Holly Khan
Composer / Sound Designer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
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)
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE PIGEON 2025 | Messy Films Ltd | Dir. Chloe Culpin |
MARRIAGE MATERIAL 2025 | Lyric, Birmingham Rep | Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti |
SISTERS 360 2025 | Polka, Leeds Playhouse | Written by Asif Khan |
SCENES FROM LOST MOTHERS 2025 | Clean Break | Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti |
LAVENDER, HYACINTH, VIOLET, YEW 2025 | Bush Theatre | Written by Coral Wylie |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE LITTLE MERMAID 2024 | Bristol Old Vic | Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya |
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD 2024 | Lyric Hammersmith | Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker |
STATUES 2024 | Bush / Two Magpies | Written by Azan Ahmed |
BELLRINGERS 2024 | Hampstead Theatre | Written by Daisy Hall |
SAM WU IS NOT AFRAID OF GHOSTS 2024 | Polka Theatre | Written by Julie Tsang |
RED SPEEDO 2024 | Orange Tree Theatre | Written by Lucas Hnath |
LAUGHING BOY 2024 | Jermyn Street Theatre & Theatre Royal Bath | Dir. Stephen Unwin |
SYLVIA 2024 | English Theatre Frankfurt | Dir. Bethany Pitts |
I WISH 2024 | Unicorn Theatre | Dir. Rachel Bagshaw |
NORTHANGER ABBEY 2024 | Orange Tree Theatre | Written by Zoe Cooper |
TESS 2024 | Turtle Key Arts / Sadler's Wells | Dir. Ockham’s Razor |
DREAMING & DROWNING 2023 | Bush | Written and Directed by Kwame Owusu |
THIS MUCH I KNOW 2023 | Hampstead Theatre | Written by Jonathan Spector |
I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 2023 | Mercury | Written by Emma-Louise Howell NOMINATED: Innovation at Stage UK Award |
THE INVINCIBLES 2023 | Queen's Theatre Hornchurch | Written by Amanda Whittington |
DUCK 2023 | Arcola | Written by maatin |
MANSFIELD PARK 2023 | Watermill Theatre / Two Gents | Written & Directed by Tonderai Munyevu & Arne Pohlmeier |
BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST 2023 | Hampstead - Downstairs | Written by Gareth Farr |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2023 | Gatehouse Theatre Stafford Shakespeare Festival | Dir. Sean Turner |
UNSEEN, UNHEARD: THE UNTOLD BREAST CANCER STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE UK 2023 | Theatre Peckham | Written by Naomi Denny |
JULES AND JIM 2023 | Jermyn Street Theatre | Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker |
BLACKOUT SONGS 2023 | Hampstead - Upstairs | Written by Joe White |
THE BEACH HOUSE 2023 | Park Theatre / Kate Productions | Written by Jo Harper |
BLACKOUT SONGS 2022 | Hampstead - Downstairs | As Composer & Sound Designer |
FOR A PALESTINIAN 2022 | Bristol Old Vic / Camden Peoples Theatre / WoLab | Written by Bilal Hasna & Aaron Kilercioglu *OFFIE nominated for Best Sound Design |
TICKER 2021 | The Turbine | Written by Tom Machell |
AMAL MEETS ALICE 2021 | Good Chance Theatre Company / The Story Museum | Written by Nadine Kaadan |
KALEIDOSCOPE 2021 | Filskit Theatre Company / Southbank Centre / Oxford Playhouse | Created by Katy Costigan, Victoria Dyson & Sarah Shepherd |
TICKER 2019 | Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle/Underbelly, Edinburgh/Theatre503 | Written by Tom Machell |
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 |
SECOND THE BEST (R&D) 2021 | Live Theatre, Newcastle | Written by Tom Machell |
LIGHTING IN MAY (R&D) 2020 | Mercury Theatre | Dir. Emma Baggott |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THEIR VOICES | RAA / Global Health Film Festival Barbican | As Composer |
BECOMING AN ARTIST: BHAJAN HUNJAN 2023 | Tate | As Composer |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
INSTALLATION | ||
Mrs BIBI 2024 | Audible | Dir. Tessa Walker |
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 | |
FLOAT | Totally Thames Festival | |
ONE DAY | Blind Summit Theatre / Anne Frank Trust |