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Nicola T. Chang

Composer & Sound Designer

Nicola T. Chang is a composer and sound designer for stage and screen. She was the composer/sound designer on the 2020/21 Old Vic 12 cohort and a current BAFTA Connect Member (Film Composer).

Theatre

Awards

WhatsOnStage Award nomination
2024
Minority Report
Lyric Hammersmith
Best Sound Design
Off West End Awards nomination
2023/2024
Garden of Words
Sound Design
Broadway World UK / West End Award
2022
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs
Musical Director
Co-Winner of Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund and nomination
2021
Audio Design
Off West End Awards nomination
2021
Sound Design
WhatsOnStage '12 Theatre Faces to look out for in 2020'
2020
Off West End Awards nomination
2019/2020
Finishing the Picture
Sound Design
Off West End Award
2018/2019
Nine Foot Nine
Sound Design

Credits

LETTERS TO MY YOUNGER FUTURE SELF
2026
National Youth Theatre
Director: Paul Roseby OBE and Josie Daxter
BLOODSPORT
2026
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Director: Lisa Spirling
BRIGHT FEAR: Suite for Poet and Chamber Orchestra [City of London Sinfonia x Faber Books]
2026
King's Place
Musical Director
IN THE LAND OF EAGLES
2026
UK Tour
Director: Martha Geelan
A SMALL AND QUIET LIGHT
2026
Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Elin Schofield
TIPPING THE VELVET
2026
Mountview Academy
Director: Kate Budgen
THE HARDER THEY COME
2026
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Director: Matthew Xia
MIDDLEMARCH
2026
Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Jeremy Herrin
SEXPLAY (R&D)
2026
NT Studios
Director: Sally Cookson
STING
2026
Young Vic
Director: Nancy Medina
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES
2026
Mercury Colchester
Director: Natasha Rickman
SUMMERFOLK
2026
National Theatre (Olivier Theatre)
Director: Rob Hastie
THE TEMPEST
2026
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Sir Richard Eyre
THE ROVER
2026
R&D
Director: Maddy Moore
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
‍2025
Shakespeare's Globe (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), UK Tour
Director: Holly Race Roughan and and Naeem Hayat
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
‍2025
Noël Coward Theatre
Director: Max Webster
DONMAR TAKE THE STAGE
‍2025
Donmar Warehouse MyFuture
Director: Freyja Winterson
IN THE LAND OF EAGLES
‍2025
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: Martha Geelan
THE HARDER THEY COME
‍2025
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Director: Matthew Xia
THE UNBELIEVERS
‍2025
Royal Court Jerwood Downstairs
Director: Marianne Elliott
RSC PLAYMAKING FESTIVAL - KING LEAR
‍2025
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Roberta Zuric
FERAL MONSTER
‍2025
National Theatre Studios
Writer: Bethan Marlow
ROMEO & JULIET
‍2025
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Director: Emily Ling Williams
IN SEARCH OF GOLDONI
‍2025
Bristol Old Vic / UK Tour
Director: Alix Harris
MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS
‍2025
Kiln Theatre
Director: Hannah Hauer-King
ESCAPED ALONE and WHAT IF IF ONLY
‍2025
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Sarah Frankcom
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
‍2025
Gillian Lynne Theatre
Director: Phelim McDermott
SHANGHAI DOLLS
‍2025
Kiln Theatre
Director: Katie Posner
A DOLL'S HOUSE
‍2024
Sheffield Crucible
Director: Elin Schofield
COMMUNION
‍2024
Bush Theatre
Director: Katie Greenall
HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM
‍2024
Edinburgh, Brixton House, Bristol Old Vic
Director: Emma Jude Harris
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
‍2024
National Theatre, Lyttelton
Director: Max Webster
SKELETON CREW
‍2024
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Matthew Xia
REVERBERATION
‍2024
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Jack Sain
PONTYPOOL
‍2024
