nicol parkinson

sound & performance

sound, art, writing, by nicol parkinson

recent work

Jo Hauge – Self-Insert Outside Fan Spiral (On Ice)
Co-developed, sound and performance
Performed at Tramway, Glasgow as part of Take Me Somewhere, autumn 2025
https://johauge.com/self-insert-outside-fan-spiral-on-ice

Nando Messias – Complete Breach
Creative development support and sound construction
Performed at Whitechapel Gallery, summer 2025
http://www.nandomessias.com/complete-breech.html

Season Butler – Do You Remember The Good Old Days Before The Ghost Town?
Sonic dramaturgy and sound construction
Performed at Whitechapel Gallery, summer 2025

Tamm Reynolds – Midgitte Bardot: Shooting From Below
Co-written, performed, sound construction
Performed at Southbank Centre, Battersea Arts Centre, Colchester Arts Centre, Unity Theatre Liverpool (as part of DaDaFest 2025)

Clarice Hilton – Conversations with Visions
Composition for dancers and virtual environment, performed at Victoria & Albert museum

Xavier de Sousa – What Becomes…
Sound construction as part of workshop, exhibition, by Xavier de Sousa in collaboration with migrant community members in Peterborough, commissioned by METAL
https://www.xavierdesousa.co.uk/post/751095824547725312/what-becomes

Katy Baird – Get Off
Sound design
Performed internationally since 2024
https://www.katybaird.com/get-off/

Jo Hauge – kiss&cry
Sound, performance and development between 2020 and 2024
Performed online and at Centre for Live Art Yorkshire, Leeds
https://johauge.com/kissandcryco

Frankie Thompson – Catts
Additional sound design and editing, spring 2024

Liz Rosenfeld & An Neely – RUINS
Sound construction, based on The Velvet Underground (1969)
Summer 2023 – ongoing
https://www.lizrosenfeld.co/performance/thank-you-for-your-effort-xsty3-2kejt

An Neely & Moa Johansson – with echoes filling up the orbit, but damaged (everything is everything)
Sound construction, music, and performance at Buzzcut, Glasgow, 2023. Various ongoing iterations
https://www.glasgowbuzzcut.co.uk/moa-johansson-andre-neely
https://www.sthlmdans.se/performance/with-echoes-filling-up-the-orbit/

Oozing Gloop – Tentacular Spectacular
Sound construction for swamp and performances, ongoing iterations
Fierce Festival, Birmingham, 2022 (premiere), Battersea Arts Centre, Kampnagel, The Swamp
https://www.artsadmin.co.uk/project/tentacular-spectacular/
https://tentacularspectacularlive.art/

Vijay Patel – Brotherly, Otherly, Disorderly
Sound design, Liberty Festival and touring, 2022

Rob Hesp – Soft fruit punch
with Lavinia Co-Op and José Tomás
Composition for/with three dancers
Performed at METAL Peterborough and Chisenhale Dance, summer and autumn 2019
https://www.rob-hesp.com/soft-fruit-punch

Femme Feral – THERESAMAYSMACKDOWN
Noise and performance
Performed many times around UK, 2016-2019

AJ Turner – DESTRUCTION/DISORDER/DIRT/POLLUTION
Performance of Turner’s composition for quartet (with RODENT and Lisa Busby), noise, amplified metal, bass etc. 2019
https://www.aliciajaneturner.co.uk/destructiondisorderdirtpollution

Tabby Lamb – Since U Been Gone
Music, sound and performance
summer 2019