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Interview with Sound Designer Richard Brooker

21/12/2020

Richard Brooker has been involved in theatre for his entire life. From working on the New London Theatre production of Cats, he worked his way up to Sound No. 1 and mixed shows for a dozen years before he started designing.

He’s now one of the UK's top sound designers working on shows such as Dreamgirls, The Bodyguard, Funny Girl, Bend it like Beckham, Annie, West Side Story, Sister Act and many, many, many more. His achievements include also the BBC Proms and Glastonbury Festival.

He has worked on the following shows with KV2:

Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre – West End)
Sister Act (Leicester Curve & UK Tour)
Funny Girl (Savoy Theatre – West End)
West Side Story (Manchester Royal Exchange)
Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre – West End)
Annie (UK Tour)
Twelfth Night (Young Vic)
Close to you (Criterion Theatre-West End)
Benidorm Live (UK Tour)
Dusty (UK Tour)
Sunshine on Leith (UK Tour)
Sunshine on Leith (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Tango Moderno (UK Tour)
Annie (Piccadilly Theatre – West End)
The Addams Family (UK Tour)
One Love (Birmingham Rep)
Funny Girl (UK Tour)
Funny Girl (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Xanadu (Southwark Playhouse)
The Last Tango (UK Tour & Phoenix Theatre – West End)
Annie (UK Tour)
Love Me Tender (UK Tour)
What’s it all about (Menier Chocolate Factory)
Little Shop Of Horrors (Manchester Royal Exchange)
Therese Raquin (The Park Theatre, London)
Water Babies the Musical (Leicester Curve)
Dance ‘til Dawn (UK Tour & Aldwych Theatre – West End)
Fiddler on the Roof (UK Tour)