SIMON BOOKISH / LEO CHADBURN

Music for Theatre/Dance

National Theatre: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2007)

Leo co-wrote a new score for the NT/Filter Theatre's touring production of Brecht's play and performaned as "The Singer".

The Times... 2007 review

...At the production's centre is Leo Chadburn's Singer, who, as narrator and commentator, is a key component of the play's "alienation" effects. A charismatic blend of Scott Walker and Jarvis Cocker, Chadburn has rock-star glamour and a riveting presence. His vocals arrestingly combine crooning and Sprechgesang, and the musical score, created by Chadburn, Chris Branch and Tom Haines, is wildly abrasive...

(Sam Marlowe)

Royal Opera House / International Tour: Jammy Dodgers (2007)

Leo wrote electronic music for this dance piece, a collaboration between choreographer Frauke Requardt and the Ingrid Laubrock Quartet.

Almeida Theatre/LIFT '01: No Arrival, No Parking, Navigation Part III (2001)

Leo was a collaborator on this piece, directed by composer Heiner Goebbels.

Music/Sound for Gallery/Installation Pieces

Richard Grayson: Golden Space City of God (2009)

Golden Space City of God, video still

Leo wrote the score (for unaccompanied SATB chorus) for 45 minute looped video installation. Co-commissioned by ArtPace (San Antonio, Texas) and Matt's Gallery (London, UK).

On Kawara: One Million Years (2008)

Leo contributed a four-hour spoken word recording for this sound piece, presented at Galerie 1m3 (Lausanne, Switzerland).

Sandrine Nicoletta: Interplay (2006)

Leo contributed improvisations to this sound piece, featuring recordings of five solo vocalists from five countries. Exhibited at Galleria Maze (Bologna, Italy).