Sophie Cotton
Composer
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Film, TV & Theatre
Voiceover
Acting
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Sophie is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where she studied composition with Jonathan Cole. She has had works performed by the Ossian Ensemble, Composer's Ensemble (cond. Richard Baker), Kermani Trio, Borromini Quartet, Shoals Duo and the New Ensemble (cond. Tim Lines). She has also participated in masterclasses with the BBC Singers, Simon Holt and Mark Anthony Turnage and in workshops with the Rambert Dance Company. Since graduating Sophie has worked as assistant composer to Jeremy Sams, on the film Hyde Park on Hudson (dir. Roger Michelle), and other composers including Richard Blackford, Olly Fox and Dan Jones. In 2012 and 2013 she worked as Music Associate at National Theatre on their production of Antigone (dir. Dan Jones) and in workshops for Damned by Despair and Emil and the Detectives. Most recently Sophie has written the music for Little Black Book at the Park Theatre (Dir. Kate Fahy) as well as the short film Job’s Dinner (Dir. Giles Foreman).
For any acting or actor/musician enquiries please contact Sophie Austin.
saustin@unitedagents.co.uk
020 3214 0935
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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BIRDSONG TOUR 2024 | Original Theatre Company | Dir: Alastair Whatley |
THE SCORE 2023 | Theatre Royal Bath | Sound Design and Additional Composition |
WINNER'S CURSE 2023 | Park Theatre | Dir: Jez Bond |
CHARLIE AND STAN 2021 | Told By An Idiot | Dir: Paul Hunter |
APOLLO 13: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2020 | Original Theatre Company | Dirs: Alastair Whatley & Charlotte Peters Online Play |
THE STRANGE TALE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND STAN LAUREL 2020 | Told By An Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth | Dir: Paul Hunter |
THE NIGHT WATCH 2019 | The Original Theatre Company | Dir: Alastair Whatley |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2019 | York Theatre Royal | Dir: Juliet Forster |
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY 2019 | Royal & Derngate | Dir: Christopher Haydon |
ROSENBAUM'S RESCUE 2018 | Park Theatre | Dir: Kate Fahy |
ALL YOU NEED IS LSD 2018 | Told by an Idiot | Dirs: Paul Hunter, Stephen Harper |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2018 | RSC | Dir: Erica Whyman |
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRANIAN 2017 | Hull Truck Theatre | Dir: Mark Babych |
MIGHTY ATOMS 2017 | Hull Truck Theatre | Dir: Mark Babych |
BANG BANG 2017 | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | Dir: Nicky Henson |
FARINELLI AND THE KING 2016 | Globe Theatre | Dir: Dominic Dromgoole. As Assistant to Composer: Clare Van Kampen |
SILENT SHAKESPEARE 2016 | Globe Theatre | |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE 2015 | Globe Theatre | Composing Associate Dir: Dominic Dromgoole |
THE STATE VS JOHN HAYES 2015 | The Lowry | Dir: Jemma Gross |
LITTLE BLACK BOOK 2013 | Park Theatre | Dir: Kate Fahy |
NIHAL/ DON'T WAKE ME 2013 | St James Theatre | |
EMIL & THE DETECTIVE 2013 | National Theatre | Music Associate Workshop. |
ANTIGONE 2012 | National Theatre | Music Associate Dir. Polly Findlay |
DAMNED BY DESPAIR 2012 | National Theatre | Music Associate Workshop |
COMPOSER/CHOREOGRAPHER'S WORKSHOP 2012 | Rambert Dance Company | Workshop |
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 2010 | Shakespeare's The Globe | Assistant to Composer, Olly Fox |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2010 | Shakespeare's The Globe | Assistant to Composer, Olly Fox |
Online
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
WHERE WE ARE 2020 | Dirs: Alexander Campbell | |
MAYDAY 2014 | Rocket Room | Dir. Dan Fernbach |
JOBS DINNER 2013 | Short Film | Dir: Giles Foreman |
THE TIME OF TREES 2012 | Short Film | Dir. Edward Klein |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON 2012 | Daybreak Pictures/Film Four | FEATURE FILM Dir. Roger Michell |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
Silent Shakespeare 2016 | BFI | |
UNLINED 2015 | Superstudios | Dir: John Michael Mouskos |
MAYDAY 2014 | Rocket Room | Dir. Dan Fernbach |
JOBS DINNER 2013 | Short Film | Dir: Giles Foreman |
THE TIME OF TREES 2012 | Short Film | Dir. Edward Klein |
Film, TV & Theatre
Sophie is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where she studied composition with Jonathan Cole. She has had works performed by the Ossian Ensemble, Composer's Ensemble (cond. Richard Baker), Kermani Trio, Borromini Quartet, Shoals Duo and the New Ensemble (cond. Tim Lines). Sophie has also participated in masterclasses with the BBC Singers, Simon Holt and Mark Anthony Turnage and in workshops with the Rambert Dance Company. Since graduating she has worked as assistant composer to Jeremy Sams, on the film Hyde Park on Hudson (dir. Roger Michell), and other composers including Richard Blackford, Olly Fox and Dan Jones. In 2012 and 2013 Sophie worked as Music Associate at National Theatre on their production of Antigone (dir. Dan Jones) and in workshops for Damned by Despair and Emil and the Detectives. Most recently she has written the music for Little Black Book at the Park Theatre (Dir. Kate Fahy) as well as the short film Job’s Dinner (Dir. Giles Foreman).
