James Frewer
Composer/Sound Designer/Musical Director
Heads of Department
Heads of Department
James graduated with a Masters degree in Music from the University of Hull in 2011. He works as a Composer, Musical Director, Sound Designer and Performer. He is an Associate Artist of Middle Child, Boundless Theatre and Hull Truck.
James Frewer’s live music [hits] the spot
The Guardian on The Hundred and One Dalmatians
The score does more than show the passage of time. It taps into the rhythms of British life. You feel the beat beneath the story’s surface; the sound of a nation at each point in time.
Matt Trueman (Fest Mag) on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
James Frewer cleverly intersperses his original compostitions with familiar tunes
The Guardian on Folk
Weekend Rockstars was awarded the Musical Theatre Network's Development Award for 2015.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2020 | Middle Child Theatre/Summerhall/Arcola Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2019 | Bolton Octagon | Dir. Lotte Wakeham |
2019 | Birmingham Rep | Dir. Alex Brown |
2019 | MIddle Child Theatre/Hull Truck/Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse | Dir. Paul Smith |
2019 | Silent Uproar | Dir. Alex Mitchell |
2018 | Bush Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
2018 | Wilton's Music Hall | Dir. Thomas Hescott |
2018 | Sheffield Crucible | Dir. Rebecca Frecknall |
2018 | Middle Child | Dir. Paul Smith |
2018 | Royal Exchange | Dir. Matt Hassall |
2017 - 2018 | Birmingham Rep | Dir. Tessa Walker |
2017 | Middle Child | Dir. Paul Smith |
2017 | Middle Child/Paines Plough/Roundabout @ Summerhall | Dir. Paul Smith |
2017 | Orange Tree Theatre | Dir. Alex Thorpe |
2016 - 2017 | New Vic Theatre | Dir. Theresa Heskins |
2016 | Pilot Theatre | Dir. Katie Posner |
2016 | Birmingham Rep/Watford Palace/Hull Truck | Dir. Tessa Walker |
2016 | Pentabus Theatre | Dir. Jo Newman |
2016 | Northern Stage/UK Tour | Dir. Lorne Campbell |
2015 | Hull Truck | Dir. Mark Babych |
2015 | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs | Dir. Caitlin McLeod |
2015 | Middle Child Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
2015 | Cast Doncaster | Dir. Esther Richardson and Lucy Hind |
2015 | Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe/New Diorama | Dir. Paul Smith |
2015 | Pentabus Theatre | Dir. Tinuke Craig |
2015 | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs | Dir. Anna Ledwich |
2014 | Middle Child Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
2014 | Hull Truck | Dir. Mark Babych |
2014 | Middle Child Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
2014 | Paines Plough/Tour | Dir. Stef O'Driscoll |
2014 | Watford Palace Theatre | Dir. Brigid Larmour & Shona Morris |
2014 | Hull Truck | Dir. Paul Smith |
2014 | Park Theatre/Big Bear | Dir. James Bounds |
2014 | Hull Truck | Dir. Mark Babych |
2013 | Soho Theatre | Dir. Steve Marmion |
THE UGLY SISTERS 2013 | Rash Dash/UK Tour | Dir. Kyle Davies/Rash Dash |
2013 | National Theatre | Dir.Jeremy Herrin |
SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING 2013 | Middle Child Theatre | Dir. Paul Smith |
2013 | Red Ladder/UK Tour | Dir. Rod Dixon |