Roly Botha (Composer and Sound Designer)
AGENT: John Rogerson
john@collectiveagents.co.uk
AWARDS:
2020 Olivier Award Nomination, Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre: WARHEADS
2019 VAULT Award, Show of the Week: BOYS, GIRLS, and CARE
2018 VAULT Award, Outstanding New Work: BOYS
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
GUNTER | Sound Designer | Dir: Rachel Lemon | Royal Court Theatre
DEAR YOUNG MONSTER | Composer & Sound Designer | Dir: Sammy Glover | Bristol Old Vic
HIR | Sound Designer | Dir: Steve Kunis | Park
GWYNETH GOES SKIING | Sound Designer | Dir: Joseph Martin & Linus Karp | Pleasance
DEAR YOUNG MONSTER | Sound Designer | Dir: Sammy Glover | Bristol Old Vic
TRUTH & TAILS | Sound Designer & Composer | Dir: Bobby Brook| Chichester Festival Theatre
STORM | Sound Designer | Dir: Juliet Knight | Southwark Playhouse
SHUT UP, I'M DREAMING | Sound Designer & Additional Music | Dir. Kane Husbands | National Theatre (Secondary Schools Tour)
THE ULTIMATE PICKLE | Composer & Sound Designer | Dir. Eva Sampson | Plaines Plough Roundabout Season
HALF-EMPTY GLASSES | Composer & Sound Designer | Dir. Kaleya Baxe | Plaines Plough Roundabout Season
A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN | Composer & Sound Designer | Dir. Yasmin Hafesji | Plaines Plough Roundabout Season
THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A | Sound Designer | Dir. Mark Ravenhill | King's Head
ORLANDO | Composer & Sound Designer | Stella Powell-Jones | Jermyn Street Theatre
BOYS | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | Barbican
WILD | Co-Composer (with Marc Teitler) & Sound Designer | dir. Eva Sampson | Unicorn
COMING TO ENGLAND | Sound Designer | dir. Omar Okai | Birmingham Rep
BLOWHOLE | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Tom Wright | Soho Theatre
MUCK | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Norwich Arts Centre
HELEN | Sound Designer | dir. Scott Whelan & Harriet Taylor | Battersea Arts Centre
THE FOREST AWAKENS | Sound Designer | dir. Cory Hippolyte | Kiln Young Company
CODE & DAGGER | Sound Designer | dir. Robyn Olivia | Kiln Young Company
MILK AND GALL | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Lisa Spirling | Theatre503
FRITZ AND MATLOCK | Sound Designer | dir. Jessica Millward | Pleasance
BROKEN ENGLISH | Composer &. Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Bread & Roses
BLOWHOLE | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Tom Wright | Pleasance
TELL ME STRAIGHT | Sound Designer | dir. Paul Bradshaw & Imogen Hudson-Clayton | King’s Head Theatre
SCREAM FIRE | Sound Designer | dir. Nastazja Domaradzka | Theatre Royal Stratford East
PUNK ROCK | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Theatre Royal Stratford East
START | Sound Designer & Additional Music | dir. Toby Clarke | Mountview
BROTHER | Sound Designer | dir. Tom Jackson-Grieves | Southwark Playhouse
MUCK | Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Norwich Arts Centre
START | Sound Designer & Additional Music | dir. Toby Clarke | Theatre Peckham
STORM | Sound Designer | dir. Sam Hardie & Juliet Knight | VAULT Festival
BOYS | Composer/Musical Director & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | Southbank Centre
MAKING FATIHA | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Camden Peoples’ Theatre
MONKEY BARS | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Southwark Playhouse
WARHEADS [Olivier Award nominated for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre] | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Toby Clarke | Park Theatre
CARE [VAULT Award for Outstanding New Work] | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | VAULT Festival
GIRLS [VAULT Award for Outstanding New Work], Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | VAULT Festival
HOME | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | St Margarets University
CARE | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. Kane Husbands | National Youth Theatre
GIRLS (R&D) | Composer/Musical Director & Musician | dir. Kane Husbands | Lyric Hammersmith
MILL ON THE FLOSS | Composer/Musical Director | dir. Toby Clarke | Central School of Speech and Drama
JOURNEYS | Composer/Musican | dir. Toby Clarke | Lyric Hammersmith
LOVE LETTERS | Sound Designer | Stef O’Driscoll | Lyric Hammersmith
BOYS [VAULT Award for Outstanding New Work] | Composer | dir. Kane Husbands | The PappyShow
THREE | Composer/Musician & Sound Designer | dir. Anna Niland | Arcola Theatre
FILM:
WHAT DO YOU SEE? | Composer, The PappyShow, Kane Husbands
TWO’S COMPANY I Composer | dir. Isis Hope Lloyd | KFS
I’M FINE | Sound Designer & Mix Engineer | dir. Chris Hoare | CH Films
AUDIO:
IT’S A PRACTICE PODCAST | Sound Designer & Engineer | The PappyShow
PLAYS FOR TODAY | Composer & Sound Designer/Engineer | dir. Toby Clarke | Southwark Playhouse,
OPENING DOORS | Composer & Sound Designer | dir. John Whelan | Southwark Playhouse