Sophie Cotton

Composer

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Heads of Department

Agent: Madeleine Pudney
Assistant: Eliza McWilliams

Acting

Assistant: Emma Collier

Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Madeleine Pudney
Assistant: Eliza McWilliams

Voiceover

Assistant: Amber Hill
Associate Agent: Jennifer Karniely

Heads of Department

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

THE SCORE

2023

Theatre Royal Bath

Sound Design and Additional Composition
Dir: Trevor Nunn

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
Wri: John Cleese

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
Composer: Claire van Kampen

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
Composer, Dan Jones

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

2012

Daybreak Pictures/Film Four

FEATURE FILM
Assistant to Composer, Jeremy Sams

Dir. Roger Michell

Short Films

ProductionCompanyNotes

Silent Shakespeare

2016

BFI

UNLINED

2015

Superstudios

Dir: John Michael Mouskos
Prods: John Michael Mouskos, James Clear Tournas

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

Acting

Stage

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

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

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

Life Of Chopin

Anna

BBC World

*Clarinet ( Grade 8 / dip. abrsm)
*Piano (grade 8)
Alto
Music Composition
 
 

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

THE SCORE

2023

Theatre Royal Bath

Sound Design and Additional Composition
Dir: Trevor Nunn

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
Wri: John Cleese

FARINELLI AND THE KING

2016

Globe Theatre

Dir: Dominic Dromgoole.
As Assistant to Composer: Clare Van Kampen

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

2015

Globe Theatre

Composing Associate

Dir: Dominic Dromgoole
Composer: Claire van Kampen

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
Composer, Dan Jones

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

UNLINED

2015

Superstudios

Dir: John Michael Mouskos
Prods: John Michael Mouskos, James Clear Tournas

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

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

ProductionCompanyNotes

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

2012

Daybreak Pictures/Film Four

FEATURE FILM
Assistant to Composer, Jeremy Sams

Dir. Roger Michell