Elizabeth Purnell works in sound and music in many genres, from audiobooks to radio, theatre, installations and events including the fanfare for the Commonwealth Games. She is also an Emmy nominated orchestral arranger and conductor for films and TV, including Black Mirror, Annihilation, Steve, HANNA, Any Human Heart, numerous BAFTA awarded natural history documentaries including Life of Mammals, Life in Cold Blood, Life in the Undergrowth, Africa, Meercats, 60 Years of Attenborough, recording with BBC orchestras and European ensembles.
Awards and Nominations
List of Productions
2026
GRACE PERVADES | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Haymarket Theatre
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Sohoplace & UK Tour
MACBETH ALONE | Director: Nick Bagnall & Chris Gardner | Cheltenham Everyman
2025
GRACE PERVADES | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Bath Theatre Royal
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Chichester Theatre
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY | Director: Jonathan O Boyle | Windsor Theatre & Tour
DOUBT | Director: Lindsay Posner | Ustinov, Bath
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN | Director: Loveday Ingram | Richmond Theatre & Tour
IN PRAISE OF LOVE | Director: Amelia Sears | Orange Tree Theatre
2024
OF MICE AND MEN | Director: Iqbal Khan | Birmingham Rep
ROOM 13 | Director: Loveday Ingram | The Barn, Cirencester
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL | Director: Gareth Machin | Salisbury Playhouse
A WINTER’S TALE | Director Heidi Vaughan | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2023
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE | Director: Lucy Bailey | Royal & Derngate/UK Tour/China Tour
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN | Director: Loveday Ingram | Salisbury Playhouse
OLIVER TWIST | Director Heidi Vaughan | Tobacco Factory Theatre
WHILE THE SUN SHINES | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
2022
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES | Director: Gareth Machin | Salisbury Playhouse
THE FALSE SERVANT | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
ARMS AND THE MAN | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
2021
SHAW SHORTS | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
2019
CANDIDA | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
WHILE THE SUN SHINES | Director: Paul Miller | Orange Tree Theatre
2017
MUMMY MONSTER | Director: Liz Hart | The Wardrobe
2016
HAMLET | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2015
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2014
THE MISANTHROPE | Director: Andrew Hilton | Bristol Old Vic
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Liverpool Playhouse
AS YOU LIKE IT | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2013
THE MOST EFFECTIVE DRUM | Director: Peter Clifford | Stepping Out Theatre
COMMERICAL ROAD | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Hackney Empire
THE SEA AT NIGHT | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Hackney Empire
KHADIJA IS 18 | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Hackney Empire
RICHARD III | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2012
WALKING THE LINE | Director: Robin Belfield | The Passenger Shed
KING LEAR | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
THE CHERRY ORCHARD | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
OUR NEW GIRL | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Bush Theatre
2011
UNDER MILK WOOD | Director: Katherine Rogers | Tobacco Factory Theatre
RICHARD II | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
COMEDY OF ERRORS | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2010
THE LESSER SPOTTED COLLECTORS’ CLUB | Director: Lizzie Philps | @Bristol Planetarium
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2009
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2008
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Andy Burden | Tobacco Factory Theatre
KNIVES IN HENS | Director: Charlotte Gwinner | Ustinov Theatre, Bath
HAMLET | Director: Jonathan Miller | Tobacco Factory Theatre
2007
OTHELLO | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
SEARCHLIGHTS OVER BEMMY | Director Andy Burden | Rondo Theatre Bath
1992-2006
THE CAMP | Director: Sheila Hannon | Tobacco Factory Theatre
CORIOLANUS | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
THE TELL TALE HEART | Director: Xavier Leret | Brewery Arts, Cirencester
THE WILLS’ GIRLS | Director: Sheila Hannon | Tobacco Factory Theatre
MEDEA | Director: Phil Morel | Brewery Arts, Cirencester
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
THREE SISTERS | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
KINDERTRANSPORT | Director Dan Danson | Aberystwyth
LOVE’S LABOURS LOST | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
HUCK FINN | Director Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TREASURE ISLAND | Director Richard Da Costa | Tobacco Factory Theatre
WOZZECK | Director Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TOPLESS MUM IN DEAD HERO SHOCKER | Director Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
ROBIN HOOD | Director Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
