Carolyn Downing

A.R.T.: Debut. Carolyn Downing is an award-winning sound designer working in theater and across a variety of media, both in the UK and internationally. Theater: The Welkin, Downstate (also at Steppenwolf), Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – the Musical!, As You Like It, Our Country’s Good, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, Dara, Protest Song, Double Feature, National Theatre; All My Sons, Old Vic; Death Of A Salesman, Young Vic, West End; Summer & Smoke (Olivier Nomination 2019),Chimerica (Olivier Award Best Sound Design 2014), Almeida, West End; Carmen Disruption, Blood Wedding, Almeida; Gypsy, Mother Courage, The Producers, Royal Exchange; The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, King John, RSC; White Teeth, Kiln; Me And My Girl, Copenhagen, Fiddler on the Roof, Chichester; A Woman of No Importance, Vaudeville, UK Tour; BLANK, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (also on Broadway), Fathers and Sons, Dimetos, Absurdia, Donmar; The Believers, Beautiful Burnout, Love Song, Frantic Assembly; Hope, The Pass, The Low Road, Choir Boy, Royal Court; All My Sons, Schoenfeld (New York). Designs for opera include: Benjamin, Dernière Nuit, Opéra de Lyon; How the Whale Became, Royal Opera House; American Lulu, Opera Group; After Dido, ENO. Exhibitions include: Reimagining Wordsworth, Wordsworth Trust; Grasmere; Hut 11A: The Bombe Breakthrough, Bletchley Park; So You Say You Want A Revolution? Records & Rebels 1965–70, V&A; Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones, Saatchi Gallery; Collider, the Science Museum; Louis Vuitton: Series 3. Carolyn has also created soundscapes for Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate tour (2017) and Louis Vuitton Ready to Wear Collection shows at the Louis Vuitton Foundation and The Louvre, Paris.