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FILM
KNIFE POINT
2023
Short Animation
Director Weiden Wong
Producers Joanna Anastasiou, Melek Hitch-Turkmen
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
Credit: Weiden Wong
Himal
2023
Short Animation
Director Najam Subba
Producer Ruth Myatt
Music Sam Rothera
Festivals
Official Selection BAMkids Film Festival 2024
Official Selection Children's Film Festival Seattle (CFFS) 2024
Credit: Ruth Myatt
UNDERTAKER
2022
Short Animation
Director Peggy Tataru
Producer Robert Graham
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
Festivals
Winner Best Music in a Student Film, Athens Animfest 2023
Nomination RTS Southern Student Television Awards 2023
Special Mention KidzCINEMA 2022
Official Selection Animart Festival 2023
Official Selection Lift-Off Sessions 2022
Official Selection Purbeck Film Festival 2022
Official Selection MIC HUEYO 2022
THE MOONSEEKER
2022
Short Animation
Directors Diana Blázquez Martín, Katherine Galley
Producers Diana Blázquez Martín, Edda Katrín Malmquist
Music Sam Rothera
Festivals
Nomination British Animation Awards 2024
Nomination RTS Southern Student Television Awards 2023
Special Mention Athens Animfest Student Category 2023
Official Selection Animart Festival 2023
Official Selection KidzCINEMA 2022
Official Selection MIC HUEYO 2022
THEATRE
HIVE
Edinburgh Fringe 2023
Play
Writer Ariella Como Stoian
Director Susie MacDonald
Producers Zoe Novello, Sophie Visscher, Speakerphone Productions
Lighting Design Will Hayman
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
Music Zygmund de Somogyi
"Sam Rothera and Zygmund de Somogyi's gorgeous, unearthly compositions give us the vague shape of something, but the rest is up to our best, or worst, imaginations."
- The Scotsman, 2023
Credit: Lily McStocker
THE WAY WAY DEEP
Perth Fringe 2024
Edinburgh Fringe 2023
Play
Writer/Performer Patrick McPherson
Director Ellie Coote
Co-creator James Lane
Producer Indigo Productions
Production Design Will Hayman
Music Arranger/Producer and Sound Designer Sam Rothera
"The Soundtrack to The Way Way Deep, from Sam Rothera, is incredible and absolutely sets the tone and mood for every scene"
- Theatre Weekly, 2023
Credit: Matt Crockett
Credit: Matt Crockett
COLOSSAL
Perth Fringe 2024
Soho Theatre 2023
Perth Fringe 2023
Edinburgh Fringe 2022
Play
Writer/Performer Patrick McPherson
Director Susie MacDonald
Co-creator James Lane
Producer Indigo Productions
Production Design Will Hayman
Music Arranger and Sound Design Sam Rothera
Awards
Winner Sam Rothera - Sound Design, Offies 2024
Winner Theatre & Performance Award, Perth Fringe 2023
Winner Theatre Weekly Best Show of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022
Nomination Patrick McPherson - Solo Performance, Offies 2023
Nomination Will Hayman - Lighting Design, Offies 2023
"Sam [Rothera]'s beautifully searing soundscape creates a world perfectly tailored to our protagonist."
- Theatre Weekly, 2022
FINDING PERCY EREBUS
Dazed New World Festival at Applecart Arts 2020
Play
Writers/Directors Amelia Mehra, Catherine Manwaring, Helen Cox, Susie MacDonald
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
RADIO
YOUR UNFORTUNATE SERVANTS
2022 - 2023
Radio Play
Writer Dominic Green
Director Susie MacDonald
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
GOOSED
2020
Radio Play
Writer Jacqueline Graham
Director Susie MacDonald
Music/Sound Design Sam Rothera
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