Jon Nicholls is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound artist with over ten years' experience of composing for screen, radio and theatre, with a substantial track record of commissions from the BBC, Channel 4 and some of the UK's leading theatre companies. His range of eclectic influences is reflected in the startling variety of his prolific work: sweeping orchestral music, cutting-edge electroacoustics, gamelan, urban ambiences, lyrical themes, brooding organic soundscapes. Recent projects include music for BBC Radio 4, Channel 4 Dispatches, BBC Storyville, Channel 5, Theatr Clwyd, Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible & Derby Playhouse; visit Jon's myspace site for audio and video clips, plus news of upcoming events. Jon is currently a featured artist in advent art, a virtual advent calendar of South-West-based digital artists.
Current and upcoming projects include:
Faust New 5-episode adaptation for BBC radio 4, due for broadcast spring 2008
The Mother Ship (Birmingham Rep, dir. Ben Payne). Opens Feb 14th 2008
Humble Boy (Northampton Theatre Royal, dir. Richard Beecham). Opens May 2008
Piece 24 (1157performancegroup). 12-hour mixed-media installation / perfromance. Opens Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Feb 1st 2008.
New performance piece for voice and soundscapes collaborating with poet Val Bloom. Opens Norden Farm Centre for the Arts spring 2008.
Recent projects include:
What I Heard About Iraq 60-minute drama for BBC Radio 4,prod. Tim Dee
Babel's Tower 90-minute drama for BBC Radio 3,prod. Tim Dee
Private Lives (Library Theatre, Manchester, dir. Chris Honer).
Small Pain for Glory 70-minute documentary about Sierra Leone's Olympic team for BBC Storyville. (BBC / WCBH)
Wish I Was Here New performance piece for voice and soundscapes collaborating with poet and novelist Jackie Kay. National Tour
Amadeus (Derby Playhouse, dir. Stephen Edwards)
"...the production would disgrace neither the National nor the RSC - ...quality is the word for this stunning production...the folding in of the music is as superb as the evocative lighting...and Jon Nicholls' finely understated score...a sure-fire hit..." (The Independent)
Katherine DeSouza (Birmingham Rep, dir. Gwenda Hughes)
Much Ado About Nothing (Library Theatre, Manchester, dir. Chris Honer)
Dispatches: Britain's Mental Health Scandal (First Frame TV for Channel 4; documentary, 60 mins). TX October 2006.
Oz (Unicorn Children's Theatre, dir. Greg Banks)
Dispatches: Spiked (First Frame TV for Channel 4; documentary, 60 mins)