XANA

XANA is a composer, spatial sound artist, music supervisor and a haptic specialist sound designer developing accessible audio systems for theatre and live art spaces.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Alterations

In London’s West End: Shifters and Barcelona at the Duke of York’s

Other theatre includes: Pig Heart Boy at the Unicorn; The Real Ones, My Fathers Fable, Elephant, Sleepova, The P Word and Strange Fruit at the Bush; The Architect for Actors Touring Company; Beautiful Thing at Stratford East; Imposter 22, Word:Play and Living Newspaper #4 at the Royal Court; Rumble in the Jungle for Rematch:Live; Anna Karerina at Edinburgh Royal Lyceum and Bristol Old Vic; Intimate Apparel, The Trials and Marys Seacole at the Donmar; Earthworks, Sundown Kiki: Reloaded, The Collaboration, Sundown Kiki, Changing Destiny, Fairview and Ivan and the Dogs for the Young Vic; …cake at Theatre Peckham; Burgerz at Hackney Showroom; King Troll [The Fawn] and Everyday (for Deafinitely) at New Diorama; Black Holes at The Place, London; Hive City Legacy at the Roundhouse; Main Character Energy, But Daddy I Love Her, Glamrou: From Quran to Queen, Curious and Half-Breed at Soho Theatre; Blood Knot and Guards at the Taj at the Orange Tree; and Samuel Takes a Break and SEX SEX MEN MEN at Hackney Yard

Music

featuring in the song ‘Afronaut’ on Seed Ensemble’s Mercury Prize-nominated album, Driftglass

Awards

Sleepova – Offie nomination, Olivier Award

The P Word – Offie nomination, Olivier Award

King Troll [The Fawn] – Offie nomination

Blood Knot – Offie nomination

Guards at the Taj – Offie nomination

2023 and 2024 Black British Theatre Awards for Best Sound Design

XANA is the music science and technology lead and project mentor supporting Black artists and inventors at audio research label Inventing Waves.

(Published February 2025)