CVAS COMPOSER | MUSICAL DIRECTOR | SOUND DESIGNER
CURRENT & UPCOMING A CHRISTMAS CAROL - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE 2025 Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Amy Leach OLIVER TWIST - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Mark Babych LITTLE MAN By Isley Lynn. In development THE GOOD GIRL By Mary Jane Wells. In development PREVIOUS RHINOCEROS - ALMEIDA THEATRE Directed by Omar Elerian. Original Music, MD, and cast member THE BORROWERS - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Directed by Mark Babych. Music and co-lyricist with Charles Way HACK YOUR BODY; HEAL YOUR MIND - AUDIBLE ORIGINALS Produced by BBC Studios MR SNOW - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE By Robert Alan-Evans, directed by Amy Leach DISCOVER YOUR INNER ASTRONAUT - AUDIBLE ORIGINALS Produced by Adrian Washbourne. Sound Design and Music THE LAND BEHIND THE CURTAIN - JUNGES ENSEMBLE STUTTGART Directed by Josie Dale-Jones EXODUS TO SHANGHAI - BBC RADIO By Kate McAll PINOCCHIO - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Original music and co-lyricist with Mike Kenny, directed by Mark Babych CRACKING - BBC RADIO & EUROPEAN TOUR By Shôn Dale-Jones, directed by John Norton LORD OF THE FLIES - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Directed by Amy Leach THE WILLOWS - BBC RADIO 4 By Stef Penney, starring Bill Pullman MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - SHEFFIELD THEATRES Directed by Rob Hastie NINE NIGHT - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE Directed by Amanda Huxtable. Sound Design THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBOURS By Katharine Williams STILL FLOATING - SDJ Productions By Shôn Dale-Jones NOTHING HAPPENS (TWICE) - LITTLE SOLDIER PRODUCTIONS Directed by Ursula Martinez, dramaturg Adam Brace THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Original music and co-lyricist with Mike Kenny, directed by Mark Babych POSSIBLE - LIVE STREAM & NATIONAL TOUR - NATIONAL THEATRE WALES With Shôn Dale-Jones, dir. Stefanie Mueller OLIVER TWIST - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE / RAMPS ON THE MOON Adapted by Bryony Lavery, directed by Amy Leach. Sound Design MURDER ON THE LINKS - L.A.THEATRE WORKS Adapted by Kate McAll, dir. Anna Lyse Erikson, starring Alfred Molina. Audiofile Earphone Award THE FAMILY SEX SHOW - PODCAST AND LIVE SHOW - THIS EGG By Josie Dale-Jones. Music and co-writing lyrics with Stephanie Levi-John and company DEAD HONEST - PODCAST - GEORGIE VESTEY & KATE MCALL Original music and episode mixing. British Podcast Award. European Lovie Award IGNITE - SIX SHORT RADIO PLAYS Royal Society of Chemistry / Fierce Green Productions A CHRISTMAS CAROL - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Amy Leach PRINCE CHARMING'S CHRISTMAS CRACKER - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Written and directed by Mark Babych YOUR CALL - PODCAST - BBC ARTS By Josie and Shôn Dale-Jones FRANKENSTEIN - RADIO & STAGE - L.A.THEATRE WORKS Adapted by Kate McAll, performed live in L.A. and then worldwide radio release STILL FLOATING - HOIPOLLOI By Shôn Dale-Jones PETER PAN - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Mark Babych THE LADDER - HOIPOLLOI By Shôn Dale-Jones THE BORROWERS - STORYHOUSE CHESTER Adapted by Bryony Lavery, directed by Rob Shaw Cameron HENRY V - STORYHOUSE CHESTER Directed by Loveday Ingram TWELFTH NIGHT - STORYHOUSE CHESTER Directed by Julia Thomas MUCKERS - THE EGG BATH / CONDE DUQUE MADRID By Caroline Horton, directed by Jose Troncoso KES - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Adapted by Robert Alan-Evans, directed by Amy Leach OLIVER TWIST - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Mark Babych UNCONDITIONAL - THIS EGG By Josie Dale-Jones and Steffi Mueller, directed by Shôn Dale-Jones SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS - STORYHOUSE CHESTER Adapted by Bryony Lavery, directed by Katie Posner A CHRISTMAS CAROL - HULL TRUCK THEATRE 2017 & LEEDS PLAHOUSE 2019 Adapted by Deborah McAndrew, directed by Amy Leach QUEEEN OF CHAPELTOWN - LEEDS PLAYHOUSE By Colin Grant, directed by Amy Leach STILL WAITING - CREW FOR CALAIS