2020 - now
April 2025
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Marquis Theatre, New York
Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Play 2025
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for a Play 2025
Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design 2025
October 2024
Brace Brace
directed by Daniel Raggett
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
It’s difficult to imagine the writing in better hands, here abetted by a creative team that includes the Tony-winning sound designer Paul Arditti (Billy Elliot) returning to the theatrical fold.
Matt Wolf: London Theatre
The hair-raising sound design by Paul Arditti, complete with the eerie silence of engines switching off as the hijacker storms the cockpit and attempts to throttle the captain. Then there is the keening of the nosedive... All of it feels incredibly real and dangerous.
Arifa Akbar: The Guardian
The upstairs space has been reconfigured in the shape of a plane cabin; Paul Arditti’s immersive soundscape with its whirring jet engines and ambient aircraft background noise add a touch of uncanny, thrilling realism.
Claire Allfree: The Telegraph
Together with... the roar of Paul Arditti’s nerve-jangling sound design, it’s a powerfully visceral experience in no need of words.
Tom Wicker: Time Out
It’s a real coup de theatre and huge plaudits belong to director Daniel Raggett and the creative team, including Anna Reid (designer)... and Paul Arditti (sound).
Theo Bosanquet: WhatsonStage
The production, directed by Daniel Raggett and designed by Anna Reid with Paul Arditti’s gripping soundscape, does have an impact.
Aleks Sierz: The Arts Desk
And at times, BRACE BRACE becomes a bit like an immersive experience of a plane crashing in real time - the lighting [Deanna Towli and Lucinda Plummer] and sound (Paul Arditti) are so terrifying and effective that they are almost too vivid... At one point, the violence, sound and fighting (Fight Director Alex Payne) feels so realistic, I actually have to look away.
Beth Bowden: All That Dazzles
December 2023
The Motive And The Cue
directed by Sam Mendes
Noel Coward Theatre, London
December 2023
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Phoenix Theatre, London
WhatsOnStage Nomination for Best Sound Design 2024
Olivier Award Nomination for Best Sound Design 2024
August 2023
The Odyssey: Part 5 The Underworld
directed by Emily Lim
National Theatre, London
April 2023
The Motive And The Cue
directed by Sam Mendes
Lyttelton Theatre, London
March 2023
Guys and Dolls
directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bridge Theatre, London
WhatsOnStage Nomination for Best Sound Design 2024
October 2022
Local Hero
directed by Daniel Evans
with music by Mark Knopfler
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
September 2022
The Crucible
directed by Lyndsey Turner
sound co-designed with Tingying Dong
Olivier Theatre, London
September 2022
Jack Absolute Flies Again
directed by Emily Burns
Olivier Theatre, London
April 2022
Our Generation
directed by Daniel Evans
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
February 2022
Our Generation
directed by Daniel Evans
Dorfman Theatre, London
December 2021
La Belle Sauvage - The Book Of Dust
directed by Nicholas Hytner
Bridge Theatre, London
October 2021
Caroline , Or Change
directed by Michael Longhurst
Studio 54, New York
with Sharon D. Clarke
December 2020
Dick Whittington
directed by Ned Bennett
Olivier Theatre, London
September 2020
Children of Nora
directed and written by Robert Icke
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
January 2020
The Visit
directed by Jeremy Herrin
Olivier Theatre, London
with Lesley Manville and Hugo Weaving