Staging Sound. Reflecting theatre music and sound design

In this episode, Konstantinos Thomaidis (co-director, choral music composer) talks about the themes, development processes and aesthics of his collaboration with Alexander Raptotasios (co-director) and Jeph Vanger (sound designer and electronic music composer) of the film "Mother Company" which explores the complex layers of extractivist greed, rural economies, environmental disaster and a communi...

In this episode theatre musicians Constantin John, Fabian Kalker, Karolin Killig, Nils Ostendorf, Katrin Schüler-Springorum, Rainer Süßmilch and Fiete Wachholtz discuss the working conditions of theatre musicians in German-speaking theatre, the formation of a network and the genesis of an open letter to theatre officials and critics they have just launched.

Today’s episode is part II of a launch conversation about the new edited volume Music and Sound in European Theatre. Practices, Performances, Perspectives (Tamara Quick and David Roesner, eds.). Routledge 2025

Today’s episode is part I of a launch conversation about the new edited volume Music and Sound in European Theatre. Practices, Performances, Perspectives (Tamara Quick and David Roesner, eds.). Routledge 2025

This episode is an interview with Matze Pröllochs, drummer and composer, about his new solo album „Birth No Birth“ as well as his theatre collaborations with director Christopher Rüping, such as the spectacular project "Dionysos Stadt", which premiere in Munich in 2018.

In this episode, Lynne Kendrick and David Roesner engage in conversation with Leonie Persyn about her PhD Project THE SOUND OF A SHARED INTIMACY. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH INTO SOUND(ING) AND LISTENING IN PERFORMANCE PRACTICES

In this episode, Salomé Voegelin presents her thoughts in relation to Arturas Bumšteinas' "Bad Weather" (2017/2019) – "a performative sound-art event of a group of performers engaging with reconstructions of Baroque theater noise machines" (Bumšteinas)

In this episode, Ursula Kramer, Dorothea Volz, Peter Kiefer and Andrea Valle present and discuss: "From Archive to Museum? Sound in historical theatre productions and in theatre museums collections". The panel is hosted by Anna Ricke.

in this episode, Julia H. Schröder introduces the session and proceedings start with Anna Burzyńska's presentation on "Sound and sound machines in Kantor’s theatre and possibility of exhibition"

In this episode, Adrian, Duška and David talk to performance collaborators Persis Jadé Maravala and Jorge Lopes Ramos from ZU-UK (London) and sound-designer Gareth Fry (London) about the notion of collaboration and the specific process of design and creative development they engage with.

In this episode we discuss the audio papers that were presented over the last few episodes on the role of collaboration in sound design and music composition for theatre by our esteems contributors: Alyson Campbell (Melbourne) and Meta Cohen (Melbourne), Paul Clark (London), Victoria Deiorio (Chicago), Jimmy Eadie (Dublin), Maciej Guzy (Krakow), Melanie Wilson (London), Demetris Zavros (Liverpool)...

In this episode, David introduces the final two audio papers, which were submitted to the conference and subsequently discussed at a panel on collaboration in sound design and music composition for theatre curated by Adrian Curtin, Duška Radosavjlević and David Roesner (which will be published in a future episode).

In this episode, David introduces three more of the seven audio papers that were submitted to the conference and subsequently discussed at a panel on Collaboration in sound design and music composition for theatre curated by Adrian Curtin, Duška Radosavjlević and David Roesner (which will be published in a future episode).

In this episode, David introduces two of the seven audio papers, which were submitted to the conference and subsequently discussed at a panel on Collaboration in sound design and music composition for theatre curated by Adrian Curtin, Duška Radosavjlević and David Roesner (which will be published in a future episode).

The recent wave of interdisciplinary scholarship on/through voice has moved decisively away from perceptions of voice as singular, solipsistic or as tied to selfhood in one-directional or indexical ways. Voice (or rather: voicing or vocality) is now understood and practised as multiple, plural, and emergent. This curated panel seeks to embrace this approach and, in light of the symposium’s themati...

Over the next weeks, proceedings of the conference "Theatre Sound (as) Collaboration" (13-15 Sept, Munich) will be published as podcast episodes. This week, you can hear part 3 of the opening session of the conference with a talk from Dan Scott.

Over the next weeks, proceedings of the conference "Theatre Sound (as) Collaboration" (13-15 Sept, Munich) will be published as podcast episodes. This week, you can hear part 2 of the opening session of the conference with a talk from Rebecca Applin.

Over the next weeks, proceedings of the conference "Theatre Sound (as) Collaboration" (13-15 Sept, Munich) will be published as podcast episodes. This week, you can hear part 1 of the opening session of the conference with a talk from SK Shlomo.

In this episode I talk to the composer David Rimsky-Korsakow about his path to becoming a theatre musician and a three-day workshop he gave in Munich as part of the "Theatre Sound" project, which was hosted by the Center for Advanced Studies (LMU Munich), The workshop was realized in collaboration with the theatre department at LMU Munch and the Theaterakademie August Everding, to whom I owe huge...

in this episode, David talks to Anna Ricke about her research on sound and music in Gothic Plays and Melodrama and to Julia H. Schröder on historical handbooks on magic performances and what they reveal about the significance of sound effects on/off stage.

In this episode David talks to two artist/scholars, who create and research sound-led forms of performance: Julie Rose Bower and Yaron Shyldkrot. The conversation addresses their creative work, aspects of theatre in the dark, Foley work, sound as touch, ASMR, and the ethics of sound design.

In this episode, Millie Taylor and David Roesner talk to Konstantinos Thomaidis about his research and creative practice in connection with Mikhail Marmarinos' production of Sophocles' ICHNEUTAI (Trackers) in 2021.

in this episode, we will focus on the connection of memory and sound, with a particular focus also on what role voice plays in the construction of a shared past We will touch on questions of identity, community, and performance in relation to things past and potentially lost.

In this episode, Bella Merlin and David Roesner reflect on their transatlantic collaborations on the one-woman show "Tilly No-Body: Catastrophes of Love" (Davis (CA), 2010), "Singing the Document" (Munich 2016) and "20:20 Vision" (LA/Online, 2020/2021). In all three the sought to mix music, sound, and storytelling with techniques from verbatim theatre. In all three they produced both creative and...

This conversation was recorded at the Schall und Rausch Festival for brand-new music theatre, Komische Oper Berlin. It took place at the festival venue, Schwuz Neukölln, Berlin on 25 Feb 2023 With Bronwyn Lace, Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Mirjam Schaub, hosted by Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar