Adam started his career as a sound operator and spent over a decade as Mick Potter’s associate. He has worked as a sound designer internationally on Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera, among many other productions. His career highlights include the critically acclaimed productions of Billy Elliott (Curve), Lord of the Rings (Watermill) and Jamie Lloyd’s reimagined Sunset Boulevard (West End and Broadway).
Theatre
Awards
Tony Award Nomination
2026
The Lost Boys
Palace Theatre, Broadway
Best Sound Design
Olivier Award Nomination
2026
Into The Woods
Bridge Theatre
Best Sound Design
WhatsOnStage Award Nomination
2026
Evita
London Palladium
Best Sound Design
Olivier Award
2024
Sunset Boulevard
Savoy Theatre
Best Sound Design
WhatsOnStage Award nomination
2023
Into The Woods
Theatre Royal Bath
Best Sound Design
WhatsOnStage Award nomination
2022
The Last Five Years
Vaudeville Theatre / Garrick Theatre
Best Sound Design
Credits
Cats
2026
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Drew McOnie
Jesus Christ Superstar
2026
London Palladium
Director: Tim Sheader
High Society
2026
Barbican / UK Tour
Director: Rachel Kavanagh
The Lost Boys
2026
Palace Theatre, Broadway
Director: Michael Arden
Kinky Boots
2026
London Coliseum
Director: Nikolai Foster
Legally Blonde
2026
UK & Ireland Tour
Director: Nikolai Foster
Into The woods
2025
Bridge Theatre
Director: Jordan Fein
Miss Saigon
2025
UK Tour
Director: Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy
50 First Dates
2025
The Other Palace
Director: Casey Nicholaw
Here & Now
2025
UK Tour
Director: Rachel Kavanagh
Evita
2025
London Palladium
Director: Jamie Lloyd
Hercules
2025
Theatre Royal Drudy Lane, West End
Director: Casey Nicholaw
Muriel's Wedding
2025
Leicester Curve
Director: Simon Phillips
Kinky Boots
2025
Leicester Curve / UK Tour
Director: Nikolai Foster
Oliver!
2024
Chichester Festival Theatre / Gielgud Theatre, West End
Director: Matthew Bourne
Here & Now
2024
Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
Director: Rachel Kavanagh
My Fair Lady
2024
Leicester Curve
Director: Nikolai Foster
Sunset Boulevard
2024
St. James Theatre, Broadway
Director: Jamie Lloyd
Now That's What I Call A Musical
2024
UK Tour
Director: Craig Revel Horwood
The Lord Of The Rings - A Musical Tale
2024
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, US
Director: Paul Hart
Kiss Me Kate
2024
Barbican
Director: Bartlett Sher
Lizzie The Musical
2024
Hope Mill Theatre
Director: William Whelton
Your Lie In April
2024
Harold Pinter Theatre, West End
Director: Nick Winston
Pippin IN Concert
2024
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
Wild About You
2024
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End
Director: Nick Winston
Bhangra Nation
2024
Birmingham Rep
Director: Stafford Arima
The Wizard of Oz
2023
UK Tour
Director: Nikolai Foster
Evita
2023
Leicester Curve
Director: Nikolai Foster
Cinderella
2023
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Adam Penford
The Phantom of the Opera
2023
Middle East Tour
Director: Stephen Barlow
Sunset Boulevard
2023
Savoy Theatre
Director: Jamie Lloyd
Lizzie The Musical
2023
Hope Mill Theatre / UK Tour
Director: William Whelton
Love Never Dies In Concert
2023
Theatre Royal Drudy Lane, West End
Director: Shaun Kerrison
Evita In Concert
2023
Theatre Royal Drudy Lane, West End
Director: Bill Deamer
The Lord of the Rings - A musical tale
2023
Water Mill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
Little Mermaid
2023
Mountview Academy
Director: Dan Herd
Company
2023
Leeds Conservatoire
Director: Sarah Butcher
SpongeBob The Musical
2023
Leeds Conservatoire
Director: Jamie Fletcher
The wizard of oz
2023
London Palladium
Director: Nikolai Foster
The Phantom of the Opera
2023
Christmas Theatre, Athens / Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Greece
Director: Stephen Barlow
the wizard of oz
2022
Leicester Curve
Director: Nikolai Foster
Into The Woods
2022
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Terry Gilliam & Leah hausman
the witches of eastwick concert
