Holly Khan

Composer / Sound Designer

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Biography

Holly Khan is a British/Guyanese multi-instrumentalist Composer and Sound Designer.

She has performed, and had her music featured, at word class venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Lyric Hammersmith, O2 Academy Islington, Oxford Playhouse, Summerhall Edinburgh, St Mark’s Basilica Venice and Théâtre De Menilmontant Paris.

She was nominated for Best Sound Design at The Offies for her work on Bellringers in 2024 and in 2022 for her work on For A Palestinian.

‘The mood is one of hazy, hushed, rustic days, with Holly Khan’s score finding the tone: subdued, mournful, resigned to life’s hardships, but with beauty and playfulness too’ – The Guardian (Tess 2024)

‘Holly Khan provides an effective, omnipresent sound score, thrumming constantly underneath the words like Malachi’s tortured subconscious, occasionally exploding into abject terror or total joy.’ – What’s On Stage (Dreaming & Drowning 2023)

‘Designs from Khan usher us into wonderful suspended moments in time’ – London Theatre Review  (Blackout Songs 2022)

‘Multi-instrumentalist Holly Khan’s gorgeous soundscape is central and crucial to the storytelling. From the smooth jazz of a stolen kiss to the soft violins and haunting vocals of Liv’s tormented creative process, Khan’s tunes are elegant in their eclecticism. Her sound design is equally impressive. A leak in the roof drops into a bucket becoming the tell-tale heart of Liv and Kate’s relationship’ – Cindy Marcolina, Broadway World (The Beach House, 2023)

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
2026 		Lyric Hammersmith / Bristol Old Vic

Written by Oscar Wilde
Dir. Nicholai La Barrie
As Sound Designer
ATLANTIS
2026 		Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva Theatre) / Theatre Clwyd

Written by Emily White
Dir. Guy Jones
As Composer & Sound Designer
KING LEAR
2026 		Royal Exchange

Written by William Shakespeare
Dir. Matthew Dunster
As Sound Designer
BLACKBIRD
2027 		Theatre Royal Bath

Written by David Harrower

Dir. Matthew Dunster

As Sound Designer and Composer

Theatre

Production Company Notes
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2026 		Unicorn Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company

Dir. Rachel Bagshaw and Robin Belfield

As Sound Designer and Composer
EDUCATING RITA
2026 		Reading Rep

Written by Willy Russell
Dir. Annie Kershaw
As Sound Designer
SECOND TRIMESTER
2026 		Gulbenkian Theatre / BAC

Created by Krishna Istha and Geetha Menon
As Composer
COLLABORATOR
2026 		The Place / Ockham's Razor

Created by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney
Dir. Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney
As Composer
DEALER'S CHOICE
2025 		Donmar

Written by Patrick Marber
Dir. Matthew Dunster
As Sound Designer
MARRIAGE MATERIAL
2025 		Lyric Hammersmith / Birmingham Rep

Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Dir. Iqbal Khan
As Composer & Sound Designer
SISTERS 360
2025 		Polka Theatre / Leeds Playhouse

Written by Asif Khan
Dir. Ameera Conrad
As Composer & Sound Designer
LAVENDER, HYACINTH, VIOLET, YEW
2025 		Bush Theatre

Written by Coral Wylie
Dir. Debbie Hannan
As Sound Designer
SCENES FROM LOST MOTHERS
2025 		Clean Break

Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Dir. Anna Herrmann
As Composer & Sound Designer
THE LITTLE MERMAID
2024 		Bristol Old Vic

Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya
Dir. Miranda Cromwell
As Sound Designer
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
2024 		Lyric Hammersmith

Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Dir. Rachel O’Riordan
As Composer
STATUES
2024 		Bush / Two Magpies

Written by Azan Ahmed
Dir. Esme Allman
As Composer & Sound Designer
BELLRINGERS
2024 		Hampstead Theatre

Written by Daisy Hall
Dir. Jessica Lazar
As Sound Designer
*OFFIE nominated for Best Sound Design
SAM WU IS NOT AFRAID OF GHOSTS
2024 		Polka Theatre

Written by Julie Tsang
Dir. Emily Ling Williams
As Composer & Sound Designer
RED SPEEDO
2024 		Orange Tree Theatre

Written by Lucas Hnath
Dir. Matthew Dunster
As Composer & Sound Designer
LAUGHING BOY
2024 		Jermyn Street Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath

