Melanie Wilson

COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER

Melanie Wilson is a Manchester based multi-disciplinary performance maker. Her acclaimed work is founded on the contemporary interplay between sound art, experimental forms of composition, language and live performance, and is under-pinned by political interest.

AWARDS

OFFIE AWARD

AUTOBIOGRAPHER Best Sound Design 2011

DUBLIN FESTIVAL

IRIS BRUNETTE Best Production 2009

THEATRE CREDITS

PRODUCTION

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They

Manchester International Festival

2023

sound artist and composer

All Of It

Royal Court

2023

composer and sound designer

Little Scratch

Hampstead Theatre

2021

sound score

Unsere Zeit

Residenz Theater, Munich

2021

sound & composition

Extinct

Theatre Royal Stratford East

2021

sound design

OrlandoSchaubühne, Berlin2019sound & composition
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each OtherNational Theatre2019sound & composition
Radical MotherLatitude &TEDx2019script & composition
Women of RecordA Woman's Place Exhibition, National Trust, Knole House2018sound art
You Move MeNN Contemporary2018installation
MeekHeadlong & UK Tour2018sound & composition
The Shape of the PainChina Plate, UK Tour & Wilton's Music Hall2018sound & composition
Anatomy of a SuicideRoyal Court2017sound & composition
Kingdom ComeRoyal Shakespeare Company2017sound, composition & devising
Uncle VanyaHOME, Manchester2017sound design
CleansedNational Theatre2016sound design
Schatten (Eurydike sagt)Schaubühne, Berlin2016co-sound design
Reisende auf Einem BeinDeutsches Schauspeilhaus, Hamburg2015co-sound design
Playing for TimeCrucible Theatre, Sheffield2015sound design
The Forbidden ZoneSalzburg Festival & 14-18 Now2014sound design
Wunschloses Unglück Burg Theatre, Vienna2014sound design
Landscape IIDublin Festival & Touring2013script, performance & sound design
Die Gelbe TapeteSchaubühne, Berlin2013sound design
Reise durch die NachtSchauspeilhaus, Cologne2013sound design
Cupidmac, Birmingham & BAC2012sound design
AutobiographerToynbee Studios & Touring2011script, performance & sound design
The View From Here BAC & Third Coast International Radio2010installation & radio
Iris BrunetteBAC & Touring2009script, performance & sound design
Simple GirlEdinburgh Fringe Festival2008script, performance & sound design

TV & FILM CREDITS

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Where I Go (When I Can't Be Where I Am)

Rachel Bagshaw & China Plate

2021

Short film

Audio CREDITS

PRODUCTION

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The Other Woman

Audible

2023

Sound Designer

OPERA CREDITS

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Opera for the Unknown WomanWales Millenium Centre & Touring2016libretto, sound & co-composition