Mick Potter -Sound Designer

Training: BA honours degree in creative design (Central School of Art and Design, London), where he was introduced to theatre sound. He has worked on many West End musicals, including the original productions of Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express and Little Shop of Horrors.

Theatre includes: West End and Broadway debut as sound designer on the Robert Stigwood produced musical Saturday Night Fever (world premiere, London Palladium and Minskoff, New York, and nine productions worldwide). Other designs include: Whittington – London’s Musical (Sadler’s Wells), Black Goes with Everything (Churchill), Starlight Express (Las Vegas and North American tour), Tell Me on a Sunday (Gielgud and UK tour), Scrooge the Musical (London Palladium and UK and North American tours), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK tour), the Andrew Lloyd Webber produced Bombay Dreams (world premiere, Apollo Victoria and Broadway, New York), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White (world premiere, Palace and Marquis, New York), new West End productions of Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria), Hair (Gate) and Whistle Down the Wind (Palace), the first UK tour of Starlight Express, the revival of Evita (Adelphi), The Sound of Music (London Palladium) and Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (Venetian).

Awards include: 2005 Olivier Award for Best Sound Design for the London production of The Woman in White.

 

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