Stages With Peter Eyers

An element of production that is so crucial to the success of a musical or play is an invisible one. The potency and power of Sound Design serves to support a work through a vibrant aural experience. Our theatrical forms are reliant on quality and clarity with amplification and resonance. Such is the fragile and sensitive nature of sound production in the theatre. With a Musical it is about ensuring a balance of sound, contributed to from an actor’s voice, spoken and sung, orchestral brilliance and sound effects. A vessel through which the sound is transferred to an attentive audience is the microphone, more specifically radio mics attached to an actor, to relay story, emotional range and vocal prowess. I’m thrilled that we can investigate this vital component of Musical theatre with Sound Technician, Jennifer Morgan. Jen is a much valued, adored and essential presence backstage at many commercial Musical theatre productions as she maintains, manages and manipulates the amplification of sound, ensuring the pe