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.
Awards and Nominations
2023 Olivier Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Dear England, National Theatre
2023 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Dear England, National Theatre
2023 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Revival for VANYA, West End
2022 Off-West End Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Tempest, Pleasance Theatre
2019 Off-West End Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Operation Mincemeat, New Diorama
2018 Off-West End Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Blood Wedding, Omnibus Theatre
2018 Off-West End Award nomination for Best Sound Design for Great Apes, Arcola Theatre
List Of Productions
2024T
STRANGER BEASTS | Director: Mydd Pharo | Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall
MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN | Director: Chris White | Traverse Theatre
DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU | Director: James Meteyard | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
CHERRY ORCHARD | Director: Benedict Andrews | Donmar Warehouse
VANYA NT LIVE | Film | Director: Sam Yates
MRS CALIBAN | Director: James Yeatman, Kandinsky | Theatre Technic
DEAR ENGLAND NT LIVE | Film | Director: Rupert Goold
2023
VANYA | Director: Sam Yates | Duke of York's Theatre, West End
DEAR ENGLAND | Director: Rupert Goold | National Theatre/ Prince Edward's Theatre, West End
I AM KEVIN | Film | Director: Mydd Pharo, Josh Pharo
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Inspector Sands | Royal & Derngate/ National Tour
ONE OF THEM ONES | Director: Ell While | National Tour
HOW TO BREAK OUT OF A DETENTION CENTRE | Director: Nico Vaccari, Bezna Theatre | Riverside Studios
ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS | Director: Alice Hamilton | Finborough Theatre
2022
PRIVATE PEACEFUL | Director: Elle While | Nottingham Playhouse/ UK Tour
TEMPEST | Director: James Meteyard | Pleasance Theatre
LAVA | Fifth Word | National Tour
MISFORTUNE OF THE ENGLISH | Director: Oscar Toeman | Orange Tree Theatre
DANCE OF DEATH | Director: Mehmet Ergen | National Tour
LES DAWSON FLYING HIGH | Director: Bob Golding | National Tour
I AM KEVIN | Wildworks | Carlyon Bay
WIPE THESE TEARS | Director: Bezna Theatre | Camden People's Theatre
2021
CINDERELLA | Director: Toby Hulse | Oxford Playhouse
TWO CHARACTER PLAY | Director: Sam Yates | Hampstead Theatre
THE HATCHLING | Director: Angie Bual, Natalie Adams | Plymouth
CAN I LIVE? | Director: Daniel Bailey, Simon McBurney | Complicité
IDYL | Director: Elle While | National Tour
VOICES OF THE UNIVERSE | Director: Rod Sudgen, Dan Balfour | Headphone of Installation
2020
WIPE THESE TEARS | Director: Nico Vaccari | Bezna Theatre
THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS | R&D | Director: Sasha Malavic Davies | Wayward Productions
RE: HOME | Director: Taio Lawson | Young Vic
VOICES OF THE EARTH | Global Generation/ Complicité
PRIVATE PEACEFUL | Director: Elle While | Nottingham Playhouse
RACE FOR LIFE EVENTS | Director: Rob Shaw Cameron | Cancer Research UK
FAHRENHEIT 451 | Director: Catherine Alexander | Peckham Theatre
SUGAR SYNDROME | Director: Oscar Toeman | Orange Tree Theatre
OPERATION MINCEMEAT | Spitlip/ Southwark Playhouse
2019
FAIRYTALE REVOLUTION | Director: Carla Kingham | Theatre 503
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Director: Steve Marmion | Oxford Playhouse
PAVILION | Director: Tamara Harvey | Theatre Clwyd
HOME | Director: Tail Lawson | Young Vic
FACEBOOK SUMMER PARTY | Private Event | We Are Family
OPERATION MINCEMEAT | Spitlip/ New Diorama Theatre
ILLEGALISED | Bezna Theatre/ National Tour
CYMBELINE | Director: Ben Naylor | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
WILDERNESS | Director: Anna Ledwich | Hampstead Theatre
COUNTING SHEEP | Belarus Free Theatre/ Vaults Festival
2018
STOP AND SEARCH | Director: Memhet Ergen | Arcola Theatre
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY | We Are Family/ Tobacco Docks
FAMILY DRAMA | R&D | Wardrobe Ensemble/ Toynbee Studios
BLOOD WEDDING | Director: George Richmond-Scott | Omnibus Theatre
LAVA | Fifth Word/ Nottingham Playhouse
EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS | Director: Ellen McDougall | Gate Theatre
VINOVAT | Bezna Theatre/ Teatru Republica, Romania
THE ROVER | Director: Ben Naylor | Central School of Speech and Drama
GREAT APES | Director: Oscar Pearce | Arcola Theatre
2017
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY | We Are Family/ O2 Arena
DRACULA | Director: Bryony Lavery | The Curve, Leicester
A DANGEROUS WOMAN | Director: Yael Shavit | Birmingham Rep
THE DEVILS | Director: Ben Naylor | Central School of Speech and Drama
GOOGLE DEEPMIND PARTY | We Are Family/ Inverness
SEA FRET | Director: Carla Kingham | Old Red Lion
FIGURES OF SPEECH | Director: Anthony Almeida | Almeida Theatre
2016
FACEBOOK CHRISTMAS PARTY | We Are Family/ Hawker House
GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Attic Theatre Company/ Merton Arts Space
OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! | Director: Chris Larner | Mountview Caramel Club
JENUFA - OPERA WORKS | English National Opera/ Lillian Baylis Studio 1
SPINDRIFT | Curious Directive/ Theatre Royal Plymouth
NUDE | Forest Forge Theatre/ The Hope Theatre
ARTHUR THE BEAR KING | Puppet Soup/ Abergavenny Borough Theatre
DREAM - OPERA WORKS | English National Opera/ Lillian Baylis Studio 2
RE: HOME | Offstage Theatre/ The Yard
2015
AYT BINAURAL TOURS | Director: Laura Rolinson | Arcola Theatre
SOLO | Curious Directive/ Bush Theatre (RADAR)
CALL MY BROTHER | Director: Real Shavit | Arcola Theatre
CAUGHT | Director: Cressida Brown | Arcola Theatre
THE MACHINE MAN | Puppet Soup/ RSPB (Conwy)
MISS JOHNSON | Director: Martin Wylde | RCSSD
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE | Offstage Theatre/ Theatre Delicatessen
CAULDRON OF CERIDWEN | Puppet Soup/ Venue Cymru
2014
SUMMER FESTIVAL | Director: Jemima James | RCSSD
NAPOLEON BLOWN APART | Director: Alex Brown | Arcola Theatre
THE RED HELICOPTER | Director: Alex Brown | Arcola Theatre
AS ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER
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 Dubios | 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