Wales Millenium Centre
Director: Dan Phillips
Composer
KILLOLOGY
‍2024
Schauspiel, Frankfurt, Germany
Director: Helena Jackson
THE BALLAD OF HATTIE AND JAMES
‍2024
Kiln Theatre
Director: Richard Twyman
Co-Composer
FERAL MONSTERS
‍2024
National Theatre Wales
Director: Izzy Rabey
Composer
MACBETH
‍2024
Leeds Playhouse
Director: Amy Leach
FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY
‍2024
Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
Sound Designer & Composer
MINORITY REPORT
‍2024
Nottingham Playhouse/ Birmingham Rep/ Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Max Webster
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
2023
Barbican Centre
Director: Phelim McDermott
NEST
2023
Leeds
Director: Paul Roseby
UNBELIEVABLE
2023
Mercury Colchester/ Criterion Theatre, West End
Director: Derren Brown, Andy Nyman & Andrew O'Connor
Co-Sound Designer
GARDEN OF WORDS
2023
Park Theatre
Director: Alexandra Rutter
TRIBE
2023
Young Vic
Director: TD Moyo
THE REAL AND IMAGINED HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN
2023
Nottingham Playhouse/ Blackpool Grand
Director: Stephen Bailey
THE SWELL
2023
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Hannah Hauer-King
A PLAYLIST FOR THE REVOLUTION
2023
Bush Theatre
Director: Emily Ling Williams
FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY
2023
Apollo Theatre, West End/ Royal Court/ New Diorama
Director: Ryan Calais Cameron, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
TOP GIRLS
2023
Liverpool Everyman
Director: Suba Das
SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND
2023
Royal Court, Downstairs
Director: Debbie Hannan
KERRY JACKSON
2022
National Theatre, Dorfman
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
2022
Barbican Centre
Director: Phelim McDermott
OF THE CUT
2022
Young Vic/TEA Film
Director: Philip J. Morris
THE MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS
2022
Soho Theatre
Director: Hannah Hauer-King
MACBETH
2022
Quarry Theatre/ Leeds Playhouse
Director: Amy Leach
ALL MIRTH AND NO MATTER
2022
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Aaron Parsons
DZIADY/FOREFATHER'S EVE
2022
Almeida Theatre
Director: Nastazja Domaradzka
FAKE MELANIA
2022
Old Vic 12
Director: Hannah Joss
JINEOLOJÎ
2022
Old Vic 12
Director: Milli Bhatia
GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
2022
Old Vic 12
Director: Maddy Moore
MISS JULIE
2022
Chester Storyhouse
Director: Dadiow Lin
FUNERAL FLOWERS
2022
Hackney Empire/ Roundhouse, Camden
Director: Jessica Edwards
WILD GOOSE DREAMS
2022
The Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Michael Boyd
LITTLE BABY JESUS
2022
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
THE ICE CREAM BOYS
2022
Jermyn Street Theatre, West End
Director: Vik Sivalingam
THE KING OF HELL'S PALACE
2022
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Michael Boyd
ALGORITHMS
2022
Soho Theatre/ Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Director: Maddy Moore
DEATH OF OPHELIA
2022
Shakespeare's Globe
Director: Nastazja Domaradzka
SUMMER ROLLS
2022
Park Theatre
Director: Kristine Landon-Smith
WHITE PEARL
2022
Royal Court
Director: Nana Dakin
THE TEMPEST
2022
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Imogen Bond
OTHER CREDITS

ALGORITHMS | Director: Maddy Moore | Park Theatre

HARMONY  天人合一 | Director: Iona Kirk | Pleasance Futures Festival

30 AND OUT | Director: Charley Ive | Brighton Fringe/ Edinburgh Festival Fringe

SUMMER CAMP FOR BROKEN PEOPLE | Director: Christa Harris | Pleasance Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival Fringe

DNA | Director: Natasha Kathi-Chandra | Tara Theatre

WORTH | Director: Mingyu Lin | Arcola Theatre/ Chester Storyhouse

DIGITAL GREEKS | Director: Stephen Bailey | Unicorn Theatre

JUNIPER AND JULES | Director: Bethany Pitts | Soho Theatre, Upstairs

SERMONS OF THE SEA | Director: Julia Cheng | Somerset House

DONMAR WAREHOUSE TAKE THE STAGE: FORCE MAJEURE | Director: Jordana Golbourn | Donmar Warehouse

