Gareth Swindail-Parry
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Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
Sound Designer
Theatre |
Minha Casa Tua Casa Fagner and Cass Gastaldon |
Wales Tour |
| 2024 |
Sound Designer
Theatre |
A Very Expensive Poison Emily Ling Williams / Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
Seligman Theatre, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff |
| 2024 |
Sound Designer
Theatre |
Carrie the Musical Rupert Hands / The Richard Burton Theatre Company |
The Bute Theatre (RWCMD) |
| 2023 |
Sound 1
Theatre |
Jac and the Beanstalk Crossroads Pantomimes |
New Theatre, Cardiff |
| 2023 |
Associate Sound Designer
Theatre |
The Time Machine - A Comedy Orla McLaughlin / Original Theatre |
Park Theatre, London |
| 2023 |
Sound Associate
Theatre |
Fleabag Theatre Clwyd |
Sherman Theatre Main House |
| 2023 |
Production Sound Engineer and Operator
Theatre |
Under Milk Wood Emma Baggott / National Youth Arts Wales |
Sherman Theatre Main House |
| 2023 |
Sound 1
Theatre |
Matilda Jr. The Musical Emma Jayne-Parker / Everyman Theatre Company |
Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festival |
| 2023 |
Sound Designer and Sound 1
Theatre |
Twelfth Night Paul Clements and Simon Futty / Everyman Theatre Company |
Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festival |
| 2023 |
Sound 1
Theatre |
Calendar Girls Simon West / Everyman Theatre Company |
Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festival |
| 2023 |
Sound Designer and Composer
Theatre |
In The Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel Wiebke Green / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Bute Theatre, Cardiff and The Yard Theatre, London |
| 2023 |
Sound Designer, Composer and Sound Operator
Theatre |
KATZENMUSIK Sammy Glover for London Youth Theatre |
Seven Dials Playhouse |
| 2023 |
Sound Designer
Theatre |
The Effect Andy Whyment / The Richard Burton Theatre Company |
The Bute Theatre |
| 2022 |
AV Programmer and Operator
Theatre |
The Opus Pocus: 1001 Arabian Nights The Opus Pocus Ltd |
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millenium Centre |
| 2022 |
Casual Sound Technician
Theatre |
Assorted Productions The Sherman Theatre |
The Sherman Theatre |
| 2022 |
Sound Designer and Sound Operator
Theatre |
The 39 Steps Martin Hutson / The Richard Burton Theatre Company |
The Richard Burton Theatre |
| 2022 |
Sound Dep
Theatre |
The Book of Mormon UK Tour The Book of Mormon UK Tour |
Liverpool Empire Theatre and Nottingham Theatre Royal |
| 2022 |
Sound Operator
Theatre |
Twelth Night Everyman Theatre Company |
Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festival |
| 2022 |
Sound Operator
Theatre |
Blackadder Goes Forth Everyman Theatre Company |
Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festival |
| 2022 |
Technical Stage Manager
Theatre |
Choice of a Lifetime John Manders |
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Studio |
| 2022 |
Sound Designer, Composer and Sound Operator
Theatre |
REALLY BAD Louise Orwin / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Sherman Theatre Main Stage, Cardiff and The Yard, London |
| 2022 |
Sound Designer and Composer
Theatre |
Jungle Green Matthew Holmquist / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Sherman Theatre Main Stage, Cardiff and The Yard, London |
| 2022 |
Sound Designer
Theatre |
Red Velvet Robin Belfield / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
The Richard Burton Theatre |
| 2021 |
Sound Designer and Sound Operator
Theatre |
Human Animals Georgia Green / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Caird Studio Theatre, Cardiff |
| 2021 |
Production Sound Mixer and Sound Editor
Film |
For Iris Luke Merchant and Anish Roy / Freelance |
Cardiff, UK |
| 2021 |
Sound 2
Theatre |
Urinetown Kirk Jameson / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Sherman Theatre Main Stage |
| 2021 |
Sound Operator and Sound 2
Theatre |
Anna Karenina Dan Raggett / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Bute Theatre Cardiff |
| 2021 |
Sound Technician
Theatre |
The Writer Selma Dimitrijevic / Richard Burton Theatre Company |
Sherman Theatre Studio |
| 2020 |
Sound Designer, Sound Operator and Composer
Theatre |
Assorted Plays and Dance Showcases 2017-2020 Upstage Productions Company |
Hereford Sixth Form College Performing Arts Centre |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BA(Hons) Stage Management and Technical Theatre (First Class) | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
| 2020 | A Level Sociology, AS Politics, Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Media Production | Hereford Sixth Form College |
| 2018 | Music, Drama, Psychology, General Studies, Extended Project Qualification | Hereford Sixth Form College |
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About me
Gareth Swindail-Parry is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he achieved a First Class Honours Degree in BA (Hons) Stage Management and Technical Theatre with a specialism in theatrical sound.Gareth is predominately a sound designer and composer, based between Wales and the West Midlands. His works takes influence from over a decade of musical experience and a passion for creative storytelling. He has designed for new writing including ‘In The Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel’ by the acclaimed playwrite Phillip Ridley, ‘REALLY BAD’ by Louise Orwin and ‘Jungle Green’ by Jacob Hodgkinson.
Other credits include Sound Designer for Katzenmusik at Seven Dials Playhouse, Sound Designer on ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Cardiff Open-Air Theatre Festial, AV Programmer and Operator on ‘The Opus Pocus: 1001 Arabian Nights’, and six weeks touring as Sound Dep on ‘The Book Of Mormon UK Tour’.
He is one of the founding members and resident sound engineer of Sound Label ‘Unredacted Productions’, and has almost a decade of experience as a composer and performer. Gareth has had his music featured on local and national radio, and has gained success as an award-winning Welsh Triple Harpist and protege to Robin Huw Bowen.
Recently, Gareth Sound Designed ‘In The Forest of Starlight And Shrapnel’ for the RWCMD New23 Cardiff to London tour, and ‘Katzenmusik’ for London Youth Theatre at Seven Dials Playhouse. He is currently working as a freelance Designer and Sound 1 around Wales and the West Midlands.
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Sound Operator |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Production Assistant (PA), Sound Operator / Engineer, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Composer, Social Media Manager, Music Production |
| Years in industry | 1 to 3 years |
| Organisations / Memberships | ASD (UK), Equity (UK), Musicians Union (UK) |
| Musical Skills | Harp, Piano/Keyboards, Synthesiser, Tin Whistle |
| Musical Style | Classical, Folk |