Theatre for Life, in collaboration with Beyond Reflections About the Project: Theatre for Life, in collaboration with Beyond Reflections, is creating a new intergenerational verbatim theatre production celebrating Trans+ lived experiences, histories, and personal narratives. Key responsibilities include: Online interviews: Week beginning 11/5/26 Start date: 18/5/26 We are particularly keen to work with Trans+ artists and encourage applications from the Trans+ community. Please email a sound reel or examples of music composition to [email protected] to support this application. Applicants should demonstrate the following: The Sound Designer / Music Composer will: - Design and create the production's soundscape, supporting narrative, mood, and emotional arcs Please email a sound reel or examples of music composition to [email protected] to support this application. Use apply now link as below to submit your application.Job Summary
Job Description
Location: Southampton with regional touring across London and the South West/South East
Fee: £2,590 (14 days @ £185 per day)
Contract Type: Freelance
Primarily remote working
3 in-person rehearsal days: Mondays between 18 May - 6 July at Theatre Royal Winchester
Application Deadline: 30 April 2026 by 5 pm
The project uses verbatim techniques, drawing directly from interviews and testimonies, to create a performance that honours authentic voices while exploring resilience, heritage, and community across generations. The production will also feature cabaret-inspired musical moments, original songs, lyrics, and vocal harmonies.
- Designing and composing a soundscape to support narrative
- Working with and integrating real verbatim audio testimonies
- Creating cabaret-inspired musical numbers, including original songs, lyric writing, and vocal harmonies
- Collaborating closely with the director and creative team throughout rehearsals and development
- Contributing creatively to staging, sound design, and musical integration
- Supporting the production on a regional tour to professional venues, including producing a Q Lab playlist for playback Job Requirements
- Experience in sound design, music composition, or related theatre work, including designing original soundscapes and composing music for performance
- Ability to work with real verbatim audio testimonies, integrating recorded voices and documentary material into a live or recorded performance
- Experience or interest in cabaret, musical theatre, or experimental performance styles, including composing songs, lyric writing, and arranging vocal harmonies
- Collaborative and composition skills, able to work closely with directors, creative teams, and performers
-Sensitivity and respect when working with lived experience and community-based material
- Flexibility to work remotely with some in-person rehearsal days (3 Mondays between 18 May - 6 July at Theatre Royal Winchester)
- Strong organisational skills to manage deadlines, recordings, and coordination with creative team Job Responsibilities
- Integrate real verbatim audio testimonies into the performance sensitively and effectively
- Compose cabaret-inspired musical numbers, including original songs, lyric writing, and vocal harmonies.
- Prepare a QLab playlist suitable for touring across multiple venues
- Collaborate closely with the director and creative team throughout rehearsals and development
- Manage recordings, mixes, and technical requirements for live or recorded elements
- Work flexibly, combining remote work with scheduled in-person rehearsal days (3 Mondays between 18 May - 6 July at Theatre Royal Winchester)
- Maintain sensitivity and respect when working with material drawn from real lived experiences and verbatim testimony Useful Links
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