Sound designer Richard Brooker leads this session, sharing his expert approach to musical theatre sound design, including the techniques of amplifying a band/orchestra, dealing with their monitoring requirements, dealing with the cast’s monitoring of the band; Miking & mixing approaches; the relationship between the music dept and the sound dept; the overall sound of a musical; and working with the Operator. The session will end with a Q&A.

Richard Brooker's credits as sound designer include: Dreamgirls – West End, Funny Girl - Menier Chocolate Factory, West End & UK Tour, Sweet Charity - Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Sister Act - Leicester Curve & UK tour, Xanadu - Southwark Playhouse, Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined - West End & Menier Chocolate Factory, The Last Tango – West End & UK tour, Annie - UK Tour, Bend It Like Beckham – Phoenix Theatre London, Love Me Tender – UK tour, The Little Shop of Horrors – Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Made In Dagenham – West End, Dance Til Dawn – West End & UK tour, The Bodyguard – West End, UK tour, Germany, US Tour, Seoul/Korea & Canada, Therese Raquin–The Park Theatre, Water Babies–Leicester Curve, Sweeney Todd – West Yorkshire Playhouse/Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Fiddler On The Roof – UK tour, Avenue Q – Korea.