Biog
Gareth Fry is a sound designer, best known for his cutting-edge work in theatre. His work includes productions for Complicité, National Theatre of Scotland, at the National Theatre, Bridge Theatre, in the West End and many more. He has also designed numerous exhibitions, such as the V&A’s David Bowie Is, Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser and Diva exhibitions, and events such as the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.
He is a specialist in spatial and binaural sound, which he has used in Donmar’s Macbeth, Complicité’s The Encounter, the BBC’s The Dark Is Rising, numerous VR experiences, podcasts, and advertising campaigns, including for Bose, Volvo, and Land Rover. His work in VR has been featured at the Tribeca, Vienna, Sundance, and London Film festivals.
He is a founder of, and spent 6 years as the chair of the Association of Sound Designers (now the ASDP), a charity that works to support people working in, and entering the UK theatre sound industry.
Gareth is an honorary fellow of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
He is the author of Sound Design for the Stage, published in 2019 by Crowood Press.
Awards include three Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, two Helpmann Awards, one WhatsOnStage award, and an Evening Standard award.
He regularly runs workshops for directors exploring how to use sound design in their work. These workshops have been commissioned by the National Theatre, Sadlers Wells, Complicité, the Prague Quadrennial, Mousetrap Theatre Projects, NSDF, the Brit School, the JMK Awards and the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.
He has contributed to BBC Radio 4’s World at One, and the World Service, to talk about the use of sound.
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