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ELIZABETH PURNELL

Music and sound design

Started writing music for theatre in 1993 when she was resident composer for Kaos Theatre in Cirencester for four years. She often works at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol, having written music for thirteen productions by the award winning Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, including Hamlet, directed by Jonathan Miller. Work there also includes Treasure Island, Woyzeck, The Camp, Huckleberry Finn, The Wills’ Girls, Robin Hood, A Christmas Carol, School for Wives. Other work includes Knives in Hens (Ustinov), Kindertransport (Aberystwyth), three shows for Angle Theatre (Hackney Empire), The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic), orchestrations for The Kitchen (National Theatre). She plays trombone and also works as an orchestrator for feature film music and writes music for TV and Radio 4 drama.