RADA Sound Department

Thank you for joining us at and showing us how clever and fun TiMax can be.
always likes to see what more we can do in theatre sound.

Monster - 2021

Gielgud Theatre

Sound Designer : Ella Bloomfield
PSE/Sound Operator : Dylan Mullholland
Mic Runner : Skylar Turnbull Hurd
Chief PSE : Kieran Dye
Deputy PSE : James Breedon

As You Like It - 2021

George Bernard Shaw Theatre

Sound Designer : Florence Hand
PSE/Sound Operator : Dylan Marsh
Chief PSE : Kieran Dye
Deputy PSE : James Breedon


design

Thank you Innovate Audio for coming in and showing us how AMAZING PanLab 2 is.

Panning sound has never been so much fun (and easy).
Cannot wait to add this to our sound designs in QLab!

Phil Matejtschuk signing off, handing over to the brilliant Jet Sharp.

RADA is a fantastic place to both work and study (trust me, I've done both).
Thank you to the endlessly inspiring students and staff - it's so important that anyone who might see this post and wonder if theatre in general is a potential career for you, the answer is a big, thunderous, resounding YES.
Whoever you are, we need your voice, skills and experiences to further enrich the arts.
(and I hear sound is a pretty cool field to work in)

SQ99 - 'Phil Exit'. GO.
SQ100 [auto follow] - 'Jet Revolution'...

And that concludes our countdown of the fantastic guests we've managed to include in our lockdown learning in 2021 - obviously it's been a tough time for everyone, and we're so grateful to all of the above for taking the time to speak to our students and help mould the future of the industry.

Last but not least, we were so grateful to have Rob Bettle take time out to talk to us about his work as a production sound engineer, moving into associate roles, and the importance of his familiarity with the UK's wide range of venues.

Our penultimate lockdown session was with the brilliant Tony Gayle and his talk subtitled all about his journey up to being one of the UK's top sound designers, and the importance of organisations like Stage Sight on the industry's future.

We delved into the world of game audio and composition with the help of fantastic guest Gina Loughlin, who showed us some of her process in making incredible audio for games, as well as some advice on navigating the industry (leading to two of our students immediately diving into providing sound at a game jam themselves!)

No, it's not an April Fool! We actually were lucky enough to get another Olivier-Award winner in to speak to our students - this time the wonderful Carolyn Downing, who gave some invaluable insight into her journey through the industry, and how it's evolving!

Having previously very kindly helped our students out with our musical theatre productions in previous years, it was an absolute pleasure to have brilliant sound designer Avgoustos Psillas give our students some fantastic sessions on processing, routing, desk setup, gain structure and everything in between!

huge thanks to Peter Rice as lead of the Association of Sound Designers Educators group for his impetus in getting our students, along with many other drama schools, involved with talks from TiMax + d&b - so great to collaborate & learn together!