

LOVE YOUR SOLDIERS
2013
Sheffield Crucible Studio

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

THE LOVE GIRL & THE INNOCENT
2013
Southwark Playhouse

Sound Design
By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, dir. Matthew Dunster

THE LAST YANKEE
2013
Print Room

Sound Design
By Arthur Miller, dir. Cathal Cleary

THARK
2013
Park Theatre

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

DANCES OF DEATH
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

MOTH
2013
HighTide Festival/Bush Theatre

Sound Design
By Declan Greene, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah

BEAUTIFUL THING
2013
Arts Theatre/UK Tour

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

THE LIVING ROOM
2013
Jermyn Street Theatre

Sound Design
By Graham Greene, dir. Tom Littler

HELLO/GOODBYE
2013
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

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

LIAR LIAR
2013
Unicorn Theatre

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

THE SEAGULL
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

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