2022
Sondheim Theatre
Director: Maria Freidman
yeast nation
2022
Southwark playhouse
Director: Benji Sperring
billy elliot
2022
Leicester Curve
Director: Nikolai Foster
cinderella
2022
Hope Mill Theatre
Director: Joseph Houston & William Whelton
Jesus Christ superstar
2022
LAMDA
Director: Annabel Mutale-Reed
our man in Havana
2022
Watermill Theatre
Director: Abigail Pickard-Price
merrily we roll along
2022
Leeds Conservatoire
Director: Josh Seymour
spring awakening
2022
Leeds Conservatoire
Director: Simon Hardwick
Carrie
2022
Mountview Academy
Director: Richard Fitch
Beauty and the beast
2021
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Bill Buckhurst
the last five years
2021
Vaudeville Theatre / Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
cats
2021
ArtsEd
Director: Chrissie Cartwright
The wedding singer
2021
ArtsEd
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
Ragtime
2021
ArtsEd
Director: Stephen Whitson
Kipps
2021
ArtsEd
Director: Joseph Pitcher
the last five years
2020
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
the wild party
2020
ArtsEd
Director: Katie Henry
freaky friday
2020
ArtsEd
Director: Luke Kernaghan
Aladdin
2019
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Director: Paul Robinson
Legally Blonde
2019
ArtsEd
Director: Legally Blonde
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
2019
ArtsEd
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
the view upstairs
2019
Soho Theatre
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
GILLIAN LYNNE CELEBRATION
2019
Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End
Director: Chrissie Cartwright
jack and the beanstalk
2018
Liverpool Empire
Director: Bob Thomson
beauty and the beast
2018
New Theatre, Cardiff
Director: David Burrows
cinderella
2018
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Director: Andrew Ryan
cinderella
2017
Liverpool empire
Director: Bob Thomson
Snow White and the seven dwarfs
2017
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Director: Gary Lloyd
cinderella
2017
Hackney Empire
Director: Susie McKenna
Peter pan
2016
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Director: Barbara Evans
what I go to school for
2016
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Director: Steven Dexter
Jason and the argonauts
2016
Bridewell Theatre
Director: Steven Dexter
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
WONDERFUL TOWN | Director: Ian Talbot | Arts Ed
SOHO CINDERS | Director: Luke Sheppard | Arts Ed
SOHO CINDERS | Director: Jonathan Butterell | Soho Theatre
MISERY | Director: Ninon Jerome | AshcroftTheatre
AS ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER
THE CHOIR OF MAN | Sound Designer: Sten Serverson | Assembly Festival Gardens/ The Queen of Flanders Speigeltent/ London Wonderground
SCHOOL OF ROCK | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Broadway/ West End/ Melbourne, Australia/ South Korea & US Tour
MISS SAIGON | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Broadway/ West End/ UK Tour/ US Tour & Japan
CATS | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Broadway/ US Tour
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | West End/ US Tour
LES MISÉRABLES | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Broadway/ West End/ Japan/ South Korea/ Toronto, Canada/ Australia
SUNSET BOULEVARD | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Broadway/ London Coliseum
CHESS | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | London Coliseum
CAROUSEL | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | London Coliseum
MAN OF LA MANCHA | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | London Coliseum
LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Royal Festival Hall
BARNUM | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Chichester Festival Theatre/ UK Tour
THE WIZARD OF OZ | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Toronto, Canada/ US Tour
ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK | Sound Designer: Mick Potter | Apollo Theatre/ Stuttgart, Germany