WHEN THIS IS OVER | Director: Ned Glasier | Company Three/ Unicorn Theatre

STILL GAY AS HELL | Director: Caroline Bryant | Futures Theatre

OMNIBUS YOUNG COMPANY SHOW | Director: Saskia Marland | Omnibus Theatre

ALL THE THINGS | Director: DK Fashola | Arts Ed

SECOND HAND CHILD | Director: Rebecca Solomon | Sheffield Crucible

IN HER STRENGTH | Director: Vicky Moran | Camden People’s Theatre

MACBETH | Director: Bec Martin | Orange Tree Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Bec Martin | Orange Tree Theatre

IRL | Director: Pamela Jikiemi | RADA

MACBETH | Director: Anna Himali-Howard | Central School of Speech and Drama

SUBURBS | Director: Emily Aboud | Central School of Speech and Drama

OENONE | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

DEIANARIA | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

WILL YOU? | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

HYPERMNESTRA | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

PITY THE MONSTER | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

MEDEA | Director: Adjoa Andoh | Part of ’15 Heroines’ at Jermyn Street Theatre

WATER | Director: Miranda Cromwell | Digital Caravan Theatre

SIRENS | Director: Tom Wright | Arts Ed

SQUAD GOALS | Director: Michelle Payne & Mia Jerome | Dagenham and Redbridge Football Stadium

CLAPPED | Director: Lakesha Arie-Angelo | Griffin Square, Deptford

CIRCLE GAME | Director: Hannah Hauer-King | Oxford School of Drama

FEAR AND MISERY OF THE THIRD REICH | Director: Cathal Cleary | Oxford School of Drama at Playground Theatre

WeRNotVirus | Director: Anthony Lau & Jennifer Tang | Omnibus Theatre

MUM | Director: Yasmeen Arden | Playground Theatre

INVISIBLES | Director: Nastazja Domradadzka | Vault Festival

FREEDOM HIGH  自由閪 | Director: Kim Pearce | Vault Festival

V & V | Director: Misha Pinnington | Vault Festival

IF THIS IS NORMAL | Director: Helena Jackson | Vault Festival

SPY PLAYS | Director: Peter Darney | Above the Stag Theatre

OVERHEARD | Director: Mingyu Lin | Chinese Arts Now Festival

VEGAN GLUTEN FREE | Director: Ray Malone | Soho Theatre

HIDDEN IN SCREEN 无形的和谐 | Director: Kim Pearce | Purcell Room, Southbank Centre

THE GLASS WILL SHATTER | Director: Lilac Yosiphon | Omnibus Theatre

POISONED POLLUTED | Director: Lucy Allen | Old Red Lion Theatre

GERM FREE ADOLESCENT | Director: Grace Gummer | Bunker Theatre

KENSINGTON KARAVAN SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL | Director: Yasmeen Arden | Small Truth Theatre

ANAHERA | Director: Alice Kornitzer | Finborough Theatre

COLLAPSING CREATION | Director: Jessica Jeffries | Brockley Jack Theatre

EXTINCTION – BYMTUK DANCE CREATIONS 5 | Director: Rachel Birch-Lawson | Rhoda McGaw Theatre

IF THIS IS NORMAL | Director: Zoo Venues | Edinburgh Festival Fringe

STARVED | Director: Matthew Strachen | Hope Theatre

WONDER WINTERLAND | Director: Blythe Stewart | OSD Showcase at Soho Theatre

WHEREVER YOU FIND ME | Actor’s Centre

TRYING TO FIND ME | Director: Ann Akin | PULSE Festival/ Latitude

BOUNDARIES | Director: Pamela Jimieki | Arts Ed

YOU WOULDN’T ADAM AND EVE IT | Director: Pamela Jimieki | Arts Ed

POOL (NO WATER) | Director: Hannah Hauer-King | OSD Showcase at Royal Court

LORD OF THE FLIES | Director: Ricky Dukes | Greenwich Theatre

10 | Nastazja Domaradzka | Vault Festival

DANGEROUS GIANT ANIMALS | Director: Adriana Perucca | Vault Festival/ Tristan Bates Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe

