Adam Cork Composer/Sound Designer/Lyricist
Adam is composer and co-lyricist of the documentary opera/musical LONDON ROAD which had an extended run at the National Theatre (Cottesloe) and then transferred for a 2012 run in the Olivier auditorium. He received a Tony Award in 2010 for his music and sound score for RED (Donmar/Broadway) and an Olivier Award in 2011 for KING LEAR (Donmar). Adam was also nominated in 2010 for the Tony Award for Best Score (Music & Lyrics) for ENRON (Broadway/West End). He was nominated for an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for TRAVESTIES (Broadway/West End).
Other award nominations include the Tony Award Best Sound Design of a Play for both MACBETH (2008) and ENRON (2010), an Olivier nomination for Best Sound Design for SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (2005) as well as four Drama Desk nominations: Outstanding Music in a Play for FROST/NIXON (2007) and RED (2010) and Outstanding Sound Design for MACBETH (2008) and ENRON (2010).
He was awarded the 2011 Evening Standard Award for Best Design for ANNA CHRISTIE and KING LEAR and the 2011 Critics' Circle for Best Musical for LONDON ROAD.
Adam was also recently nominated for the Tony Award for Best Sound Design for INK (Broadway).
Agents
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Credits
Film
Production Company Notes
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] LONDON ROAD US Cuba Pictures Music and Lyrics. PREMIERE First showing at Village East 2016 Cinemas, New York
LONDON ROAD National Theatre/Cuba 2015 Pictures/BBC Films/BFI
GENIUS Michael Grandage Productions Composer on the debut feature film from Michael Grandage
THE THREE RULES OF Illyria Composer INFIDELITY 2004
TRIPLETAKE JJC Composer 2003
BUST Film Council Composer 2002
Television
Production Company Notes THE HOLLOW CROWN: Neal Street/BBC Composer. RICHARD II Dir. Rupert Goold. 2012 Awarded Best Single Drama at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2013
MACBETH Illuminations/BBC4 Composer 2010
FRANCES TUESDAY ITV Composer 2004
RE-IGNITED Channel 4 Composer 2003
IMPRINTS Channel 4 Composer
Theatre
Production Company Notes AFTERPLAY The Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Composer/Sound Designer 2020 Dir. John Haidar
LEOPOLDSTADT Sonia Friedman Productions Ltd / Composer/Sound Designer 2020 Wyndham's Theatre Dir. Patrick Marber
THE EXORCIST Bill Kenwright Limited/UK Tour Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2019 Sean Mathias.
THE HUNT Almeida Theatre Composer / Sound Designer. Dir. 2019 Rupert Goold
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes INK Manhattan Theatre Company / Samuel Composer/Sound Designer. 2019 J. Friedman Theatre Dir.Rupert Goold.
RED MGC Composer / Sound Designer. Dir. 2018 Michael Grandage.
THE LIEUTENANT MGC Composer / Sound Designer. Dir. OF INISHMORE Michael Grandage. 2018
EXIT THE KING Olivier Theatre, National Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2018 Patrick Marber.
THE EXORCIST Phoenix Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2018 Sean Mathias.
TRAVESTIES Roundabout Theatre Company, New Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2018 York Patrick Marber.
WHO'S AFRAID OF Sonia Friedman Productions Sound Designer and Composer VIRGINIA WOOLF? 2017
TRAVESTIES Sonia Friedman Productions Sound Designer and Original Music 2017
INK Duke of York's Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. 2017 Dir.Rupert Goold.
INK Almeida Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. 2017 Dir.Rupert Goold.
SALOME National Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2017 Yaël Farber.
DON JUAN IN SOHO Sonia Friedman Productions Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2017 Patrick Marber.
TRAVESTIES Menier Chocolate Factory Composer 2016
NO MAN'S LAND Playful UK Dir: Sean Mathias 2016 UK Tour and Wyndhams Theatre
RICHARD III Almeida Theatre Dir: Rupert Goold 2016
LES BLANCS National Theatre Dir: Yael Farber 2016
HUGHIE Michael Grandage Company Dir: Michael Grandage, Broadway 2016 venue to be announced. Starring Forest Whitaker.
THREE DAYS IN THE National Theatre Dir: Patrick Marber COUNTRY 2015
MEDEA Almeida Theatre a new version by Rachel Cusk 2015 Directed by Rupert Goold
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes London Road Canadian Stage by Alecky Blythe & Adam Cork. 2014 Dir: Jackie Maxwell
HENRY V Michael Grandage Company Composer and Sound Designer. 2013 Dir. Michael Grandage.
