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Dan Balfour

Sound Designer

Dan is a London-based Sound Designer and Dramaturg from the East Midlands. He has been nominated for Best Sound Design in the 2024 Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards for his work on Dear England.

Theatre

Awards

OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2023
Dear England
National Theatre
Best Sound Design
WHATSONSTAGE AWARD NOMINATION
2023
Dear England
National Theatre
Best Sound Design
WHATSONSTAGE AWARD
2023
VANYA
West End
Best Revival
OFFIE AWARD NOMINATION
2022
Tempest
Pleasance Theatre
Best Sound Design
OFFIE AWARD NOMINATION
2019
Operation Mincemeat
New Diorama
Best Sound Design
OFFIE AWARD NOMINATION
2018
Blood Wedding
Omnibus Theatre
Best Sound Design
OFFIE AWARD NOMINATION
2018
Great Apes
Arcola Theatre
Best Sound Design

Credits

GOLDEN BOY
2026
Almeida Theatre
Director: Sam Yates
ROBOTA
2026
Headlong
Director: Roy Alexander Weise
RELICS
2026
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Michael Longhurst
THE MAIDS
2026
St Ann's Warehouse, NYC
Director: Kip Williams
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
2026
Underbelly Boulevard Soho, NYT
Director: James Dacre
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
2026
UK Tour
Director: Oscar Toeman
CINDERELLA
2025
Rose Theatre
Director: Owen Horsley
THE MAIDS
2025
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Kip Williams
MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN
2025
Soho Theatre
Director: Chris White
THE WINTER'S TALE
2025
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Yael Farber
BROWN GIRLS DO IT TOO
2025
Soho Theatre / Edinburgh Fringe
Director: Sam Hodges & Aneesha Srinivasan
MISS MYRTLE'S GARDEN
2025
Bush Theatre
Director: Taio Lawson
DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU
2025
Riverside Studios
Director: James Meteyard
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
2025
St Ann's Warehouse, New York
Director: Benedict Andrews
DEAR ENGLAND
2025
National Theatre / The Lowry / UK Tour
Director: Rupert Goold
VANYA
2025
Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York
Director: Sam Yates
THE DOUBLE ACT
2025
Arcola Theatre
Director: Oscar Pearce
MORE LIFE
2025
Royal Court
Director: James Yeatman
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2024
Northern Stage
Director: Natalie Ibu
MAKE GOOD: THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL
2024
UK Tour / Pentabus
Director: Elle While
STRANGER BEASTS
2024
Geever Tin Mine, Cornwall
Director: Mydd Pharo
MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN
2024
Chris White
Director: Traverse Theatre
DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU
2024
Edinburgh Fringe
Director: James Meteyard
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
2024
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Benedict Andrews
VANYA
2024
NT Live
Director: Sam Yates
MRS CALIBAN
2024
Theatre Technic
Director: James Yeatman
DEAR ENGLAND
2024
NT Live
Director: Rupert Goold
VANYA
2023
Duke of York's Theatre, West End
Director: Sam Yates
DEAR ENGLAND
2023
National Theatre / Prince Edward's Theatre, West End
Director: Rupert Goold
I AM KEVIN
2023
Film
Director: Mydd Pharo & Josh Pharo
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
2023
Royal & Derngate / National Tour
Director: Inspector Sands
ONE OF THEM ONES
2023
National Tour
Director: Elle While
HOW TO BREAK OUT OF A DETENTION CENTRE
2023
Riverside Studios
Director: Nico Vaccari, Bezna Theatre
ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS
2023
Finborough Theatre
Director: Alice Hamilton
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
2022
Nottingham Playhouse / UK Tour
Director: Elle While
TEMPEST
2022
Pleasance Theatre
Director: James Meteyard
LAVA
2022
National Tour / Fifth Word
Director: Angharad Jones & Laura Ford
MISFORTUNATE OF THE ENGLISH
2022
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Oscar Toeman
DANCE OF DEATH
2022
National Tour
Director: Mehmet Ergen
LES DAWSON FLYING HIGH
2022
National Tour
Director: Bob Golding
I AM KEVIN
2022
Carlyon Bay / Wildworks
Director: Mydd Pharo
WIPE THESE TEARS
2022
Camden People's Theatre
Director: Bezna Theatre
CINDERELLA
2021
Oxford Playhouse
Director: Toby Hulse
TWO CHARACTER PLAY
2021
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Sam Yates
THE HATCHLING
2021
Plymouth
Director: Angie Baul & Natalie Adams
CAN I LIVE?
2021
Complicité
Director: Daniel Bailey & Simon McBurney
IDYL
2021
National Tour
Director: Elle While
VOICES OF THE UNIVERSE
2021
Headphone Installation
Director: Rod Sugden & Dan Balfour
WIPE THESE TEARS
2020
Bezna Theatre
Director: Nico Vaccari
THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS
2020
Wayward Productions - R&D
Director: Sasha Malavic Davies
RE: HOME
2020
Young Vic
Director: Taio Lawson
VOICES OF THE EARTH
2020
Global Generation/ Complicité
Director: Naomi Frederick
