Elizabeth Purnell works in sound and music in many genres, from audiobooks to radio, theatre, installations and events including the fanfare for the Commonwealth Games. She is also an Emmy-nominated orchestral arranger and conductor for films and TV, including Black Mirror, Annihilation, Steve, Hanna, Any Human Heart, numerous BAFTA-winning natural history documentaries including The Life of Mammals, Life in Cold Blood, Life in the Undergrowth, Africa, Meerkats, Attenborough 60 Years in the Wild, recording with BBC orchestras and European ensembles.
Theatre
Credits
TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY
2026
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Matthew Iliffe
GRACE PERVADES
2026
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Director: Jeremy Herrin
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
2026
Soho Place, West End / UK Tour
Director: Jeremy Herrin
MACBETH ALONE
2026
Cheltenham Everyman
Director: Nick Bagnall & Chris Gardner
GRACE PERVADES
2025
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Jeremy Herrin
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
2025
Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Jeremy Herrin
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
2025
Theatre Royal Windsor / UK Tour
Director: Jonathan O'Boyle
DOUBT
2025
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Lindsay Posner
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
2025
Richmond Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Loveday Ingram
IN PRAISE OF LOVE
2025
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Amelia Sears
OF MICE AND MEN
2024
Royal & Derngate Northampton / UK Tour / China Plate
Director: Iqbal Khan
ROOM 13
2024
Barn Theatre
Director: Loveday Ingram
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL
2024
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Gareth Machin
THE WINTER'S TALE
2024
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Heidi Vaughan
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
2023
Royal & Derngate Northampton / UK Tour / China Plate
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
2023
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Loveday Ingram
OLIVER TWIST
2023
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Heidi Vaughan
WHILE THE SUN SHINES
2023
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
2022
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Gareth Machin
THE FALSE SERVANT
2022
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
ARMS AND THE MAN
2022
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
SHAW SHORTS
2021
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
CANDIDA
2019
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
WHILE THE SUN SHINES
2019
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
MUMMY MONSTER
2017
The Wardrobe
Director: Liz Hart
HAMLET
2016
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
2016
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
2015
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
THE MISANTHROPE
2014
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Andrew Hilton
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
2014
Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
AS YOU LIKE IT
2014
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
THE MOST EFFECTIVE DRUM
2013
Stepping Out Theatre
Director: Peter Clifford
COMMERCIAL ROAD
2013
Hackney Empire
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
THE SEA AT NIGHT
2013
Hackney Empire
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
KHADIJA IS 18
2013
Hackney Empire
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
RICHARD III
2013
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
WALKING THE LINE
2012
The Passenger Shed
Director: Robin Belfield
KING LEAR
2012
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
2012
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
OUR NEW GIRL
2012
Bush Theatre
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
UNDER MILK WOOD
2011
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Katherine Rogers
RICHARD II
2011
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
COMEDY OF ERRORS
2011
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
THE LESSER SPOTTED COLLECTORS' CLUB
2010
Bristol Planetarium
Director: Andrew Hilton
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2010
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
2009
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2008
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andy Burden
KNIVES IN HENS
2008
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Charlotte Gwinner
HAMLET
2008
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
OTHELLO
2007
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
2007
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Director: Andrew Hilton
SEARCHLIGHTS OVER BEMMY
2007
Rondo Theatre Bath
Director: Andy Burden
1992-2006
THE CAMP | Director: Sheila Hannon | Tobacco Factory Theatre
CORIOLANUS | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
THE TELL-TALE HEART | Director: Xavier Leret | Brewery Arts, Cirencester
THE WILLS’ GIRLS | Director: Sheila Hannon | Tobacco Factory Theatre
MEDEA | Director: Phil Morel | Brewery Arts, Cirencester
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
THREE SISTERS | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
KINDERTRANSPORT | Director: Dan Danson | Aberystwyth
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST | Director: Andrew Hilton | Tobacco Factory Theatre
HUCK FINN | Director: Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TREASURE ISLAND | Director: Richard Da Costa | Tobacco Factory Theatre
WOZZECK | Director: Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
TOPLESS MUM IN DEAD HERO SHOCKER | Director: Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
ROBIN HOOD | Director: Dan Danson | Tobacco Factory Theatre
