Michael John McCarthy

Composer / Sound Designer / Arranger

Michael is a Cork-Born, Glasgow-based composer, musician, and sound designer.

AWARDS

OLIVIER AWARDS

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) – Best Entertainment or Comedy Play (2022)

Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe First AWARDS

THE GRAND OLD OPERA HOUSE HOTEL (2023), ENGLAND AND SON (2023), THE LAST RETURN (2022), WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF (2018), ULSTER AMERICA (2018), THE RED SHED (2016), HEADS UP (2016), THE INTERFERENCE (2016), LIGHT BOXES (2015), A GAMBLER’S GUIDE TO DYING (2015), LETTERS HOME (2014), EDUCATING RONNIE (2012)

Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland

ULSTER AMERICAN – Best Production (2019)

Irish Times Theatre Awards

JIMMY’S HALL – Best Soundscape 2018 (nomination)

THEATRE CREDITS

PRODUCTION	VENUE/PRODUCER	YEAR	NOTES
England and Son	Roundabout, Edinburgh; HOME & UK Tour	2023	Sound Designer
The Grand Opera House Hotel	Traverse Theatre	2023	Composer & Musical Supervisor
What Girls Are Made Of	Raw Materials/ Edinburgh Festival	2023	Composer/Arranger
Kidnapped	National Theatre of Scotland	2023	Composer & Musical Supervisor
Little Red Riding Hood	Citizen's Theatre	2022	Composer & Musical Supervisor
Cinderella	Dundee Rep	2022	Composer and Lyricist
The Last Return	Galway International Festival & Edinburgh Festival	2022	Sound Designer and Composer
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart	Royal Exchange Theatre	2021
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)	West End & UK Tour	2021	Music Supervisor & Co-Sound Designer
A Gambler's Guide to Dying	Traverse Theatre	2020	Digital Project
Dundee Rep Christmas Window Installation	Dundee Rep	2020	Audio installation
Lyceum Christmas Tales	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	2020
Shades of Tay project	Pitlochry Festival Theatre	2020	Digital Project
When?	National Theatre of Scotland	2020	Digital Project
Nora: A Doll’s House	Young Vic	2020
Nora: A Doll’s House	Citizen’s Theatre	2019
Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?	Citizen’s Theatre	2020
I Can Go Anywhere	Traverse Theatre	2019
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)	Tron Glasgow, Lyceum Edinburgh and UK Tour	2019/20
Tay Bridge	Dundee Rep Theatre	2019
Crocodile Fever	Traverse Theatre	2019
Like Animals	Superfan	2019
The Duchess (of Malfi)	Lyceum Edinburgh & Citizen’s Theatre	2019
The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil	National Theatre Of Scotland & Dundee Rep	2019
What Girls Are Made Of	Traverse Theatre, Raw Materials & UK Tour	2018/19	Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best Use of Music & Sound nominee
Gaslight	Perth Theatre	2019
Miss Julie	Perth Theatre	2019
Wendy & Peter Pan	Lyceum Edinburgh	2018
Ulster American	Traverse Theatre	2018
The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other	Lyceum Edinburgh	2018
Gut	Traverse Theatre/Tron Glasgow	2018
Space Ape	Red Bridge Arts	2018	Winner - Critics Awards for Theatre In Scotland 2018 for Best Production for Families & Young People
Ceilidh	Theatre Gu Leor	2018
Showtime From The Frontline	Mark Thomas	2018
How To Disappear	Traverse Theatre	2017
Rocket Post	National Theatre Of Scotland & Dundee Rep	2017
August: Osage County	Dundee Rep Theatre	2017
Turntable	Red Bridge Arts	2017/18	Writer & performer
Jimmy’s Hall	Abbey Theatre Cork/Project Arts Centre	2017/18	Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Soundscape nominee
Futureproof	Everyman	2017
Glory On Earth	Lyceum Edinburgh	2017	Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best Use of Music & Sound nominee
A Number	Lyceum Edinburgh	2017
God of Carnage	Tron Glasgow	2017
George’s Marvellous Medicine	Dundee Rep Theatre	2016
The Gorbals Vampire	Citizen’s Theatre	2016
Grain In The Blood	Traverse Theatre/Tron Glasgow	2016
Trainspotting	Citizen’s Theatre	2016/17
The Red Shed	Mark Thomas	2016
Heads Up	Kieran Hurley/Show & Tell	2016
The Interference	Pepperdine Edinburgh	2016
The Lonesome West	Tron Theatre	2016
JRR Tolkien’s Leaf By Niggle	Puppet State Theatre	2016
The Silent Treatment	Lung Ha	2016
The Weir	Lyceum Edinburgh	2016
Rapunzel	Citizen’s Theatre	2016
Puss In Boots	Platform Glasgow	2016
Light Boxes	Grid Iron	2015
A Gambler’s Guide to Dying	Gary McNair/Show & Tell	2015
Into That Darkness	Citizen’s Theatre	2015
Fever Dream: Southside	Citizen’s Theatre	2015
Three Little Pigs	Platform Glasgow	2014
Bondagers	Lyceum Edinburgh	2014
Blabbermouth	National Theatre Of Scotland	2014
Letters Home	Grid Iron	2014	Director of England In A Pink Blouse
The Tin Forest	National Theatre Of Scotland	2014
Under Milk Wood	Tron Theatre	2014
Sports Day	Citizen’s Theatre	2014
Red Riding Hood	Platform Glasgow	2013
The BFG	Dundee Rep Theatre	2013
In Time o’ Strife	National Theatre Of Scotland	2013
The Drowning Pond	Youth Music Theatre UK	2013
Some Other Mother	AJ Taudevin/Tron Theatre	2013
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish	National Theatre Of Scotland	2013
Un Petit Moliere	Lung Ha	2013
The Winter’s Tale	People’s Light & Theatre, Philadelphia	2013
Goldilocks	Platform Glasgow	2012
The Authorised Kate Bane	Grid Iron	2012
Educating Ronnie	Macrobert	2012
Steel Magnolias	Dundee Rep Theatre	2012
Truant	National Theatre Of Scotland	2011
Pause With A Smile	Gareth Nicholls/The Arches	2011
99…100	National Theatre Of Scotland	2010
The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo	Vox Motus	2010	Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best Use of Music & Sound nominee
Birds & Other Things I Am Afraid Of	Lynda Radley/The Arches	2009
The Night Before Christmas	Macrobert	2009
Bright Black	Vox Motus	2009
Do A Dance No One Can See You Do…	National Theatre Of Scotland	2009
Dolls	National Theatre Of Scotland	2009	Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland for Best Use of Music & Sound nominee
The Heights	Playgroup	2008
The Coming World	Making Strange	2007
The Art of Swimming	Playgroup	2006-09
Soap!	Playgroup	2003-04