Biography
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Matthew is a sound designer, artist, and recordist based in Northern England.​​ He is a board member for the Association for Sound Design and Production and an artist on the Almeida Maker's Programme.
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The intersection of sound design, composition and voice is pivotal in Matthew's practice and in how he supports the dramaturgical structure and themes of a performance. His sound designs often incorporate elements of field recording, instrumentation, sampling and soundscape. Finding a 'way in' to the world of a story through the creative manipulation of recordings and their sonic qualities to create a richly textured sound world.
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Matthew's theatre and music training started from an early age through devising projects as a performer and director and playing drums and brass instruments in a broad variety of genres. As a professional his craft has been formed through studio internships, manufacturer training, professional development in the industry and the continued learning that takes place day-to-day in working with new collaborators from project to project.
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Alongside this practice he is also a sound recordist for film and TV and occassionally delivers seminars and workshops in sound creation, from degree level all the way to primary education.​
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You can find a selection of his portfolio material in the following pages of this website.​
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To find out more about sound design as a practice, please see this article.​​
Press​
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"Matthew Tuckey further enriches the atmosphere... creating a space that feels at once suspended and intimately real.
...Life continues, as the waves do—restless, rhythmic, and unceasing, whether in stillness or in surge." - The Waves, Theatre and Tonic
"Matthew Tuckey’s sound design and music are liminal: a crash of waves is faintly audible. There’s a hubbub as if sieved through a monastery fifty miles away." - The Waves, FringeReview
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"​The Waves seems to encompass all of life... The sound of waves bookends the narrative as a metaphorical representation of time passing and the inevitability of life’s passage... a delight from start to finish.” - The Waves, The Reviews Hub
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"The nearer they get to voicing the truth, the more Matthew Tuckey’s soundtrack rumbles...and the subway set seems to shake with the clatter of an incoming train." - Dogs on the Metro, The Guardian
"Matthew Tuckey's sound design layers in the rattle of tracks, distant platform announcements, and the low hum of nostalgia to powerful effect" - Dogs on the Metro, Theatre and Tonic
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"Matthew Tuckey’s sound design is particularly entrancing and works electrically with the script to enhance sinister and tense moments." - Dogs on the Metro, The Spy in the Stalls​​​
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"The impact of Jack McNamara's production is as much down to Matthew Tuckey's terrifying sound design... as it is to the captivating elliptical writing." - The Bounds, WhatsOnStage
"A lush soundscape by Matthew Tuckey provides a backdrop to Verity Quinn’s set which erupts from the splintered stage” - The Bounds, The Stage
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"The gear shift from virtual comedy to something approaching folk horror is abetted by some eerie ambient sound design from Matthew Tuckey that gives the long cold night an unsettling 'alive' quality." - The Bounds, Time Out​