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'Total Football' opens September 22nd

English duo Ridiculusmus' new show, 'Total Football' opens at La Mama as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival on September 22nd. The La Mama season is the first outing for this new work, which will have seasons in London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Wales. Russell is pleased to be collaborating with this fine company on what promises to be a wonderful production. For more information, visit www.ridiculusmus.com

'A Woman in Berlin' - Malthouse Theatre

'Hailed as one of the most powerful and important accounts of a woman’s experience of war, A Woman in Berlin has only gained in its ability to shock and impress itself more than half a century later. The voice of this anonymous, brilliant account slips between pitiless honesty and lyrical elegance, all the while daring to stare its unthinkable subject in the eye.'
After a remarkable season at Sydney's 'Old Fitz', Malthouse Theatre presents 'A Woman in Berlin'. Along with two of Australian theatre's brightest lights, director Janice Muller and performer Meredith Penman, who jointly adapted the book to bring it to the stage, Russell's composition and sound design takes us inside the mind of a woman trapped by the onset of war. More information, and tickets at http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/page/A_WOMAN_IN_BERLIN

Russell Goldsmith nomintated for for 2009 Tony Sound Design Award - Exit The King

Russell has been nominated for a 2009 Tony Award for his Sound Design for "Exit the King", currently showing at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre. To date the show has received 12 award nominations including 4 Tony Award nominations. The Broadway production stars Oscar winners Geoffrey Rush (Shine) and Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) and Andrea Martin (Young Frankenstein). "Exit the King" was first produced in Australia by The Malthouse Theatre and Company B Belvoir. The Broadway revival of the production features the original creative team led by director Neil Armfield, set and costume design by Dale Ferguson (who has also received Tony Award nominations in both these categories for "Exit the King"), Lighting Design by Damien Cooper, and Original Music by John Rodgers.

Showreels

Exit The King (2.9Mb)	Ruby Moon (1.8Mb)	It Just Stopped (2.3Mb)
Shadow Passion (1.7Mb)	Sweet Staccato Rising (1Mb)	Panic (2.3Mb)
On Intoxicated Ears (1.8Mb)	The Frail Man(1.4Mb)	Love (1.8Mb)

Click on links below the preview image to listen.

Awards

Credits

A Woman in Berlin (Malthouse Theatre/Old Fitzroy)
Total Football (Ridiculusmus)
Acacia Hills (Browns Mart Arts)
The Possibilities (Sidetrack Theatre)
The Swimming Club (Melbourne Theatre Company/Black Swan State Theatre Company)
Elizabeth (Malthouse Theatre)
Ruby Moon (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Optimism (Malthouse Theatre/Sydney Festival/Edinburgh International Festival)
Happy Days (Malthouse Theatre/Company B Belvoir)
The Web (Black Swan State Theatre Company/HotHouse Theatre)
Attract/Repel (Melbourne Town Players)
A Dream Play (Ignite Theatre)
Exit the King (Broadway Season at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre)
Sandwiches (Melbourne Town Players)
Vamp (Malthouse Theatre Company)
The Children’s Bach (Chamber Made)
Antigone (Bialik)
Through the Looking Glass (Malthouse Theatre/Victorian Opera)
Shadow Passion (Anthony Crowley/Chapel off Chapel)
Exit the King (Malthouse Theatre/Company B Belvoir)
Sleeping Beauty (Malthouse Theatre Company)
It Just Stopped (Malthouse Theatre Company/Company B Belvoir)
Love (Malthouse Theatre/HotHouse Theatre Company)
Panic (Next Wave Festival 2004)
Ruby Moon (Playbox Theatre Company)
On Intoxicated Ears (Prowling Productions)
My Brilliant Divorce (Hit Productions)
Krapp’s Last Tape (11th Hour Productions)
Stolen –Touring Production 2002-2005 (Playbox Theatre Company)
Fully Committed (McLaren House)
Virgins: A Musical Threesome (Echelon Productions)

Other Recent Projects

Theatre is Child's Play - A tactile theatre installation for Polyglot Puppet Theatre
Great Acts of Kindness (a film project with Rita Kalnejais)
Mary Good Art Installation
Audio Director - Melba Spiegeltent
Rosie’s Secret (City of Melbourne ‘Laneway Project’ commission)
Swimming to the Boy (SexBeetle Films)
A Packet of Seeds (radio documentary for the BBC London)
Spilt (Verde Films)
Santa’s Silly Season (Borders Books Australia/Citrus Group)
Lectern Rock (Belong Group)

For the Site and Photography

Photography Credits: Bethany Langmead, Jeff Busby, Lisa Tomasetti
Web Design: James Payne +61425801196

Related sites of interest:

www.malthousetheatre.com.au
www.hothousetheatre.com.au
www.themelbournetownplayers.com
www.chambermade.org.au
www.norwestproductions.com
www.wisemonkeyrecords.com

Biography

Russell Goldsmith is a multiple award winning Melbourne based Sound Designer, Composer, Audio Producer and Audio System Designer. He has a diverse body of work in Theatre, Film, Television, Commercial and Radio Production, Live Music and Installation Art. He has been a continual innovator in the field of creative sound design, and in the integration and application of new technologies in theatrical production.

In March 2009, Neil Armfield’s production of “Exit the King” opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. This production marked Russell’s Broadway debut. In May 2009, Russell was nominated for a Tony Award for his Sound Design for the Broadway production of "Exit the King".

Other recent theatre credits have seen him working with Australia’s premier theatre directors including Neil Armfield, Michael Kantor, Gary Young, Barry Kosky, Anthony Crowley & Aubrey Mellor. His Sound Design for the Malthouse Theatre Company/Company B Belvoir production of “Exit the King”, with Geoffrey Rush in the lead, won the 2007 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Sound Design and Composition. He was also nominated in the same category in the 2007 Green Room Awards, one of a number of Green Room Award nominations he has received.

In addition to his successes as a leading theatrical Sound Designer, Russell has been involved in a number of “cross-platform” works including “Rosie’s Secret”, a City of Melbourne Laneway Project Commission, “Panic”, an audio installation beneath Melbourne’s Federation Square for the Next Wave Festival and “A Packet of Seeds”, a 30 minute audio narrative for the BBC London.

Russell has more recently become involved in composition and sound design for film, with a number of interesting and challenging projects having received his creative and unique sonic signature, and he continues to work on commercial projects for both television and online having recently completed projects for Channel 10’s “Big Brother”, Cascade, and international bookseller Borders.

Russell is also an accomplished Audio System Designer, and his technical and operational work in this field has taken him around the world. Russell has also worked extensively in the live music arena, both as producer, performer, electronic foley artist and keyboard player with atmos/electronic rock band Cinematic, pioneering performance playback and live sound design techniques, but also as a skilled and respected live sound engineer who has worked with both national and international artists over the course of the last 10 years.

Contact

Russell Goldsmith &
TotalTech Productions

Suite 11, 117 Sturt Street
Southbank, VIC
Australia 3006

(M) +614 1113 1332
(W) +613 9005 8569

Photography Credits: Bethany Langmead, Jeff Busby, Lisa Tomasetti