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
2020
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Elle While
RACE FOR LIFE EVENTS
2020
Cancer Research UK
Director: Rob Shaw Cameron
FAHRENHEIT 451
2020
Peckham Theatre
Director: Catherine Alexander
SUGAR SYNDROME
2020
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Oscar Toeman
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
2020
Southwark Playhouse
Director: David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts
FAIRYTALE REVOLUTION
2019
Theatre 503
Director: Carla Kingham
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2019
Oxford Playhouse
Director: Steve Marmion
PAVILION
2019
Theatre Clwyd
Director: Tamara Harvey
HOME
2019
Young Vic
Director: Taio Lawson
FACEBOOK SUMMER PARTY
2019
We Are Family
Private Event
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
2019
New Diorama Theatre
Director: David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts
ILLEGALISED
2019
National Tour / Bezna Theatre
Director: Sînziana Cojocărescu & Nico Vaccari
CYMBELINE
2019
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Ben Naylor
WILDERNESS
2019
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Anna Ledwich
COUNTING SHEEP
2019
Vaults Festival / Belarus Free Theatre
STOP AND SEARCH
2018
Arcola Theatre
Director: Mehmet Ergen
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY
2018
We Are Family / Tobacco Docks
FAMILY DRAMA
2018
Wardrobe Ensemble / Toynbee Studios
R&D
BLOOD WEDDING
2018
Omnibus Theatre
Director: George Richmond-Scott
LAVA
2018
Nottingham Playhouse / Fifth Word
Director: Angharad Jones & Laura Ford
EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS
2018
Gate Theatre
Director: Ellen McDougall
VINOVAT
2018
Teatru Republica, Romania / Bezna Theatre
Director: Sînziana Cojocărescu & Nico Vaccari
THE ROVER
2018
Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Ben Naylor
GREAT APES
2017
Arcola Theatre
Director: Oscar Pearce
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY
2017
O2 Arena / We Are Family
DRACULA
2017
Leicester Curve
Director: Bryony Lavery
A DANGEROUS WOMAN
2017
Birmingham Rep
Director: Yael Shavit
THE DEVILS
2017
Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Ben Naylor
GOOGLE DEEPMIND PARTY
2017
Inverness / We Are Family
SEA FRET
2017
Old Red Lion
Director: Carla Kingham
FIGURES OF SPEECH
2017
Almeida Theatre
Director: Anthony Almeida
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY
2016
Hawker House / We Are Family
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
2016
Attic Theatre Company / Merton Arts Space
OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!
2016
Mountview Caramel Club
Director: Chris Larner
JENUFA - OPERA WORKS
2016
English National Opera / Lillian Baylis Studio 1
SPINDRIFT
2016
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Director: Curious Directive
NUDE
2016
Forest Forge Theatre / The Hope Theatre
ARTHUR THE BEAR KING
2016
Puppet Soup / Abergavenny Borough Theatre
DREAM - OPERA WORKS
2016
English National Opera / Lillian Baylis Studio 2
RE: HOME
2016
Offstage Theatre / The Yard
AYT BINAURAL TOURS
2015
Arcola Theatre
Director: Laura Rolinson
SOLO
2015
Bush Theatre / Curious Directive
Director: Jack Lowe
CALL MY BROTHER
2015
Arcola Theatre
Director: Yael Shavit
CAUGHT
2015
Arcola Theatre
Director: Cressida Brown
THE MACHINE MAN
2015
Puppet Soup / RSPB (Conwy)
MISS JOHNSON
2015
RCSSD
Director: Martin Wylde
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE
2015
Offstage Theatre / Theatre Delicatessen
CAULDRON OF CERIDWEN
2015
Puppet Soup / Venue Cymru
SUMMER FESTIVAL
2014
RCSSD
Director: Jemima James
NAPOLEON BLOWN APART
2014
Arcola Theatre
Director: Alex Brown
THE RED HELICOPTER
2014
Arcola Theatre
Director: Alex Brown

AS ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER

OEDIPUS | Director: Robert Icke | Onassis Stegi, Greece

THERE IS LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT | Kandinsky/ Manchester Royal Exchange

EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION | Wardrobe Ensemble/ Trafalgar Studios, West End

WE ARE HERE | Director: Steven Hogget | La Mama, New York, USA

FANNY & ALEXANDER | Director: Max Webster | Old Vic

THE LORAX | Director: Max Webster | Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto, Canada

PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS | Headlong/ UK Tour

FROGMAN | Curious Directive/ UK Tour

HOW I HACKED MY WAY INTO SPACE | Unlimited Theatre/ UK Tour

LIFE OF GALILEO | Director: Joe Wright | Young Vic

SEX WITH STRANGERS | Director: Peter DuBois | Hampstead Theatre

INVINCIBLE | Original Theatre Company/ UK Tour

RAISING MARTHA | Director: Michael Fentimen | Park Theatre

DISCO PIGS | Director: Cathal Cleary | UK Tour

FABRIC | Tremers Theatre/ UK Tour

THE DISTANCE | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Orange Tree Theatre

ORESTEIA | Director: Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre

Dan Balfour

Sound Designer