Nicola T. Chang

About Nicola T. Chang

Nicola T. Chang is an award-winning composer/sound designer for theatre (plays), film, audio dramas and commercial media from Hong Kong, now currently based in London. She is also a theatre performer, recently appearing in Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (UK Tour), and previously in SIX (West End/World Tour) and STOMP (West End/World Tour).

Selected theatre credits include:
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Garrick West End/Apollo West End/Royal Court Jerwood Downstairs/New Diorama), My Neighbour Totoro (RSC/Barbican), Kerry Jackson (National Theatre), Minority Report (Nottingham Playhouse/Birmingham Rep/Lyric Hammersmith), The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man (Nottingham Playhouse/Blackpool Grand/Coventry Belgrade), TRIBE (Young Vic), The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (Soho Theatre), The Swell (Orange Tree Theatre), A Playlist for the Revolution (Bush Theatre), Little Baby Jesus (Orange Tree Theatre, JMK 2019), Feral Monster (National Theatre of Wales), Top Girls (Liverpool Everyman), NEST (Leeds 2023), Of the Cut (Young Vic), Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse), Derren Brown's Unbelievable (Criterion West End/Mercury Colchester/Manchester Palace), All Mirth and No Matter (RSC), Dziady/Forefather's Eve (Almeida Theatre), White Pearl (Royal Court Jerwood Downstairs), Miss Julie (Chester Storyhouse), The Death of Ophelia (Shakespeare’s Globe), Funeral Flowers (UK Tour/Camden Roundhouse/Hackney Empire), Summer Rolls (Park Theatre), From Shore to Shore (Manchester Royal Exchange / UK Tour), No Man's Land (Square Chapel Halifax) and A Hundred Words for Snow (Arcola Theatre).

Selected film credits include:
If You Only Knew (2024), Mei (Sundance 2022), Baked Beans (2022), Twitching (2022), The Fight in the Dog (2022), The Bicycle (2022), Devi (2022), IRL (2021), LAID (2021), Getting Away with Murder(s) (2021), Seafruit (2020), A Dose of Happiness (2019), Boundaries (2019), You Wouldn't Adam and Eve It (2019), Postcards from the 48% (2018) and The Perfect Dinner (2017)

Awards and nominations:​​
Composition/Sound Design
British Podcast Awards – Best Fiction Podcast: Fully Amplified (silver)
Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund – Audio Design (co-winner)
Off West-End Awards – Sound Design: Garden of Words (nominee)
Off West-End Awards – Sound Design: Little Baby Jesus (nominee)
Off West-End Awards – Sound Design: Finishing the Picture (nominee)
Off West-End Awards – Sound Design: Nine Foot Nine (nominee)

Musical Direction
​BroadwayWorld UK/West End Awards – Musical Director: The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (nominee)

Performance
Hong Kong Percussion Centre Trophy
Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize in Music Performance

Recent projects include:

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy Olivier Awards For Best New Play (Nomination)

The Swell Olivier Awards 2024 Outstanding Achievement In Affiliate Theatre (Nomination), Off West-End Awards For Best Production (Nomination), Guardian Readers’ Favourite Stage Shows Of 2023

A Playlist For The Revolution Olivier Awards 2024 Outstanding Achievement In Affiliate Theatre (Nomination)

My Neighbour Totoro Winner Of Six Olivier Awards And Five Whatsonstage Awards

The Real And Imagined History Of The Elephant Man, Sir Peter Hall Directing Award 2023, Guardian Readers’ Favourite Stage Shows Of 2023

Fully Amplified British Podcast Awards 2022 (Fiction Category) - Silver, Anthem Awards 2022 (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Category) - Silver, International Women’s Podcast Awards 2021 (Moment Of Touching Honesty Category) - Runner Up, Arias Awards 2022 (Grassroots Category) - Bronze