DJ Walde

Theatre

For the National Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest, Our Generation (also arranger and music director), Dick Whittington (also arranger and music production) and The Suicide

In London’s West End: as composer, arranger and music supervisor, Stranger Things: The First Shadow; and as arranger and remixer, Into the Hoods at the Novello, Sadler’s Wells and on UK tour

Other theatre includes: as composer, The School for Scandal, All’s Well That Ends Well and Pericles for the RSC; The Fear of 13 at the Donmar (also music director); SYLVIA at the Old Vic; The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for the Royal Ballet, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and the Roundhouse (also MD and performer); Some Like It Hip Hop (also MD and performer) at Sadler’s Wells and on UK tour; and The Good Person Szechwan at Sheffield Crucible and the Lyric; as music associate and additional arrangements, Message in a Bottle for Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK; as music supervisor and editor, Blaze: The Streetdance Sensation on world tour; and as MD and additional arrangements, HYMN at the Almeida

Other projects

stadium DJ for London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony

Awards

SYLVIA – Olivier Award nomination, Black British Theatre Award for Best New Musical

Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End – Olivier Award for Best New Entertainment Play

Some Like It Hip Hop – Olivier Award nomination for Best New Dance Production

As the leader of the Roundhouse Experimental Choir, DJ Walde has collaborated with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The OAE, Tate Collective, and with contemporary artists such as Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Ghostpoet.

He is a founding member of the band Royal Treatment Plant.

(Published November 2024)