SOUND DESIGNER, STAGE ELECTRICIAN

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Alva C. J. Orr is a fourth year DPhil student in Engineering at Queen’s College, having previously completed an MPhys in Physics at Trinity College, Oxford. They hold Stipendiary Lectureships in Physics at Brasenose College and New College. 

Alva has extensive sound design credits in musical theatre, straight plays and new writing, lately designing sound for a selection of new writing shows - SKIN (Keble O’Reilly), UNMADE (Oxford New Theatre), Plus One (Michael Pilch Studio), Smart Casual (The North Wall Arts Centre, Cockpit Theatre) and Half Baked (The North Wall Arts Centre). Most recently they designed the sound for Carrie: The Musical (Oxford Playhouse) and Sweeney Todd (Oxford Playhouse) and they are looking forward to returning to the Playhouse in 2023 to design The Tempest and An American In Paris. 

Alva runs their own production company, FishLasers Limited, and their creative portfolio (which ranges from vintage organ restoration and recording acapella groups, to blood-proof tiara microphones) can be found at www.fishlasers.co.uk