Carolyn Downing

Sound Designer

Carolyn Downing is an Olivier and Tony Award winning sound designer working in a variety of fields including exhibitions, fashion, theatre, and live events.


Credits include: The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2022 (Alexander Stadium, Birmingham); Ben & Imo, Fantastic Follies Of Mrs Rich, Julius Caesar, Anthony & Cleopatra, Coriolanus (RSC); Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibition (NYC & LA); The Enfield Haunting (Smith & Brant Productions, West End); Fantastically Great Women (UK Tour, KickAss Productions); Ness (The Estuary Festival); The Normal Heart, The Welkin, Mr Gum & The Dancing Bear - The Musical (2019), As You Like It, The Motherf***er with the Hat (National Theatre); Summer & Smoke (Almeida & West End with SFP, Olivier Nomination 2019); Reimagining Wordsworth (The Wordsworth Trust); A Number (Bridge Theatre); Downstate (National Theatre and Steppenwolf); Death of a Salesman (Young Vic and West End); All My Sons (Old Vic Theatre); White Teeth (Kiln Theatre); Gypsy, The Producers (Royal Exchange Theatre); Chimerica (Almeida and West End, Olivier Award 2014); Carmen Disruption and Blood Wedding (Almeida); Me And My Girl, Fiddler On The Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre); Henry V, BLANK, Les Liaisons Dangereusse, Fathers and Sons (Donmar Warehouse); The Low Road, Choir Boy (Royal Court); and The Believers, Beautiful Burnout and Love Song (Frantic Assembly).