By John Biddle, Dom Coyote and Loren O'Dair TREASURE ISLAND - HULL TRUCK THEATRE Adapted by Debbie Oates, directed by Mark Babych THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MITCHELL AND KENYON - OLDHAM COLISEUM & DUKES LANCASTER By Daragh Carville, directed by Amy Leach RIFT ZONE - NIGHT LIGHT THEATRE By Richard Fredman, directed by Rich Rusk THE QUEEN'S KNICKERS - THEATRE ROYAL BATH & SOUTHBANK CENTRE By Nicholas Allen, adapted by John Biddle and Oliver Birch, directed by Lee Lyford DRACULA - THEATRE ROYAL BATH Adapted by Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach THE GIFT AND THE GLORY - DUKES LANCASTER by John Moorhouse and Lisa Evans, directed by Louie Ingham and Joe Sumsion WILDE TALES - THEATRE ROYAL BATH Adapted by Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach SABBAT - DUKES LANCASTER By Richard Shannon, directed by Amy Leach COMEDY OF ERRORS - THEATRE ROYAL BATH Directed by Heidi Vaughan THE ANIMATED TALES OF SHAKESPEARE - THE EGG BATH Adapted by Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach TRANSCRIPTION OF SCORES For Kneehigh and the National Theatre AS AN ACTOR THEATRE: RHINOCEROS - ALMEIDA THEATRE Directed by Omar Elerian. Original Music, MD, and cast member SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD - DOM COYOTE Battersea Arts Centre and tour HENRY V - UNICORN THEATRE Directed by Ellen McDougall ISLANDS - CAROLINE HORTON / BUSH THEATRE Directed by Omar Elerian HEIDI: A GOAT'S TALE - THE EGG BATH Adapted by Andrew Pollard, directed by Lee Lyford THE NUTCRACKER - NUFFIELD SOUTHAMPTON Adapted by Hattie Naylor, directed by Blanche MacIntyre THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND THE BLUE DOG - THE EGG BATH By Hattie Naylor, directed by Lee Lyford ROMEO AND JULIET - NIGHT LIGHT THEATRE Directed by Rich Rusk ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - THE EGG BATH Adapted by Hattie Naylor, directed by Lee Lyford THE NUTCRACKER - THEATRE ROYAL BATH Adapted by Hattie Naylor, directed by Lee Lyford ALICE - SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE Adapted by Laura Wade, directed by Lyndsey Turner THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ - DUKES LANCASTER Adapted by Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach WE ALL FALL DOWN - EN MASSE THEATRE By Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach THE SHELTER - EN MASSE THEATRE By Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach THE IGNATIUS TRAIL - EN MASSE THEATRE By Oliver Birch, directed by Amy Leach FILM/TELEVISION: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE - GECKO/BBC TELEVISION By Amit Lahav NAN - OLD TRUNK MEDIA Directed by Luke Taylor PEACOCK SEASON - FMW Directed by Alan Freestone and Fergus March THE AMAZING DERMOT - CHANNEL 4 Directed by Ash Attalla RADIO: ONE NIGHT IN PARADISE; THE LAST TIME - PIER PRODUCTIONS FOR BBC RADIO 4 By Bethan Roberts. Directed by Kate McAll WAR CRIMES AND POLITICS OF TERROR IN CHECHNYA - EVERYDAY EMERGENCY Médecins Sans Frontières 'Speaking Out' Podcast, produced by Andrea Rangecroft 11 SERIES OF THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS Adapted by Hattie Naylor, directed by Kate McAll PARADIGM - BBC RADIO 4 By Sean Grundy, directed by Alison Crawford THE FORGOTTEN - PIER PRODUCTIONS FOR BBC RADIO 4 Adapted by Hattie Naylor, directed by Paul Dodgson IN THE FAMILY - BBC RADIO 4 Directed by Alison Crawford John is an Associate Artist of The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath |
PRESSThe music brings a fresh energy to the script and heightens its emotive impact Biddle's music, like a warm blanket, envelops and movingly underscores the work John Biddle’s sumptuous choral score is key to this slick, polished production. Biddle's sensitive music provides an expressive addition Stimulating work ... STILL WAITING urged action John Biddle's sound design adds detail to the play-world with a volatile blend of unsettling foley and amplification ... an exciting texture Biddle’s driving, ever-present score drenches everything in an atmosphere
Everything perfect: light, angry, galvanising, kind The live music and songs are essential to the plot, and have an edgy, raw quality. |