About PAUL ARDITTI
It's the sounds one remembers most (Guardian)
Paul Arditti is a UK-based sound designer specialising in plays and musicals. He works around the world, but especially in the UK and the US. He is a founder member of the Association of Sound Designers, and an associate at the National Theatre, London.
Awards
Paul, and his co-designer Chris Reid, won the 2020 Drama Desk Award for the Broadway production of The Inheritance, and were nominated for the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Sound Design for the UK production.
Paul is the proud holder of two Olivier Awards, for Billy Elliot The Musical, and Saint Joan, a Tony Award for Billy Elliot The Musical and four Drama Desk Awards, for The Inheritance, Billy Elliot The Musical, The Pillowman, and Four Baboons Adoring The Sun.
Paul was also nominated for Tony Awards for Mary Stuart and One Man Two Guvnors, and nominated for Olivier Awards for Amadeus (2017), The Pillowman and Festen.
Paul has a Technical Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement In Sound 2013; a BroadwayWorld.com Fans’ Choice Award 2009 for Billy Elliot The Musical; a Helpmann Award (Australia) nomination 2008 for Billy Elliot The Musical, an Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2004 for Crestfall; a Lucille Lortel Award nomination 2004 for Far Away, and a Drama Desk Award nomination 2003 for The Chairs.
Latest News
Paul and Chris Reid have been nominated for a Tony Award for The Inheritance on Broadway! The production has garnered 11 Tony noms. No date has yet been set for the Award Ceremony.
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