Born in Holland, having completed a training there in Fine Mechanical Instrumentmaking, Paul studied Stage Management at Central School of Speech and Drama graduating in 1981.

Paul spent three years working at Jeff Wayne Music Studios and joined the National Theatre Sound Department in 1984 until 2001. Since then, Paul is a freelance Sound Designer working around the world equally enjoying plays, musicals and dance productions.

Theatre Includes:

At the National Theatre: Anything Goes; His Dark Materials; My Fair Lady; Hamlet (1987; 2011); Candide; Oklahoma!; Oh, What a Lovely War!; A Little Night Music; Lady in the Dark; Guys and Dolls (1990); Sunday in the Park With George; Sweeney Todd; Carousel; Follies; Buried Child; All My Sons; The Wind in the Willows; Shaughraun; The Cherry Orchard; Flight.

For Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures: Nutcracker; Highland Fling; Sleeping Beauty; Edward Scissorhands; Play Without Words; Red Shoes; Dorian Gray; The Carman; Romeo and Juliet; The Midnight Bell.

For Chichester Festival Theatre: Pajama Game; Private Lives; Neville’s Island; Gypsy; Guys and Dolls; Sweeney Todd; Mack and Mabel; The Young Chekhov’s; Damsel in Distress; Sweet Bird of Youth; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Kiss Me Kate; Travels with my Aunt; Ross; Oklahoma!; South Pacific; The Sound of Music.

For Hampstead Theatre: Double Feature; Loyalty; 55 Days; Chariots of Fire; Rabbit Hole; Good People; Cost of Living; Filthy Business; I and You.

Also: The King and I (Palladium/UK tour); Oliver! (Palladium/Drury Lane/UK Tour); My Fair Lady (Drury Lane); Mary Poppins (UK Tour and Germany); Marguerite (WestEnd and Tokyo); Acorn Antiques (West End and UK Tour); Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Sheffield/Westend/UK/US Tour); The Height of the Storm (Westend and Broadway); A German Life (Bridge Theatre); Showboat (Sheffield/New London); The Band’s Visit (Donmar).

Paul is Creative Associate with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures .