Hannah has received grants and commissions from Sound And Music, Jazz Services, Eye music, and The Arts Council England. Her music has been broadcast on Radio 3's Jazz on 3 & 'Freeness', & Resonance FM. She performs regularly in the UK and has toured extensively in Europe as well as Russia & Brazil. She was nominated for an Arts Foundation award (25th edition) in 2017 by Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. In 2001 she began collaborating with maker / designer Amelia Pimlott in The Ding Foundation, receiving AC grants for small and medium scale national touring and R&D, supported by Battersea Arts Centre, Prema Arts Centre, Norden Farm Arts Centre & People Show theatre company.
Music Performance Hannah has been involved in playing and recording all kinds of contemporary, improvised, experimental, folk, rock, jazz and non-generic music since the late 1990's, initially through regular participation in The London Improvisors Orchestra & The Gathering (Maggie Nicols). Hannah performs both solo and in bands playing original/improvised music. She is a frequent participator in improvising groups at arts festivals and concerts in the UK and Europe, these have included: Freedom of the City festival - London, Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen - Austria, Banlieue Bleu-Paris, Jazz em Agosto-Lisbon, Horta Cordel - Barcelona, Ring Ring Festival -Belgrade, Wels Unlimited- Austria, Taktlos festival - Zurich, Nantes Jazz festival - France, Saalfelden jazz festival - Austria, Akouphene - Geneva, Europa Jazz Festival – Le Mans, Joyful Noise Festival - Switzerland, Blurred Edges Festival- Hamburg, Jazz at Santa - Anna Aressi – Sardinia, All Ears Festival – Norway, Intakt festival – London, Lume fest – London, Flat Pack Film festival – Birmingham, Colourscape – UK, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Blow Out festival – Oslo, Friforma – city of women – Ljublijana, Birmingham Literature festival, Physical fest – Liverpool, ArteActs festival – Austria, Glastonbury festival – UK. Among the musicians that Hannah has worked with are: Veryan Weston, Brian Irvine, Julie Kjaer, Alex Hawkins, Alison Blunt, Luc Ex, Evan Parker, Ingrid Laubrock, Steve Beresford, Terry Day, Thurston Moore, Alex Ward, Mark Sanders, Lauren Kinsella, Julien Pontvienne, Paul Burwell, Sylvia Hallet, Tim Hodgkinson, Trevor Watts & Rachel Musson, Simon Roth, Mathilde Rolfsson, Maggie Nicols.
The Ding Foundation
Hannah is co-director, composer/sound designer in this company that uses puppetry & visual narratives, to make theatre around socially significant themes. Both directors perform and devise in productions and projects, working closely with invited guests & collaborators. Productions: 2001- 2003 - “Being a Bird” 2003 - 2004 - “Unexploded Bomb” 2007 - present - “Hanging by a Thread” 2014 - present, “Wild Life” 2018 – present “The Fir Tree” Please go to: www.thedingfoundation.com for more details on their work.
Theatre
Hannah has worked on theatre productions in a variety of roles including performer, musician, composer, sound designer, technician, collaborator & music director. Below are companies she has worked:
Norwich Puppet Theatre Composer/sound designer for : 'Beauty and the beast' - 2014 Directed by Gavin Glover & recent touring adaptation 'Beastly Belle' – 2019/2020 Directed by Joy Haynes
A2 / Anton Mirto Sound assistant / collaborator for : 'The Army' – 2018, 'Private View', - 2008, 'Sorry' 2004, 'The future of death part 1' – 2005
London College of Fashion /technical effects MA Final production performances Sound designer for 'Revolutions in Costume - 2013 & 2011 Directed by Anton Mirto and Marie-Gabrielle Roti 'Blue Beard' - 2005 & 'Girl in the Forest', 2006 at Cochrane Theatre Directed by Emma Bernard
People Show – Directed and performed by the company Performer, installation & sound design for building shows: '21st Century Misfits' 2001, 'The Boat Show' 2004 & Brighton festival 2007
Little Angel Theatre - Directed by Steve Tiplady Musician, puppeteer and composer for ‘Jabberwocky’ 2004 (+ revival in 2014), 'Petrushka' – 2011, 'The Mouse Queen' - 2005, ‘Cinderella’, 2007 ‘Stuff & Nonsense’ - 2004 & ‘Karagoz’ 2006
Petra’s Pulse – Devised/performed by Jamie Wood & Selina Papoutseli Two feet high in the sky' 2002, 'Drinking the Dawn' – 2004 & 'Aegean Fatigue'- 2008
Improbable Theatre - Directed by Julian Crouch Performer & deviser in 'Coma' - 1999
Theatre Edible - Directed by Tassos Stevens Performer / Musician for : 'The Bound Man' – 1998, 'The Changeling' – 1999, 'Entertaining Death' - 2000
Other theatre companies Hannah has worked with include: 20 Stories High, The Clod Ensemble, One Moment in Time, Dotted Line Theatre, Clogless Lobster, Akademi, The Globe Theatre, Indefinite Articles, Nikki Tomlinson, Angika Dance, Royal Opera House, Oval House Theatre, Lost and Found productions, The Young Vic, Cartoon de Salvo, Pipe Dream Theatre, Hothouse, Marie Fitzpatric, Ballet independents group, Lost Property, Rejects Revenge, Strathcona Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Arlette George.
Recordings Hannah is featured on over 50 recorded releases
Hannah has written original scores for films including: 2 Tonne Hands (2011) A Burst of Love (2007). Directed by Liam Clarke Plane Day (2006) Tiger Tram (2005). Directed by Karin Heberlein