FROM SHORE TO SHORE | Director: David Tse | Manchester Royal Exchange/ UK Tour

RATTLED | Director: Jemma Gross | Old Red Lion Theatre

THE MOON IS WARMER THAN THE SUN | ArtsAdmin, London

INSIDE VOICES | Director: Zhui-Ning Chang | Vault Festival

JUNIPER AND JULES | Director: Bethany Pitts | Vault Festival

KOMPROMAT | Director: Peter Darney | Vault Festival

BOUNCE BEAT | Director: Musical Director | Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE | Director: Phil Wilmot | Union Theatre

THE SNOW QUEEN | Director: Alice Connor | Theatre Shed Community Theatre

ALL THAT SCRATCH | The Other Palace

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Director: Robyn Grant | King’s Head Theatre

HIGH RIDIN’ | Director: Peter Darney | King’s Head Theatre

POMEGRANATE SEASON | Cockpit Theatre

NO MAN’S LAND – BYMTUK DANCE CONNECTIONS 4 | Director: Rachel Birch-Lawson | Square Chapel, Halifax

LOST IN THOUGHT | Director: Helena Jackson | Underbelly, Edinburgh/ Theatre 503

FOR REASONS THAT REMAIN UNCLEAR | Director: Jessica Lazar | King’s Head Theatre

FREE AND PROUD | King’s Head Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe

KENSINGTON’S GAME CHANGER | SPID Theatre Company

STATIC | Talawa Firsts/Rich Mix

FINISHING THE PICTURE | Director: Phil Willmott | Finborough Theatre

NINE FOOT NINE | Director: Helena Jackson | Bunker Theatre/ Assembly, Edinburgh

THE FREE9 | Director: Nell Hardy | National Theatre

#METOO | Mix30, New York, US

TOM AND BUNNY SAVE THE WORLD | Fat Rascal Theatre

THE LORD OF THE FLIES | Director: Ricky Dukes | Greenwich Theatre

THERE OR HERE | Director: Vik Sivalingham | Park Theatre

DEAN | Director: Roy Alexander-Wiese |Arcola Theatre

A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW | Director: Max Gill | Arcola Theatre

WOMAN CAUGHT UNAWARE | Director: Jessica Edwards | Arcola Theatre

STRIKE IT LUCKY | Director: Charlotte Griffiths

THE BULLHORN EVANGELIST | Director: Josh Hinds | Stockwell Playhouse

THE COMMUNITY | Director: Josh Hinds | Lion and Unicorn Theatre

EASE ON DOWN | Director: Bhanita Mistry-Russell | The Motion Dance Collective

THIRTY-THREE | Director: Kai Raisbeck | Leicester Square Theatre

ALCHEMICAL DOOR #4 | Director: Rosanna Mallinson | Babel Studios

MAELSTRØM – BYMTUK | Director: Ellis Kerkhoven | Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen

ALCHEMICAL DOOR #3 | Director: Rosanna Mallinson | Babel Studios

ALCHEMICAL DOOR #2 | Director: Rosanna Mallinson |Babel Studios

ALCHEMICAL DOOR #1 | Director: Rosanna Mallinson | Babel Studios

THE LARK | Director: Astrid Pons | Rose Theatre

AUDIO CREDITS

FLYING CHILDREN’S DAY | Director: Anastasia Kwesi-Offour | Small Truth Theatre Company

THE INTER-IMAGINARY COLLIDER | Director: Audrey Sheffield | Small Truth Theatre Company

THRIVE/FULLY AMPLIFIED | Director: Caroline Bryant | Futures Theatre Company

HUGO AND HARLEY’S GREATEST AND MOST JOYFUL RADIO SHOW! | Director: Nadia Papachronopoulou | Caravan Theatre

