YVONNE GILBERT
Sound Designer & Audio Engineer
London, UK | info@yvonnegilbert.org | yvonnegilbert.org
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
An established Sound Designer, Audio Engineer, and former Sound Manager for the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre. Pairs a versatile career in creative storytelling with a rigorous, detail-obsessed approach to data and technical administration. Experienced Pro Tools operator specializing in mixing, spot-FX crafting, and vocal/spatial tracking across opera, West End musicals, regional theatre, and acclaimed audio dramas/documentaries. Deeply experienced in compiling complex operational spreadsheets and tech workflows for full-scale musical theater. Bringing strong technical authority, extreme file-naming discipline, and a commercial mindset to organize and scale the 344 Audio Sound Store.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Audio Engineering: Pro Tools ecosystem, multi-mic dialogue synchronization, processing stems, flawless batch-export configurations.
- Asset Archiving & Data Control: Strict file-naming conventions, deep metadata tagging, data preservation pipelines, catalog retrieval.
- Creative Sound Design: Immersive audio drama soundscapes, custom foley creation, field recording, synthesis and texture manipulation.
- High-Pressure Operations: West End musical mixing, technical paperwork management (mic plots, I/O matrices), team coordination.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SOUND DESIGNER & AUDIO ENGINEER | Freelance
- Theatrical Sound Design: Conceptualize and execute original sound designs for diverse major productions, ranging from high-concept opera and pop-jukebox musicals to energetic, tactile children’s theater.
- Audio Drama & Digital Media Production: Design, edit, and master multi-part audio dramas, podcasts, and documentaries (including the King James Bible and Odds & Sods), managing layered soundscapes, vocal clarity, and platform-specific mastering chains.
- Bespoke Archive Curation: Originate and self-manage a highly organized digital library of custom sound effects, field recordings, and design elements, strictly categorized for rapid cross-referencing and show revivals.
- High-Stakes Live Mixing: Engineered and mixed complex live West End musical productions, maintaining total focus while balancing high-density radio microphone arrays, dynamic vocals, and live rock/orchestral bands under peak pressure.
SOUND MANAGER – LYTTELTON THEATRE | The National Theatre, London
- Institutional Show Archiving: Managed the full audio archiving and digital preservation of major productions running in the Lyttelton Theatre, enforcing clean directory structures, track-commit protocols, and metadata logging.
- Operational Systems & Checklists: Managed complex technical audio inventories, organized internal asset distribution workflows, and maintained data order across show files.
- Technical Supervision: Maintained total oversight of audio networks and digital mixing consoles to guarantee zero technical downtime during live runs.
SELECTED SOUND DESIGN & MIXING CREDITS
Opera, Dance & Major Theatre Sound Design
- The Handmaid’s Tale & Blue | English National Opera
- Creature | English National Ballet / Sadler’s Wells / Chicago Harris Theatre
- Scissorhandz: A Musical Reinvented | Southwark Playhouse
- Hairy | Polka Theatre / Spymonkey
- Run, Rebel | Pilot Theatre / Colchester & Tour
- Brideshead Revisited | York Theatre Royal / ETT
- The Glass Menagerie | Watford Palace Theatre
- Driving Miss Daisy & Swallows and Amazons | York Theatre Royal
- Whistle Down the Wind & Great Expectations | Watermill Theatre
- Hamlet, The Tempest, Henry V, & Twelfth Night | Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre
West End Mixing & Management
- Rock of Ages | West End (Live Show Mix)
- Grease | West End (Live Show Mix)
- Cats | New London Theatre (Live Show Mix)
- Lyttelton Theatre Productions | National Theatre (Sound Manager)
Audio Drama & Documentaries
- King James Bible | Chartable Featured Audio Production
- Odds & Sods | Spotify Podcast Network
- Queen of the Blues | Audio Drama
- River of… | Documentary Series