Niqabi Ninja
'Well-crafted sound design by Nik Paget-Tomlinson creates a binaural effect and it’s impossible to tell whether sounds — a passing motorbike, a distant siren — are coming from the headphones or bleeding through from Edinburgh itself."
The Financial Times
"The percussive score, composed by the Egyptian artist-musician BalQeis, clicks, paces, buzzes, the sound of an oud circling in the background, as Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s sound design meshes the cityscape with the darkness in Hana’s head."
Exeunt Magazine
"BalQeis’ thrumming original music weaves thoughtfully together with Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s pacy sound design."
The Stage
Doppler
"Doppler is also a sensory show, and immersive in the best sense of the word. The scent of campfire lingers and Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s sound design is everywhere, merging with the forest surroundings in subtle and ingenious ways."
The Skinny
"Live Foley sound effects from musician Nik Paget-Tomlinson are a joy in their own right, and only add to the sense of the show sourcing all its material from the forest itself."
TheArtsDesk.com
"Live sound effects and beautifully ethereal music is provided by Nik Paget-Tomlinson"
The Wee Review
"Musician and live foley artist Nik Paget-Tomlinson in his wooden hut adds to the sense that the performance is merging with the woods themselves."
The Stage
"Having killed an elk, Doppler adopts its calf. Gruesome foley effects accompany the evisceration (achieved in view of the audience by the musician and sound designer Nik Paget-Tomlinson)."
The Guardian
'Well-crafted sound design by Nik Paget-Tomlinson creates a binaural effect and it’s impossible to tell whether sounds — a passing motorbike, a distant siren — are coming from the headphones or bleeding through from Edinburgh itself."
The Financial Times
"The percussive score, composed by the Egyptian artist-musician BalQeis, clicks, paces, buzzes, the sound of an oud circling in the background, as Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s sound design meshes the cityscape with the darkness in Hana’s head."
Exeunt Magazine
"BalQeis’ thrumming original music weaves thoughtfully together with Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s pacy sound design."
The Stage
Doppler
"Doppler is also a sensory show, and immersive in the best sense of the word. The scent of campfire lingers and Nik Paget-Tomlinson’s sound design is everywhere, merging with the forest surroundings in subtle and ingenious ways."
The Skinny
"Live Foley sound effects from musician Nik Paget-Tomlinson are a joy in their own right, and only add to the sense of the show sourcing all its material from the forest itself."
TheArtsDesk.com
"Live sound effects and beautifully ethereal music is provided by Nik Paget-Tomlinson"
The Wee Review
"Musician and live foley artist Nik Paget-Tomlinson in his wooden hut adds to the sense that the performance is merging with the woods themselves."
The Stage
"Having killed an elk, Doppler adopts its calf. Gruesome foley effects accompany the evisceration (achieved in view of the audience by the musician and sound designer Nik Paget-Tomlinson)."
The Guardian