EXHIBITION & ATTRACTION
Evolution
Involvement:
Music composition, music production & sound design for all elements
Description:
'Evolution: Meet the Dinosaurs brings beautiful immersive stage settings together with life-size animatronic dinosaurs to produce a unique experience that tells an important story. Curated by palaeontologist Enrico Squazzini, the journey takes visitors through the underwater and jungle worlds of 66 million years ago and explores big ideas like the environment, time, change and of course, evolution.'
Rembrandt (Coming Soon)
Involvement:
Music composition, music production & sound design for all elements
Description:
'An educational immersive journey into the workshop, the process, the mind and the legacy of one of history's greatest painters.'
FILM
Bŵl Boy
Director: Ben Roberts
Awarded: It's My Shout Awards: 2023 Winner - Best Composer
Broadcast and Streaming: BBC2 Wales 2022-23
'Having recently moved to the village of Ynysybwl, 12-year-old Ricky Runner is tested by the territorial Bwl Boys gang. Ricky is pushed outside of his comfort zone into unfamiliar places by the gang's leader, Billy, and his courage is put to the test. Can Ricky prove himself a worthy gang member and find a place in the posse that has ruled for generations?'
Wool
Director: Dympna Jardine
'A tantalisingly subversive short drama about a stuck-at-home wife finding freedom through the tool her husband uses to control her.'
Awards:
Romford Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Special Commendation Award
2022 Nominee - Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Short
Ignite Film Festival:
2022 Nominee - Best Production Design
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Best Drama Runner-Up
Jane Austen International Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Best Story (Short Drama)
Women Over Fifty Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Audience Choice (3rd)
Worcester Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Best Midlands Film
Overcome Film Festival:
2022 Winner - Best Editing
2022 Nominee - Best International Short Film
Topaz Film Festival:
2022 Winnder - Best Directing
Chandler International Film Festival:
2023 Winner - Best Short Film
London Director Awards:
2023 Winner - Best Director Female
Love & Hope International Film Festival:
2023 Nominee - Best Drama Short Film, Best Female Director
Screenings:
London Independent Film Festival 2022 (UK Premiere); Romford Film Festival 2022; Nevada Women’s Film Festival 2022 (US Premiere); Ignite Film Festival, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2022; Brighton Rocks; International Film Festival, 2022; Women Over Fifty Film Festival (online), 2022; Jane Austen International Film Festival, Bath, 2022; Suffolk Shorts, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2022; Worcester Film Festival, 2022; Overcome Film Festival (online), 2022; Topaz Film Festival, Dallas Texas, 2022; FilmBath - Shorts, 2022; Norwich Film Festival, 2022; North East International Film Festival, Newcastle, 2022; London Lift-Off Film Festival (online), 2022; Chandler International Film Festival, Arizona, 2023; London Director Awards, 2023; Borderlines Film Festival, Hereford, 2023; Flickers’ Roving Eye International Film Festival, 2023; Screen 14 Midlands Shorts, Birmingham, 2023; Love & Hope International Film Festival, Barcelona, 2023.
Athletes of the Heart (Animation Series)
Socialite (Animation)
Studio: Cardiff School of Art and Design
Awarded: Experimental Forum Film Festival Los Angeles - 2017 Honourable Mention
Screenings:
Current Resonance, Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark, 2022
International Society for Contemporary Music, World Music Days: Tallinn, 2019
Experimental Forum Film Festival Los Angeles, 2017
Atmospheres Festival, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, 2017
Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2016
Tymhorau (Animation)
Studio: Cardiff School of Art and Design
Awarded: Focus Wales Film Festival - Best Music
Screenings:
Focus Wales Film Festival, Wrexham, 2022
Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2021
Fungobungo (Animation)
Studio: Cardiff School of Art and Design
Screenings: Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2022
All That Glitterz (Animation)
Studio: Cardiff School of Art and Design
Screenings:
Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2023
Lugano Animation Days, Switzerland, 2024
Singletary Centre for the Arts Visual Music Festival, USA, 2025
STAGE
On Bear Ridge
Involvement:
Music assistant
Description:
'John Hardy Music created the music for the National Theatre Wales and Royal Court Theatre co-production of Ed Thomas’ new play On Bear Ridge starring Rakie Ayola, Rhys Ifans, Jason Hughes & Sion Daniel Young. “One of Wales’ most celebrated writers, Ed Thomas (co-creator of Hinterland) makes a momentous return to the stage with this semi-autobiographical story about the places we leave behind, the indelible marks they make on us, and the unreliable memories we hold onto.” NTW'
The Curious Muchness of Stuff & Nonsense
Involvement:
Musical direction, composition, production, sound design and operation.
Description:
'Join Odyssey, Hijinx’s community group, as they bring you a dazzling reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s famous tale, written by Hefin Robinson. It’s Wonderland, but not as you know it! The Curious Muchness of Stuff and Nonsense features a large cast of disabled and non-disabled performers from Odyssey and Woodlands High School.'
More about my involvement on the Hijinx blog.
Second Star to the Right
Involvement:
Musical direction, composition, production, sound design and operation.
Description:
'Hijinx’s community theatre group, Odyssey, restore hope to Neverland in a sparkling new production written by Llinos Mai. The Second Star to the Right features a vibrant cast of disabled and non-disabled performers from Odyssey, pupils from Woodlands High School and haunting original music.'
Just Add Water
Involvement:
Musician (violinist) and junior composer
Description:
'Experience the mysteries of the deep and the thrill of the seven seas this summer, as RWCMD puppeteers take you through a fantastical journey through oceans of time and imagination. This family show combines music, puppetry and storytelling, as the audience follow the performers through the buildings and grounds of the College. Look out for some glorious sea creatures and an appearance by Queen Victoria in her bathing suit – and prepare to get wet! The production featured with its full cast and selected puppets at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial Festival in the Czech Republic on streets across the city.'
Macbeth
Involvement:
Composer
Description:
'Returning from a grueling war, Macbeth is yet to face his biggest battle. Confronted with fame and adulation, strange premonitions and the deep longing of his wife, he continues his merciless pursuits. This reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, asks what does war do to men and women and how it is made manifest inside the head and the home.'
Yeah Yeah: Rock vs Musical
Involvement:
Composer (trailer music)
Description:
'Yeah Yeah presents a gig theatre comedy "Rock vs Musical." Take your greatest musical theatre hits and your guilty rock pleasures. Rub them against each other with a large dose of adult comedy and tongue-in-cheek. It's our second "farewell" tour, let us entertain you.'
GAME
Til Death Do Us Part
Involvement:
Composer (Main Theme)
Description:
'A University of South Wales student game project incoporating VR technology.'