RAFFAELA PANCUCCI
SOUND DESIGNER, COMPOSER & THEATREMAKER

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER The third and final piece in this urgent dance trilogy, making its world premiere in the UK in February 2025, and will offer a spark in the darkness as to where we – collectively, spiritually, and imaginatively – might go next. Co-Creators - Crystal Pite & Simon McBurney Sound - Benjamin Grant Lighting - Tom Visser Creative Producer - Tim Bell INTERNATIONAL TOUR

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER At the start of World War I, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey before finding himself alone in No Man’s Land... Direction - Tom Morris & Katie Henry Puppetry Direction - Matt Forbes Sound - Christopher Shutt Music - Adrian Sutton Lighting - Rob Casey, for Ammonite NATIONAL TOUR

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER Amy won the award for ‘best hair’ at school three years in a row. Everyone swooned over her long hair. Before… Before her hair started falling out in all the wrong places. Now Amy’s taking back her body and taking on the beauty industry… one eyebrow at a time. Direction - Sarah Stacey Writing - Emily Glaze Set - Anna Kelsey Lighting - Catja Hamilton BRIXTON HOUSE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Grieving the loss of the family shop, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes, exploring family dynamics, race, colonialism and cancel culture. Direction - Clint Dyer Design - ULTZ & Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey Lighting - Jackie Shemesh Sound - Pete Malkin & Benjamin Grant @SOHOPLACE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Unapologetically upwardly mobile and working as a bailiff, Delroy’s life spirals out of control on one surreal day as he races to get to the hospital where his girlfriend Carly is about to give birth. Direction - Clint Dyer Design - ULTZ & Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey Lighting - Jackie Shemesh Sound - Pete Malkin & Benjamin Grant @SOHOPLACE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Powerless, angry, and a state of heartbreak, Michael confronts the difficult truths about his father’s legacy and the country that shaped him. At the funeral, unannounced and unprepared, Michael decides it is time to speak... Direction - Clint Dyer Design - ULTZ & Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey Lighting - Jackie Shemesh Sound - Pete Malkin & Benjamin Grant @SOHOPLACE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER This multi-room, immersive experience will take you into Paddington’s world. Explore recognisable locations from the Paddington stories, whilst you embark on an interactive adventure full of gameplay, helping the Brown family prepare for a very special occasion. Direction - Tom Maller Design - Rebecca Brower Lighting - John Coman, for WBD Sound - Luke Swaffield, for Autograph COUNTY HALL

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER In a mash up of Victorian England and the modern day, the story explores how the repression of female voices was as prevalent in the 19th century as it is today. Centring around two new protagonists – Jekyll’s widow and a young blogger in the 21st century. Direction - Kirsty Housley Set & Costume - Amanda Stoodley Lighting - Joshua Pharo Sound - Benjamin Grant NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOLS TOUR

SOUND DESIGNER A group of young women gather in the middle of the night to bring a prince’s story to life, where he seeks true meaning in a world without opportunity. Direction - Michelle Payne Choreography - Cristian Valle Set - Bob Sterrett Lighting - Mark Dymock Costume - Jida Akil Photography - Fiona Winning THE BACKSTAGE THEATRE

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER This roaring climate-change epic follows one family and their experiences of our changing and damaged planet from 1965 to 2525, exploring the concept of generational responsibility in this urgent modern masterpiece – which is more relevant now than ever. Direction - Barry Fitzgerald Writing - Mike Bartlett Set and Costume - Jida Akil Movement - Tara Young THE BACKSTAGE THEATRE

WORKSHOP ASSISTANT Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, this new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end. Direction - Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin Set - Miriam Buether Sound - Paul Arditti Music - D.J. Walde Lighting - Jon Clark THE PHOENIX THEATRE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Blending expansive storytelling, innovative technology and international collaboration, Deciphering takes audiences inside the real cave network containing the oldest graphic communication ever found. Direction - Jack Lowe, for curious directive Lighting - Katherine Graham Sound - Pete Malkin & Kieran Lucas Multimedia - Rais Rice & Reza Enem NORFOLK SCHOOLS TOUR

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER The only sources of news are the government’s The British Gazette and the independent, fledgling British Broadcasting Company. What follows is a fierce battle for control of the news and who gets to define the truth. Direction - Katy Rudd Writing - Jack Thorne Lighting - Howard Hudson Sound - Ben & Max Ringham THE DONMAR WAREHOUSE

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER This is a show for people who exist as different versions at different times in different places, in multitudes that risk spinning out of control. Direction - Aisling Gallagher Writing - Tom Manning Set & Costume - Emma Wee Lighting - Rachel Sampley Video - Ryan Samuel Davies Photography - Shona Louise THE OMNIBUS THEATRE

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER The Scotsman's Fringe First 2023 winner, Beasts explores the impact of street harassment and how we're supposed to feel safe despite it all. Direction - Imogen Wyatt Corner & Sarah Stacey Writing - Mandi Chivasa Set - Sophie Andrews Lighting - Jenny Cashman Photography - Ben Wilkin ZOO PLAYGROUND EDINBURGH

