Paul Arditti
Sound Designer
Film, TV & Theatre
Work to date includes: Strangers Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre; The Inheritance on Broadway, at the Young Vic and in the West End (Olivier nomination for Best Sound Design 2019 with Chris Reid); A Very Expensive Posion at the Old Vic; Tree at Manchester International Festival and Young Vic; Guys & Dolls, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre; This Is My Family at Chichester Festival; Local Hero at the Lyceum Edinburgh; Shipwreck at the Almeida, London; The Jungle at the Young Vic, in the West End, New York and San Francisco; Caroline, or Change at Chichester and in the West End; The Crucible, The Motive and the Cue, Rutherford and Son, Pericles, Absolute Hell, Macbeth, Amadeus (Olivier nomination for Best Sound Design 2017), Beginning - all for the National Theatre, London. Other theatre includes: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar; Mary Stuart, King Charles III, Bacchae, Little Revolution, American Psycho at the Almeida, London; Mosquitoes, The Threepenny Opera, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, wonder.land, Everyman, Behind The Beautiful Forevers, London Road, One Man Two Guvnors (Tony nomination), Saint Joan (Olivier Award),The Pillowman (Drama Desk Award) for the National Theatre; Labour Of Love in the West End; Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre; Hamlet for Kenneth Branagh Company at RADA, London; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End. Other awards include Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards for Billy Elliot The Musical; Tony nomination for Mary Stuart; Evening Standard Award for Festen. Paul is an associate at the National Theatre. paularditti.com
Awards & Nominations:
The Inheritance: Olivier Award Nomination with Chris Reid in 2019;
Amadeus: Olivier Award Nomination 2017;
Technical Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement In Sound 2013;
One Man, Two Guvnors: Tony Award Nomination 2012;
Billy Elliot The Musical: Tony Award 2009, Drama Desk Award 2009, BroadwayWorld.com Fans’ Choice Award 2009, Olivier Award 2006, Helpmann Award (Australia) nomination 2008;
Mary Stuart: Tony Award Nomination 2009;
Saint Joan: Olivier Award 2008;
Festen: Evening Standard Award 2005 and Olivier Award nomination 2005.
The Pillowman: Drama Desk Award 2005, Olivier Award nomination 2004;
Crestfall: Irish Times Theatre Award nomination 2004.
Far Away: Lucille Lortel Award nomination 2004.
The Chairs: Drama Desk Award nomination 2003.
Four Baboons Adoring The Sun: Drama Desk Award 1993.
Paul was appointed an Associate Director of the National Theatre in September 2015.
Paul is a founder member of The Association Of Sound Designers, launched in 2011.