KATE MARLAIS
COMPOSER | WRITER | PERFORMER | MAKER
Kate is a Composer, Sound Designer, Writer, Singer/Songwriter, Musical Director/Supervisor and Performer based in London.
​
Kate has a Bachelor of Music degree with a Composition major from King's College London, studying composition under the tuition of classical composers Robert Keeley and Dr. Silvina Milstein. She also has a Post-graduate degree in Musical Theatre at the Royal Academy Of Music.
​​
For Stage/TV/Film/Dance, credits include:
​
HANDBAGGED (National Theatre (Theatre Nations) tour/Queen's Theatre Hornchurch - Composer, Musical Arrangements & Musical Director.
AGREEMENT (Lyric Belfast/Michael Grandage Company, Irish Arts Center, New York & Gate Theatre, Dublin) - Composer & Sound Designer.
VIDA THE VET (Series 1 & 2, UK version - BBC/CBeebies/Spinmaster Ents) - Musical Director.
TINK (The Other Palace/Underbelly Edinburgh) - Sound Designer.
THE ILLUSION (Bush Theatre) - Composer & Musical Director.
BLOOD HARMONY (ThickSkin for The Lowry, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh & UK tour; music by The Staves) - Musical Director, Music Producer & Musical Arrangements.
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (London Library Literary Festival) - Composer & Sound Designer.
KAN YAMA KAN (Riyadh Festival, Saudi Arabia; The Anthology Group) - Music Associate.
FRAGMENTS (New York) - Composer.
ENTER ACHILLES (DV8/Rambert Dance Company; World tour & Sadler's Wells) - Vocal Coach (Singing).
MUSIK (Assembly Rooms Edinburgh/Leicester Square Theatre; music by Pet Shop Boys) - Vocal Coach (Singing).
LEAVE TO REMAIN (Lyric Hammersmith; dir./choreo. Robby Graham, writer Matt Jones, music by Kele Okereke (Bloc Party); 2019) - Musical Director, Music Producer for Stage & Musical Arrangements.
ANAHERA (Finborough Theatre) - Composer.
FATHERLAND (Manchester Royal Exchange/MIF/Frantic Assembly & Lyric Hammersmith/LIFT; music by Karl Hyde (Underworld)) - Musical Director & Vocal Arrangements.
ABANDON (Lyric Hammersmith; Best Composer Stage Debut Award nomination) - Composer.​
​
Other projects currently in development:
​
IN MARRAKECH - in development with Concord Theatricals; co-created with Alex Young - Book, Music & Lyrics.
ROBYN AND LAURA - in development with Grey Area Theatre; co-created with Alex Young - Book, Music & Lyrics.
MOTH - supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation; originally funded in development by Lyric Hammersmith/Mercury Musical Developments/Musical Theatre Network, in collaboration with Luke Brown Dance - Book, Music & Lyrics.
Awards, honours and nominations:
​
LEH Emerging Talent Award - 2020.
Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer at Lyric Hammersmith - 2018/19.
Associate of the Royal Academy of Music - 2018.
S & S Award for HERE, co-created with Alex Young, in conjunction with Curve Leicester & Mercury Musical Developments - 2015.
Finalist in classical song competition Composium, in association with PRS for Music, for Cheltenham Music Festival - 2015.
As voice over artist, credits include:
​
VIDA THE VET - Series 1 & 2 (CBeebies)
DEW DROP DIARIES (Netflix)
GO, DOG. GO! (Netflix)
THE GAME CATCHERS (CBeebies)
​
As singer and actor, credits include:
​
RAFTS: LIVE (Serpentine Galleries/Cadogan Hall), shortlisted for the TURNER PRIZE 2023 - Vocalist.
VERGIL! A MYTHOLOGICAL MUSICAL (Audible) - Vocalist.
WAR HORSE (West End/National Theatre Productions).
THE HUMAN COMEDY (Young Vic).