SOUND DESIGNER Struggling with a difficult past, Alex Shaw is attempting to move forward. Over twenty years she gathers the scattered chapters of her life, in the hope of re-building her story... Direction - Julie Atherton Orchestration - Ben Goddard Writing - Christopher J Orton & Jon Robyns Lighting - Adam King Photography - Pamela Raith THE SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE

COMPOSER Relationships can be messy. Especially with four people. Leaving the past behind, Dee, Freya, Craig and Amber have embraced a queer utopia until one explosive party, where everything falls apart... Direction - Amy Crighton Writing - Katrina Bennett Lighting - Sam Osbourne Set & Costume - Lucy Sneddon Photography - Lucy Hayes CAMDEN PEOPLE'S THEATRE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Grieving the loss of the family shop and their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes. Will all be forgiven? Direction - Clint Dyer Design - ULTZ & Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey Lighting - Jackie Shemesh Sound - Pete Malkin & Benjamin Grant THE DORFMAN THEATRE

HEAD OF SOUND Performed by an all female and non-binary band, we follow one woman’s coming-of-age journey, spanning across eight years of sexual highs and lows, with sprinklings of 90s nostalgia and an unashamedly queer and feminist call to arms. Direction - Celine Lowenthal Writing - Lilly Pollard & Joel Samuels Sound - Lucy Baker Swinburn Photography - Ali Wright THE SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Juno was born with spina bifida and is now clumsily navigating her twenties amidst street healers, love, loneliness – and the feeling of being an unfinished project. Direction - Charlotte Bennett Writing - Amy Trigg Lighting - Guy Hoare Sound - Elena Peña Photography - Marc Brenner THE KILN THEATRE AND NATIONAL TOUR

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER A modern retelling of the ancient myth, a collection of strange characters meet as reality begins to dissolve around them. Direction - Tamar Saphra Writing - Emily Renée Set and Costume - Cory Shipp Lighting - Matthew Carnazza Photography - Ben Wilkin THE OMNIBUS THEATRE

QLAB PROGRAMMER We follow explosive Maz and her truth-telling bars as she rails at the world and runs from a life in care. Then she meets Tayo, a gentle soul with silky smooth vocal folds, seeking a place to belong. He’s soul, she’s grime, and the fusion is sublime. Direction - Maggie Norris Sound - Benjamin Grant Composition - The Last Skeptik THE BIG HOUSE

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER Two cities, two young people. A beautiful, lyrical play that explores our ability to transcend boundaries and look beyond our accepted reality. Writing - Kevin Keiss Translation - Charis Ainslie Direction - Sibylla Kalid Lighting - Catja Hamilton THE SPACE ARTS CENTRE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER The year is 1963 and at Kellerman's, your everyday life will be nothing but a distant memory. Shake those hips at a Cha Cha lesson with Johnny or join the battle of the power ballads with an exotic cocktail in hand. Creative Direction - Matt Costain Direction - Thom Mitchell Lighting - James Whiteside Sound - Gareth Tucker, for Autograph Photography - Luke Dyson SECRET CINEMA

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER The animals of Manor Farm drive out the farmer and run the farm themselves. They have a revolution, and then what...? Writing & Direction - Robert Icke Puppetry - Toby Olié Design - Bunny Christie Lighting - Jon Clark Sound - Tom Gibbons Photography - Manuel Harlan THE BIRMINGHAM REP AND NATIONAL TOUR

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER With 40 live actors and 17 different worlds to explore, take an epic journey across space and time, travel to exciting new (and old) places, confront menacing monsters and encounter ancient aliens – all while you battle to save all of existence! Direction - Tom Maller Design - Rebecca Brower Lighting - Terry Cook Sound - Luke Swaffield, for Autograph IMMERSIVE EVERYWHERE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Alex goes into labour, their baby is born still and their world implodes. What follows is a window into how a couple find the strength to move forward and the determination to keep the memory of their child alive. Direction - Kate Budgen Writing - Cordelia O'Neill Lighting - Sally Ferguson Sound - Beth Duke Photography - Taz Martin THE SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER John Straiton’s darkly lyrical play explores a fleeting moment of connection between two very different people, and the surprising bonds forged in times of loneliness. Direction - Philip Wilson Writing - John Straiton Lighting - Holly Ellis Photography - Alex Brenner THE HOPE THEATRE

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER This explores how trauma lives in the body, particularly for Black British women across different generations. It creates a collective cathartic experience, for audience and performer. Performance - Heather Agyepong Dramaturgy - Gail Babb Video - Gillian Tan Sound - Donato Wharton THE BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE AND NATIONAL TOUR

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER Part of #503Resets, this dynamic, darkly comic, one-woman show is about our personal addictions, the never-ending pursuit of ‘likes’ and our growing desire to share all. Direction - Liam Blain Writing - Rachel Causer Lighting - Archie Macleod Dramaturgy - Cressida Peever THE PLEASANCE ATTIC & THEATRE503