A PICKLE MAKES A MAGIC DEN | Director: Lucille Findlay | Caravan Theatre

STEVIE AND HAYLEY | Director: Abi Falase | Caravan Theatre

ECHO LAND | Jude Christian | Rich Mix

WHAT’S IN YOUR HEAD | Director: Alisha Artry | Young Vic Neighbourhood Theatre

A HYMN TO CREATIVITY | Director: Alisha Artry | Young Vic Neighbourhood Theatre

HOME | Director: Yasmeen Arden | Caravan Theatre/ Our Voices Project

FINDING POLLY | Director: Abi Falase | Caravan Theatre/ Our Voices Project

CHICKEN SHOP LOVE | Director: Yasmeen Arden | Caravan Theatre/ Our Voices Project

PIECES | Director: Nadia Papachronopoulou | Caravan Theatre/ Our Voices Project

TAKING PART: SOCIAL ISSUES PODCAST | Director: Alisha Artry | Young Vic Neighbourhood Theatre

FUTURE LEADERS PROJECT | Director: Tash Hyman | Theatre Royal Stratford East

SLIPPY MAGGY | Audio Drama | | Director: Alice Fitzgerald

STORIES FROM THE STALLS | Director: Vicky Olusanya, Alisha Artry, Rohan Gotobed & Amin Ali | Young Vic Neighbourhood Theatre

GATE THEATRE YOUNG ASSOCIATES PODCAST | Director: Rachel Bagshaw

SONIC PHỞ | Museum of the Home/Albany Deptford

SERMONS OF THE SEA | Director: Julia Cheng | Somerset House

FRACTURE MECHANICS | Podcast | Director: Georgie Staight | The Painkiller Project

WE ARE SHADOWS – LIVERPOOL CHINATOWN | Director: Jude Christian | Tamasha Theatre Company

BLACK MERMAIDS | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Jade Lewis

WHEN TWO AMERICANS MEET | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Caroline Bryant

NOT JUST TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Tian Brown-Sampson

WAITING FOR AN EXCUSE TO TURN | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Mingyu Lin

FIB | Podcast | Director: Hannah Hauer-King | The Painkiller Project

CURSE OF THE CRACKLES | Director: Ed Stambollouian | Shoreditch Town Hall

THE PANTOLOGUES | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Jemma Gross

WOW! I FEEL NOTHING | Podcast | Director: Hannah Hauer-King |The Painkiller Project

BELLY OF THE WOLF | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Caroline Bryant

A FEW MINUTES WITH RUTH BELVILLE (AND ROSE) | Director: Chris Sonnex

ENOUGH | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Yasmeen Arden

SPIRIT OF CARNIVAL | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Yasmeen Arden

CIRCLE GAME | AUDIO DRAMA | Director: Hannah Hauer-King

CONCERTO FOR PING-PONG AND PIANO TRIO | International Ping-Pong Festival, Shanghai, China

HOW TO BURY YOUR SINS | Director: Jessica Martin

UNITY | Michael Jackson Tribute Album

OTHER

As a theatre performer, she has played in Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World as Assistant MD/Keys 2/Percussion, and Six the Musical (West End) as deputy MD/Keys 1. She is also a former cast member of STOMP! (West End/World Tour).

She works with a variety of theatre and dance companies, including the National Youth Ballet, British Youth Musical Theatre, National Youth Theatre, Rambert and House of Absolute. She was the Composer/Sound Designer on the 2020/21 Old Vic 12 cohort and a current BAFTA Connect Member (Film Composer).

As an orchestral percussionist, she has played with the Chineke! Orchestra, the Women of the World Orchestra and the London Film Music Orchestra and at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the Shakespeare’s Globe.

She also works in audio plays and radio drama: she co-created the audio work Mooncake with Isabella Leung as part of 45North’s “Written on the Waves” programme in 2021, and co-created Sonic Phở with Anna Nguyen in 2022. Her work on the “Fully Amplified” Podcast Series for Futures Theatre was awarded Silver at the British Podcast Awards in 2022.

Nicola T. Chang

Composer & Sound Designer