In Real Life
I have composed the score to the new Australian work, In Real Life which premieres at Darlinghurst Theatre. Julian Larnach’s In Real Life offers an unnerving portrait of our digital lives, a cautionary tale about our rapidly changing world where technology has pushed us beyond our moral compass and is rapidly breaking down societal norms. … Read more…
Lake Disappointment
I composed the score and sound design for the show Lake Disappointment, which premiered at Carriageworks in April 2016 A new Australian work by Luke Mullins and Lachlan Philpott with collaborator James Brown and Director Janice Muller, Lake Disappointment plunges beneath the surface of an image obsessed world and strums an unnerving riff on contemporary identity. Review Beautifully … Read more…
Broken
I composed the score and sound design for the play “Broken” at Darlinghurst Theatre. Broken is a two times winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. It won Best Drama and is the first play ever to win the Literature Prize, one the most prestigious literary awards in Australia. Broken is a powerful story … Read more…
TANGI WAI
I composed the Live score to Tangi Wai – The Cry of Water Victoria Hunt has drawn together an impressive creative team to investigate the transformative qualities of light, water, incantations and embodiment. Hunt has choreographed a company of eleven women in a striking work that explores the concept of Te Arai, a place of … Read more…
Animal People
I have composed the score along with Tom Hogan to the work “Animal People” – Directed by James Dalton It Premiered at Bondi Pavilion in May 2015 Good parents become bad people in Brooke Robinson’s new poetic thriller, Animal/People, a sweaty jog through a brutal suburbia, brought to life by director James Dalton (Kill the PM, Mr Kolpert). … Read more…
The Lee Ellroy Show
I composed the score to the live theatre/dance performance by SOIT in 2013 “The Lee Ellroy Show” A VISCERAL AND WILD TRIP IN JAMES ELLROY’S DARK AND FASCINATING UNIVERSE ‘The Lee Ellroy Show’ is the new duet by choreographer Hans Van den Broeck. A compelling source of inspiration is the autobiographical novel ‘My Dark Places’ … Read more…
Messiah Run! – SOIT
I worked in Belgium in 2011 to compose the score for this show MESSIAH RUN! Premiere January 26th, 2012, Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent (B) MESSIAH RUN! is Hans Van den Broeck’s fourth major production since he founded SOIT (Stay Only If Temporary), after having worked for 12 years at Les Ballets C de la B. For MESSIAH RUN! Hans Van den Broeck … Read more…
Who’s the best? – POST
I wrote the music for the POST show “Who’s the Best?” which premiered at Sydney theatre Company in June 2011 WHO’S THE BEST? Hi, thanks for coming. Now tell us, which one of us was your favourite? No really, let’s take a vote. A contest of identity with no end point, no rules and no … Read more…
We was them – SOIT
I wrote music for this show in Brussels – WE WAS THEM – Directed By Hans Van den Broeck. In this performance five dancers explore the Stockholm Syndrome, the psychological phenomenon in which a hostage comes to sympathise with the kidnapper. In total isolation, cut off from the outside world, they look feverishly for new … Read more…
Hole in the Wall
Matthew Prest & Clare Britton – HOLE IN THE WALL I wrote music for this performance work, which premiered at Campbelltown Arts Centre, and later on was performed at the Arts House (Meat Market) in Melbourne, as part of the NextWave Program, and then at Performance Space, Carriageworks – in Sydney We also produced … Read more…