Jon Beales

Sound Designer

Jon is a composer, sound designer and musical director, who, in a thirty year career, has worked on over 200 theatre productions. Based in Edinburgh for most of his life, he has worked with many companies in Scotland including the Royal Lyceum, the Traverse, the Citizens, 7:84, Dundee Rep, Perth and Pitlochry. He has also worked with companies across England, from Newcastle to Exeter, and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

Recent and current shows include Merrily We Roll Along and Pippin (The Scottish Institute), Piaf (Bristol School of Acting), Nan Shepherd, Naked & Unashamed (Pitlochry/Firebrand), Into the Woods (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School), and The Enchanted Forest 2024, a month-long autumn son et lumière held in Faskally Woods in highland Scotland.

In education, he is an associate artist with Bristol School of Acting, and has been a visiting lecturer and practitioner at several other drama schools, including the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Queen Margaret University, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and The Scottish Institute.