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"The show has quite a lot of Welsh choral music, but also has a lot of 1980s disco, so the sound system is quite a challenge," says Aitken.
Sound designer Bobby Aitken has built the soundscape for Pride on Meyer Sound systems through sold-out runs at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre and the National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre. As the hit musical moves to London's Bridge Theatre, where previews begin November 12, he is reshaping that design for its third home this year.
Based on the 2014 film, Pride tells the true story of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, a group of London activists who raised money for a South Wales mining village during the 1984-85 miners' strike. The original score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen, and DJ Walde ranges from pop and rock to protest songs.
"The show has quite a lot of Welsh choral music, because they love a bit of choral singing in Wales, but also has a lot of 1980s disco when we're in London, so the sound system is quite a challenge, trying to make things big and powerful for the disco and wide and immersive for the more traditional choral pieces," says Aitken, whose career spans the West End, Broadway, and arena productions, from Mamma Mi...