PETER AND ALICE Michael Grandage Company Composer and Sound Designer. 2013 Dir. Michael Grandage.
CAT ON A HOT TIN Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York Composer and Sound Designer ROOF Dir. Rob Ashford 2013
LONDON ROAD National Theatre (Olivier) Composer and Co-Lyricist. Dir. 2012 Rufus Norris.
THE LION, THE ThreeSixty/Kensington Gardens Composer, Lyricist and Sound WITCH AND THE Score. Dir. Rupert Goold and WARDROBE Michael Fentiman 2012
RICHARD II Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2011 Michael Grandage.
DECADE Headlong/Chichester Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2011 Rupert Goold.
ANNA CHRISTIE Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2011 Rob Ashford. Evening Standard Award for Best Design 2011.
LUISE MILLER Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2011 Michael Grandage.
THE MERCHANT OF RSC Composer. Dir. Rupert Goold. VENICE 2011
LONDON ROAD National Theatre (Cottesloe) Composer and Co-Lyricist. Dir. 2011 Rufus Norris. 2011 Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. Nominated for 2011 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
KING LEAR Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2010 Michael Grandage. 2011 Olivier Award for Best Sound and Evening Standard Award for Best Design 2011.
DANTON'S DEATH National Theatre (Olivier) Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2010 Michael Grandage.
ROMEO AND JULIET RSC/New York Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2010 Rupert Goold.
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes RED Donmar Warehouse/Broadway 2010 Tony Award. Drama Desk 2009 Nomination (Outstanding Music for a Play). Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. Michael Grandage.
HAMLET Wyndhams/Broadhurst, New York Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2009 Michael Grandage.
MADAME DE SADE Wyndhams Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2009 Michael Grandage.
A STREETCAR Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. NAMED DESIRE Rob Ashford. 2009
ALL'S WELL THAT National Theatre (Olivier) Composer. Dir. Marianne Elliott. ENDS WELL 2009
A VIEW FROM THE Duke of York's Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. BRIDGE Lindsay Posner. 2009
PHEDRE National Theatre (Lyttleton) Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2009 Nicholas Hytner.
TIME AND THE National Theatre (Lyttleton) Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. CONWAYS Rupert Goold. 2009
ENRON Chichester/Royal Court/Noel 2010 Tony Nominations (Best 2009 Coward/Broadway Score & Best Sound Design) & Drama Desk Nomination (Outstanding Sound Design). Composer/Co-Lyricist/Sound Designer. Dir. Rupert Goold.
CREDITORS Donmar Warehouse/BAM Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2008 Alan Rickman.
THE CHALK GARDEN Donmar Warehouse Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2008 Michael Grandage.
THE LAST DAYS OF Almeida Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. JUDAS ISCARIOT Rupert Goold. 2008
IVANOV Wyndhams Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2008 Michael Grandage.
SIX CHARACTERS IN Chichester/Gielgud/Australia/Tour Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. SEARCH OF AN Rupert Goold. AUTHOR 2008
NO MAN'S LAND Gate Dublin/Duke of York's Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2008 Rupert Goold.
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes MACBETH Chichester/Gielgud/Lyceum, New York 2008 Tony Nomination & Drama 2007 Desk Nomination (Outstanding Sound Design). Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. Rupert Goold.
THE CHERRY Sheffield Crucible Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. ORCHARD Jonathan Miller. 2007
FROST/NIXON Donmar Drama Desk Nomination 2006 Warehouse/Gielgud/Broadway/UA Tour (Outstanding Music for a Play). Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. Michael Grandage.
THE TEMPEST RSC/London Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2006 Rupert Goold.
TOM AND VIV Almeida Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2006 Lindsay Posner.
THE LATE HENRY Almeida Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. MOSS Michael Attenborough. 2006
LEAR Sheffield Crucible Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2005 Jonathan Kent.
KING LEAR Chichester Festival Theatre Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2005 Steven Pimlott.
SUDDENLY LAST Sheffield Crucible/Albery 2005 Olivier Award Nomination. SUMMER Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2004 Michael Grandage.
DON CARLOS Sheffield Crucible/Gielgud Composer/Sound Designer. Dir. 2004 Michael Grandage.
Radio
Production Company Notes THE CHALK GARDEN BBC Radio 3 Composer 2008
OTHELLO BBC Radio 3 Composer 2008
THE LUNEBERG VARIATION BBC Radio 4 Composer 2006
DON CARLOS BBC Radio 4 Composer 2005
LOSING ROSALIND BBC Radio 4 Composer 2000
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes THE COLONEL-BIRD BBC World Service Composer
ON THE CEILING BBC Radio 3 Composer
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]