John Patrick Elliott

Composer

Biography

John is an award-winning composer, songwriter and performer from Yorkshire.

He won Best Composer at the Stage Debut Awards 2022 for his score for the Olivier-nominated hit Cruise. He has performed his scores on London’s West End and composed for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His most recent theatre work includes his live score for the acclaimed true-crime hit KENREX, which transfers to New York in April 2026 after a sell-out run in London.

John also composes for film and television, with recent work including the BAFTA-nominated film Terence.

He has toured Europe extensively with his genre-hopping band The Little Unsaid, receiving radio support from Iggy Pop, performing at Glastonbury Festival and receiving the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award for boundary-pushing music creators. 

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
KENREX
2026
Lucille Lortel Theater

Directed by Ed Stambollouian
Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
New York transfer

THE ISLE Aria

New play in development with collaborator Jack Holden

Theatre

Production Company Notes
KENREX
2025
Aria / The Other Palace

Directed by Ed Stambollouian
Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
* Nominated Outstanding Musical Contribution and Best New Play – Olivier Awards 2026
* Nominated Best New Play – Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2026
* Nominated Best Sound and Music and Best Production – Off West End Awards 2026

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
2025
Royal Shakespeare Company

Dir. Joanna Bowman

KENREX
2025
Aria / Southwark Playhouse

Directed by Ed Stambollouian
Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
*Nominated Best Off-West End Production – WhatsOnStage Awards 2024

KENREX
2024
Sheffield Crucible

Directed by Ed Stambollouian
Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
*Nominated Best Off-West End Production – WhatsOnStage Awards 2024

ADA
2023
National Youth Theatre

Written by Rebecca Manley
Dir. Andrew Whyment

CRUISE
2023
HOME Manchester / Aria Entertainment

Composer & Performer By Jack Holden Dir. Bronagh Lagan
*Winner Stage Debut Award for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
*Nominated Olivier Awards – Best New Play 2022
*Nominated for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer at the Stage Debut Awards 2022
*Winner Best Recorded Show (Edited – Significant Edits) – Offies 2022

WEEVER FISH
2023
Central School of Speech & Drama

Original show commissioned and performed by final year students

RING RING
2023
Rose Bruford

By Gary Owen
As Composer

THE ALBUM
2022
SAY / THE PLACE

Choreographed by Sarah Golding and Yukiko Masui

CRUISE
2022
Aria Entertainment / Lambert Jackson Productions / Apollo Theatre

Composer & Performer
By Jack Holden
Dir. Bronagh Lagan
*Winner Stage Debut Award for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
*Nominated Olivier Awards – Best New Play 2022
*Nominated for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer at the Stage Debut Awards 2022
*Winner Best Recorded Show (Edited – Significant Edits) – Offies 2022

MAPDANCE 22
2022
Mapdance 22

Contemporary dance piece touring the UK throughout 2022
Choreography by Sarah Golding

CRUISE
2021
Aria Entertainment / Lambert Jackson / The Duchess Theatre

Composer & Performer
Streamed play (Stream.Theatre) and Live at The Duchess Theatre, West End
By Jack Holden
Directed by Bronagh Lagan
*Winner Stage Debut Award for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer
*Nominated Olivier Awards – Best New Play 2022
*Winner Best Recorded Show (Edited – Significant Edits) – Offies 2022

ANIMAL FARM
2021
National Youth Theatre 2021 / Royal & Derngate

Composer
By George Orwell, Adapted by Tatty Hennessy
Directed by Ed Stambollouian

KENREX (rehearsed reading)
2018
Stockroom / Shoreditch Town Hall

Composer and Performer
Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
Directed by Ed Stambollouian

Television

Production Company Notes
CHINA WITH BEN FOGLE
2026
Blink Media / Channel 5

Composer

INTO THE CONGO
2024
Channel 5

Film

Production Company Notes
THREE MOONS OF BIYANGDO
2022
Newyonder

Composer
Feature documentary following the tradition of the Haenyeo, free-diving women, in South Korea
Directed by Jon Cleave

WILD ISLES
2022
Newyonder

Composer
Feature documentary charting the change in biodiversity around the UK
Directed by Jon Cleave

Short Films

Production Company Notes
TERENCE
2026

Composer
Directed by Edem Kelman
*Nominated for Best Short Film BAFTA 2026

DOG'S DINNER
2025
BTW Pictures

Composer
Directed by Jamie Armitage

UNCLE ARTOO
2025

Composer
Directed by Zoe Whittaker

SAFARI
2025
My Accomplice

Composer
Directed by Jack Holden

THE ART OF HYBRID INTELLIGENCE
2022
Brunswick Group

Composer
Directed by Fabia Martin

SOMETIME ELSE
2020
James Cleave Films

Composer
Directed by James Cleave

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
2020

Composer
Directed by Rik Sims

John Patrick Elliott
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