Bobby Aitken

Bobby has been involved with theatre sound for over 20 years, designing sound for productions in the UK and around the world.

Theatre: Work in Musical Theatre includes: My Fair Lady (Denmark), Dirty Dancing (The Aldwych Theatre), Showboat (Royal Albert Hall), Lennon (Broadway), Cyberjam (Queen’s Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre, Las Vegas, Australia, Moscow and Madrid), MAMMA MIA! (London, Broadway and thirteen other productions around the world), Blast! (London, USA), Grease! (Dominion Theatre and UK tour), Five Guys Named Moe (Albery Theatre and tours), Return To the Forbidden Planet (Cambridge Theatre, USA, Japan and Australia), Which Witch? (Piccadilly Theatre), Metropolis (Piccadilly Theatre), Pete Townshend’s The Iron Man, (Young Vic), In the Midnight Hour (Young Vic), High Society (Victoria Palace Theatre), Time (Dominion Theatre), A Saint She Ain’t (Apollo Theatre), The Best of Times (Vaudeville Theatre), Soul Train (tour), From A Jack To A King (Ambassador’s Theatre and tours), Sweeney Todd (Israeli National Opera), Bitter Sweet (Sadler’s Wells Opera), Children of Eden (Prince Edward Theatre), The Fix (Donmar Warehouse), The Beggar’s Opera and Bartholomew Fair (Royal Shakespeare Company).

Regional work in the UK includes productions at Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Derby Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Manchester Royal Exchange, Palace Theatre, Watford and Leicester Haymarket.

Opera: For the past six years, Bobby has been working to create techniques to deliver credible sound reinforcement for large scale, in-the-round opera production. Credits include: Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, “Cav and Pag” and La Bohème (Royal Albert Hall and various arenas).