For any acting or actor/musician enquiries please contact Sophie Austin.
saustin@unitedagents.co.uk
020 3214 0935
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
BIRDSONG TOUR 2024 | Original Theatre Company | Dir: Alastair Whatley |
THE SCORE 2023 | Theatre Royal Bath | Sound Design and Additional Composition |
WINNER’S CURSE 2023 | Park Theatre | Dir: Jez Bond |
CHARLIE & STAN 2021 | Told By An Idiot | Dir: Paul Hunter |
APOLLO 13: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2020 | Original Theatre Company | Dirs: Alastair Whatley & Charlotte Peters Online Play |
THE STRANGE TALE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND STAN LAUREL 2020 | Told By An Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth | Dir: Paul Hunter |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2019 | York Theatre Royal | Dir: Juliet Forster |
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY 2019 | Royal & Derngate | Dir: Christopher Haydon |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2018 | RSC | Dir: Erica Whyman |
ALL YOU NEED IS LSD 2018 | Told by an Idiot | Dirs: Paul Hunter, Stephen Harper |
ROSENBAUM'S RESCUE 2018 | Park Theatre | Dir: Kate Fahy |
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRANIAN 2017 | Hull Truck Theatre | Dir: Mark Babych |
MIGHTY ATOMS 2017 | Hull Truck Theatre | Dir: Mark Babych |
BANG BANG 2017 | Mercury Theatre Colchester | Dir: Nicky Henson |
FARINELLI AND THE KING 2016 | Globe Theatre | Dir: Dominic Dromgoole. |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE 2015 | Globe Theatre | Composing Associate Dir: Dominic Dromgoole |
THE STATE VS JOHN HAYES 2015 | The Lowry | Dir: Jemma Gross |
LITTLE BLACK BOOK 2013 | Park Theatre | Dir: Kate Fahy |
NIHAL/ DON'T WAKE ME 2013 | St James Theatre | |
EMIL & THE DETECTIVE 2013 | National Theatre | Music Associate Workshop. |
ANTIGONE 2012 | National Theatre | Music Associate Dir. Polly Findlay |
DAMNED BY DESPAIR 2012 | National Theatre | Music Associate Workshop |
COMPOSER/CHOREOGRAPHER'S WORKSHOP 2012 | Rambert Dance Company | Workshop |
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 2010 | Shakespeare's The Globe | Assistant to Composer, Olly Fox |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2010 | Shakespeare's The Globe | Assistant to Composer, Olly Fox |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
UNLINED 2015 | Superstudios | Dir: John Michael Mouskos |
MAYDAY 2014 | Rocket Room | Dir. Dan Fernbach |
JOBS DINNER 2013 | Short Film | Dir: Giles Foreman |
THE TIME OF TREES 2012 | Short Film | Dir. Edward Klein |
Online
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
WHERE WE ARE 2020 | Dir: Alexander Campbell | |
MAYDAY 2014 | Rocket Room | Dir. Dan Fernbach |
JOBS DINNER 2013 | Short Film | Dir: Giles Foreman |
THE TIME OF TREES 2012 | Short Film | Dir. Edward Klein |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
---|---|---|
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON 2012 | Daybreak Pictures/Film Four | FEATURE FILM Dir. Roger Michell |
Acting
Stage
Production | Character | Director | Company |
---|---|---|---|
Through A Glass Darkly | Karin | Theatre Collection | |
The Pelican | Gerda | Theatre Collection | |
The Glass Menagerie | Laura | Like Minds Theatre Company | |
Candide | Musician +Ensemble | University of Manchester | |
Into The Woods | Musician +Ensemble | University of Manchester | |
The Mikado | Musician +Ensemble | Contact Theatre |
Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Life Of Chopin | Anna | BBC World |