Holly Khan

Composer / Sound Designer

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Holly Khan is a British/Guyanese multi-instrumentalist Composer and Sound Designer.

She has performed, and had her music featured, at word class venues such as: the Royal Albert Hall, The Lyric Hammersmith, O2 Academy Islington, Oxford Playhouse, Summerhall Edinburgh, St Mark's Basilica Venice and Théâtre De Menilmontant Paris.

In 2024 she was nominated for Best Sound Design at The Offies for her work on Bellringers. 

In 2022 she was nominated for Best Sound Design at The Offies for her work on For A Palestinian. 

 

‘The mood is one of hazy, hushed, rustic days, with Holly Khan's score finding the tone: subdued, mournful, resigned to life's hardships, but with beauty and playfulness too’ - The Guardian (Tess 2024)

‘Holly Khan provides an effective, omnipresent sound score, thrumming constantly underneath the words like Malachi’s tortured subconscious, occasionally exploding into abject terror or total joy.’ - What’s On Stage (Dreaming & Drowning 2023)

‘Designs from Khan usher us into wonderful suspended moments in time’ - London Theatre Review  (Blackout Songs 2022)

'Multi-instrumentalist Holly Khan's gorgeous soundscape is central and crucial to the storytelling. From the smooth jazz of a stolen kiss to the soft violins and haunting vocals of Liv's tormented creative process, Khan's tunes are elegant in their eclecticism. Her sound design is equally impressive. A leak in the roof drops into a bucket becoming the tell-tale heart of Liv and Kate's relationship' - Cindy Marcolina, Broadway World (The Beach House, 2023)

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LAVENDER, HYACINTH, VIOLET, YEW

2024

Bush Theatre

By Coral Wylie
Dir. Debbie Hannan
As Composer & Sound Designer

THE LITTLE MERMAID

2024

Bristol Old Vic

By Sonali Bhattacharyya
Dir. Miranda Cromwell
As Sound Designer

Mrs BIBI

2024

Audible

Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer

Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes

OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD

2024

Lyric Hammersmith

By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Dir. Rachel O'Riordan
As Composer

STATUES

2024

Bush / Two Magpies

Written by Azan Ahmed
Dir. Esme Allman
As Composer & Sound Designer

BELLRINGERS

2024

Hampstead Theatre

Dir. Jessica Lazar
As Sound Designer

SAM WU IS NOT AFRAID OF GHOSTS

2024

Polka Theatre

Dir. Emily Ling Williams
As Composer & Sound Designer

RED SPEEDO

2024

Orange Tree Theatre

By Lucas Hnath
Dir. Matthew Dunster
As Composer & Sound Designer

LAUGHING BOY

2024

Jermyn Street Theatre & Theatre Royal Bath

Dir. Stephen Unwin
As Composer & Sound Designer

SYLVIA

2024

English Theatre Frankfurt

Dir. Bethany Pitts
As Sound Designer

I WISH

2024

Unicorn Theatre

Dir. Rachel Bagshaw
As Sound Designer

NORTHANGER ABBEY

2024

Orange Tree Theatre

By Zoe Cooper
Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer

TESS

2024

Turtle Key Arts / Sadler's Wells

Dir. Ockham’s Razor
As Composer and Sound Designer

DREAMING & DROWNING

2023

Bush

Written and Directed by Kwame Owusu
As Sound Designer & Composer

THIS MUCH I KNOW

2023

Hampstead Theatre

By Jonathan Spector
Directed by Chelsea Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer

I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE

2023

Mercury

By Emma-Louise Howell
Dir. Hetty Hodgson
As Sound Designer & Composer

NOMINATED: Innovation at Stage UK Award

THE INVINCIBLES

2023

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

By Amanda Whittington
Dir. James Grieve
As Sound Designer & Composer

DUCK

2023

Arcola

Written by maatin
Directed by Imy Wyatt Corner
As Sound Design & Composer

MANSFIELD PARK

2023

Watermill Theatre / Two Gents

Written & Directed by Tonderai Munyevu & Arne Pohlmeier
As Sound Designer & Composer

BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST

2023

Hampstead - Downstairs

By Gareth Farr
Dir. Tessa Walker
As Sound Designer & Composer

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

2023

Gatehouse Theatre Stafford Shakespeare Festival

Dir. Sean Turner
As Sound Designer

UNSEEN, UNHEARD: THE UNTOLD BREAST CANCER STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE UK

2023

Theatre Peckham

By Naomi Denny
Dir. Simon Frederick and Suzann McLean
Sound Designer & Additional Composition

JULES AND JIM

2023

Jermyn Street Theatre

By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché
Directed by Stella Powell-Jones
As Sound Designer & Composer

BLACKOUT SONGS

2023

Hampstead - Upstairs

Written by Joe White
Dir. Guy Jones
As Composer

THE BEACH HOUSE

2023

Park Theatre / Kate Productions

By Jo Harper
Dir. Bethany Pitts
As Sound Designer & Composer

BLACKOUT SONGS

2022

Hampstead - Downstairs

As Composer & Sound Designer
Written by Joe White
Dir. Guy Jones
*Oliver Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

FOR A PALESTINIAN

2022

Bristol Old Vic / Camden Peoples Theatre / WoLab

As Sound Designer
Written by Bilal Hasna & Aaron Kilercioglu
Dir. Aaron Kilercioglu

*OFFIE nominated for Best Sound Design

TICKER

2021

The Turbine

As Sound Designer / Composer
By Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson

AMAL MEETS ALICE

2021

Good Chance Theatre Company / The Story Museum

As Musician in Residence
By Nadine Kaadan
Dir. Jeremy James

KALEIDOSCOPE

2021

Filskit Theatre Company / Southbank Centre / Oxford Playhouse

As Musician
Created by Katy Costigan, Victoria Dyson, Sarah Shepherd,

TICKER

2019

Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle/Underbelly, Edinburgh/Theatre503

As Sound Designer / Composer
By Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson

THE ARTIST

2019

Stratford Circus Art Centre / Filskit

As Sound Designer / Composer

R&D

WHAT'S YOUR IDENT

2024

Tara Arts

Dir. Natasha Kathi-Chandra
As Composer & Sound Designer

SECOND THE BEST (R&D)

2021

Live Theatre, Newcastle

As Composer
By Tom Machell
Dir. Derek Anderson

LIGHTING IN MAY (R&D)

2020

Mercury Theatre

Dir. Emma Baggott

Other

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BECOMING AN ARTIST: BHAJAN HUNJAN

2023

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INSTALLATION

ONE DAY

Blind Summit Theatre / Anne Frank Trust

SANCTUARY

Limbic Cinema / Stockton Arts Festival

SONG FOR THE METRO

The Sage Music Centre Newcastle

IT'S ABOUT TIME

UN Women / Battersea Arts Centre / Mayor of London

THEIR VOICES

RAA / Global Health Film Festival Barbican

FLOAT

Totally Thames Festival