Dir. Stephen Unwin
As Composer & Sound Designer
SYLVIA
2024 		English Theatre Frankfurt

Dir. Bethany Pitts
As Sound Designer
I WISH
2024 		Unicorn Theatre

Dir. Rachel Bagshaw
As Sound Designer
NORTHANGER ABBEY
2024 		Orange Tree Theatre

Written by Zoe Cooper
Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer
TESS
2024 		Turtle Key Arts / Sadler's Wells

Dir. Ockham’s Razor
As Composer and Sound Designer
DREAMING & DROWNING
2023 		Bush

Written and Directed by Kwame Owusu
As Sound Designer & Composer
THIS MUCH I KNOW
2023 		Hampstead Theatre

Written by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Chelsea Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer
I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
2023 		Mercury

Written by Emma-Louise Howell
Dir. Hetty Hodgson
As Sound Designer & Composer

NOMINATED: Innovation at Stage UK Award
THE INVINCIBLES
2023 		Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

Written by Amanda Whittington
Dir. James Grieve
As Sound Designer & Composer
DUCK
2023 		Arcola

Written by maatin
Directed by Imy Wyatt Corner
As Sound Design & Composer
MANSFIELD PARK
2023 		Watermill Theatre / Two Gents

Written & Directed by Tonderai Munyevu & Arne Pohlmeier
As Sound Designer & Composer
BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST
2023 		Hampstead - Downstairs

Written by Gareth Farr
Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2023 		Gatehouse Theatre Stafford Shakespeare Festival

Dir. Sean Turner
As Sound Designer
UNSEEN, UNHEARD: THE UNTOLD BREAST CANCER STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE UK
2023 		Theatre Peckham

Written by Naomi Denny
Dir. Simon Frederick and Suzann McLean
Sound Designer & Additional Composition
JULES AND JIM
2023 		Jermyn Street Theatre

Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché
Directed by Stella Powell-Jones
As Sound Designer & Composer
BLACKOUT SONGS
2023 		Hampstead - Upstairs

Written by Joe White
Dir. Guy Jones
As Composer
THE BEACH HOUSE
2023 		Park Theatre / Kate Productions

Written by Jo Harper
Dir. Bethany Pitts
As Sound Designer & Composer
BLACKOUT SONGS
2022 		Hampstead - Downstairs

Written by Joe White
Dir. Guy Jones
As Composer & Sound Designer
*Oliver Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
FOR A PALESTINIAN
2022 		Bristol Old Vic / Camden Peoples Theatre / WoLab

Written by Bilal Hasna & Aaron Kilercioglu
Dir. Aaron Kilercioglu
As Sound Designer

*OFFIE nominated for Best Sound Design
TICKER
2021 		The Turbine

Written by Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson
As Sound Designer / Composer
AMAL MEETS ALICE
2021 		Good Chance Theatre Company / The Story Museum

Written by Nadine Kaadan
Dir. Jeremy James
As Musician in Residence
KALEIDOSCOPE
2021 		Filskit Theatre Company / Southbank Centre / Oxford Playhouse

Created by Katy Costigan, Victoria Dyson & Sarah Shepherd
As Musician
TICKER
2019 		Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle/Underbelly, Edinburgh/Theatre503

Written by Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson
As Sound Designer & Composer
THE ARTIST
2019 		Stratford Circus Art Centre / Filskit

As Sound Designer / Composer
R&D
WHAT'S YOUR IDENT
2024 		Tara Arts

Dir. Natasha Kathi-Chandra
As Composer & Sound Designer
SECOND THE BEST
2021 		Live Theatre, Newcastle

Written by Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson
As Composer
LIGHTNING IN MAY
2020 		Mercury Theatre

Dir. Emma Baggott

Film

Production Company Notes
THEIR VOICES RAA / Global Health Film Festival Barbican

As Composer
THE PIGEON
2025 		Messy Films Ltd

Dir. Chloe Culpin
BECOMING AN ARTIST: BHAJAN HUNJAN
2023 		Tate

As Composer

Other

Production Company Notes
INSTALLATION
MRS BIBI
2024 		Audible

Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer
SANCTUARY Limbic Cinema / Stockton Arts Festival
SONG FOR THE METRO The Sage Music Centre Newcastle
IT'S ABOUT TIME UN Women / Battersea Arts Centre / Mayor of London
FLOAT Totally Thames Festival
ONE DAY Blind Summit Theatre / Anne Frank Trust
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