Mike Beer
Mike began working in Theatre in 1987, specialising in Sound from 1994 onwards.
He spent the time between 1994 and 2010 touring as Sound No 1 and Production Engineer with a variety of theatre companies and on large scale corporate events.
Since then, Mike has continued his career as a Freelance Sound Designer.
Having designed more than 20 shows for National Theatre Wales, site-specific work has become his passion.
Site specific design’s include: The Tempest (Wiltshire Creative) Galwad (Collective Cymru/Unboxed Festival) About Us (59 Productions/Unboxed Festival) Coventry Moves, Faith Generation 20 (Coventry City of Culture 2021) Oliver Jeffers The Wonder of Stories (Harrods/Proud Robinson) City of the Unexpected, Tide Whisperer,The Passion, (NTW), Now The Hero, (Taliesin Arts) IT Chapter 2 immersive project, Tomb Raider live, (Premier EAC), 100 The Day Our World Changed (Wild Works)
Theatre Sound Designs include: Operation Julie, Eye of the Storm, A Story of Tom Jones-The Musical (Theatr NanOg) On Bear Ridge (The Royal Court / NTW) A Monster Calls (The Old Vic) La Strada (Kenny Wax), Candy Lion, Illiad, Coriolan/us,The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (National Theatre Wales), Jane Eyre, Peter Pan, (Bristol Old Vic), Frankenstein (Living Spit) Sweeny Todd, (WNO), Romeo and Juliet (The Rose Theatre), Legal Fictions, The Importance of Being Earnest (The Theatre Royal Bath).
Awards
Olivier Award Nominated for Best Sound Design 2019 - A Monster Calls The Old Vic.
Theatre Critics of Wales Award for Best Music and Sound 2012 – Coriolan/us for The National Theatre of Wales.