Dylan Townley

About Dylan

I work in theatre, video, and community arts, and in both live and recorded sound.

I bring wide experience in creative and story development; in music and audio production; and as a live performer, music director and keys player.

• Awarded the Cameron Mackintosh Composer Residency 2023-24 at the Octagon Theatre Bolton (supported by Mercury Musical Developments and the Musical Theatre Network)
• Music Leader with Bath Philharmonia orchestra
• Head Writer for the BAFTA-winning online channel History Bombs
• At home in a wide range of styles and companies, from award-winning musical theatre to orchestral & chamber music; family shows, comedy, and intricate sound design; taking in runs and tours across the UK and abroad, including Australia, Poland, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland and New York

Selected Credits

Composition credits: Animal Farm (Bolton Octagon & UK Tour); Sleeping Beauty (Composer & Sound Designer, Stephen Joseph Theatre); Wacky Racists Comedy Club with Sophie Duker (Soho Theatre London); Childish with Chris Turner (Joe’s Pub NYC, Australia Tour, Reykjavik Fringe); Alfie The Elf’s Christmas Rescue (Bolton Octagon); The True Adventures of Marian & Robin Hood (The Barn Cirencester); Milky Peaks (Additional Composition to Seiriol Davies, Theatr Clwyd & Wales Tour); Dracula: The Bloody Truth (Associate Composer to Simon Slater, Stephen Joseph Theatre & Bolton Octagon); The Caucasian Chalk Circle (music video series commissioned by Hills Road College); Miss Wales (under commission with Theatr Clwyd, working title); corporate commissions with Studio Boum and Sharky & George

Music Director credits: How To Win Against History (MD & Co-Orchestrator, Bristol Old Vic / Francesca Moody Productions; previously Young Vic, UK Tour, Dublin Theatre Festival); The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto: Rapunzel (Everyman Liverpool); Milky Peaks (Theatr Clwyd & Wales Tour); Cinderella (The Barn Cirencester); Secret Cinema Present Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy (site-specific, London); Comedians Do Carols (Soho Theatre Walthamstow); The Twelve Choirs of Christmas (Old Vic Education & Community); Thumbelina’s Great Big Adventure (MAC Birmingham & Brewery Arts Kendal); Starry Starry Eyes (The Free Association, BAC, Mercury Colchester); Bath Philharmonia (Orchestrator & Leader, collaboration with local schools and Seckou Keita)

Pianist / Keyboardist credits: Austentatious (London West End, UK Tours); The Greatest Wealth (Old Vic); Bath Philharmonia (The Forum – programmes ranging from Max Richter’s Recomposed: Four Seasons to community-created pieces written and performed with young carers); Classic Corner, Zauberwald Festival (Lenzerheide, Switzerland); Racing Minds (Australia Tours, Krakow Impro Fest, Théâtre Toison d’Or Brussels, Edinburgh Fringe, BBC6 Music); Webster & Townley Improvisations

Additional credits: History Bombs (Head Writer); Peablossom Cabaret (Co-Creator); Community Consultant Artist (2021) Old Vic