Theatre

current/upcoming:

A Chorus of Disapproval - Salisbury Playhouse

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Chichester Festival Theatre

And Then There were None - National Tour

Of Mice and Men (Birmingham Rep) Reviews:

THE STAGE March 2023
“Elizabeth Purnell’s moody soundtrack feels suited both to the story’s setting and its stoic spirit. Bluesy guitar licks ring out, raising goosebumps with shivering, steely strings and scratchy slides, while the whole cast joins in to sing yearning heartfelt choruses.”

The Times **** March 2023
“Elizabeth Purnell’s plangent sound design completes this magnetic portrait of despair.”

The Guardian  **** March 2023 
“.. this is a world of toil and rugged, masculine industry, further evoked through Elizabeth Purnell’s compositions which utilise protest and workers’ union songs.”

What’s on Stage **** March 2023
“Songs created by Elizabeth Purnell and sung by the cast help to set the story in its American Depression location and time, evoking not only the roaming lifestyle of these itinerant workers but also their dreams of a better future”

With a strong sense of how music and sound combine to elevate the experience of theatre, she has worked in a vast array of contrasting projects, from immersive outdoor soundscapes, musical directing many actor-musician shows, and contributing to many productions from intimate small scale in the round, to musicals with community choirs.