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Neil McKeown

Sound Designer Composer Musician Electronic Music Producer

Off-West End Awards nominee with ten years experience designing, mixing and operating sound for theatre; using sound to immerse audiences and enhance the emotional journeys of characters; programming playback to enable efficient operation and tailoring audio for a wide variety of venues and systems; fault finding and fixing during mission critical situations; training and managing teams, fostering a supportive, collaborative dynamic.

Credits

Composer, Hackney Social Audio, Podcast, N/A, 2022
Producer, So much for all in a day's work, Album, 2021
Composer, Stained Plates, Short Film, N/A, 2021
Composer, Immediate Theatre - 25th Anniversary, N/A, 2021
Producer, Arcola Outside, Radio Feature, N/A, 2020
Composer, Join the Dots, Podcast, N/A, 2020
Composer & Sound Designer, Intervention, Short Film, N/A, 2020
Composer & Sound Designer, Scarab, Video Game Cinematic, N/A, 2020
Sound Designer & Composer, Calamity, Short Film, N/A, 2020
Sound Designer, Diary of an Expat, Udderbelly at Edinburgh Fringe & UK Tour, 2018 & 2019
Sound Designer, Edward II, Greenwich Theatre, 11 days, 2018
Sound Designer, Death and the Maiden, Millfield Theatre & Arcola Theatre, 2 days, 2017
Sound Designer, Bliss, Arcola Theatre & European Tour, 3 days & 4 days, 2017
Sound Designer, The Lights, Royal Court, 5 days, 2017
Sound Designer, Agir Roman, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2017
Sound Designer, The Cherry Orchard, Arcola Theatre, 6 weeks, 2017
Sound Designer, The Lower Depths, Arcola Theatre, 6 weeks, 2017
Composer & Sound Designer, The Boat, Short Film, N/A, 2016
Sound Designer, Drones, Baby, Drones, Arcola Theatre, 4 weeks, 2016
Sound Designer, Kenny Morgan, Arcola Theatre, 4 weeks, 2016
Sound Designer, The Comedy of Errors, Guildford Castle Grounds, 3 weeks, 2016
Sound Designer, The Local Stigmatic, Old Red Lion, 3 weeks, 2016
Sound Designer, Richard II, Arcola Theatre & Palace of Westminster, 1 week, 2016
Sound Designer, The Bacchae, Blue Elephant, 3 weeks, 2016
Sound Designer, Children of War, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2016
Sound Designer, The Women, GSA, 1 week, 2016
Sound Designer, Children of War, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2016
Sound Designer, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brockley Jack & Greenwich Theatre, 3 weeks & 1 week, 2016 & 2017
Sound Designer, Clarion, Arcola Theatre, 5 weeks & 4 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer & Composer, Tamburlaine, Tristan Bates, 2 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer, His Dark Materials, Nuffield Theatre, 1 week, 2015
Sound Designer, Henry V, Union Theatre, 3 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer, Closer to Heaven, Union Theatre, 4 weeks & 5 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer, Shrapnel: 34 fragments of a massacre, Arcola Theatre, 3 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer & Composer, The Revenger's Tragedy, Brockley Jack, 3 weeks, 2015
Sound Designer, Mahmud ile Yezida, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2015
Sound Designer, Troillus & Cressida / Coriolanus, Tristan Bates, 3 weeks, 2014
Sound Designer, Between Us, Arcola Theatre, 3 weeks, 2014
Sound Designer, The Intruder / The Bald Prima Dona, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2014
Composer & Sound Designer, The Water's Edge, Talimhane Istanbul, 1 week, 2014
Sound Designer, Dead in the Water, Brighton Fringe, 1 week, 2014
Sound Designer, Richard III, Blue Elephant, 3 weeks, 2014
Sound Designer, Shang-a-Lang, King's Head, 3 weeks, 2014
Sound Designer, Say Your Name, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2014
Sound Designer, The Door, Park Theatre, 3 weeks, 2013
Composer & Sound Designer, A Merchant of Venice, Brockley Jack, 3 weeks, 2013
Sound Designer, Iron, Old Red Lion, 3 weeks, 2013
Sound Designer, Theatre Uncut, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2013
Sound Designer, Mandrake, Brockley Jack, 3 weeks, 2013
Sound Designer, When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, Talimhane Istanbul, 1 week, 2013
Sound Designer, Mare Rider, Arcola Theatre & European Tour, 3 weeks & 4 days, 2013
Sound Designer, You Me Bum Bum Train, Disused Water Co Building in Stratford, 3 months, 2012
Composer & Sound Designer, Poke Ten, Marketing Co Video, N/A, 2011
Sound Designer, 1 woman, 18 men, 1 day, Short Film, N/A, 2011


Training

BA Audio Production

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Editing
  • Mixing
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Performing
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design

Additional Languages

None