Michael Billington in The Guardian on Frankenstein’s Mothers
“…Laura Forrest-Hay’s score is expressive not of Gothic horror but of the joyful creativity which might have been Mary Shelley’s.”
| The Tempest | Royal Shakespeare Company Music Associate 2023 | Dir: Elizabeth Freestone |
| Hamlet | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre /World Tour | Dir: Dominic Dromgoole |
| The Rover | RADA Final Year 2015 | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| The School For Scandal | Redhanded Theatre Co (The Park Theatre) | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| The Belle’s Stratagem | Redhanded Theatre Co (Southwark Playhouse) | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| Blue Stockings | RADA Final Year 2012 | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| The House Of Special Purpose | RADA Final Year 2011 | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| The Rivals | Redhanded Theatre Co (Southwark Playhouse) | Dir: Jessica Swale |
| Portia Coughlan | Abbey Theatre (Peacock) | Dir: Brian Brady |
| Heavenly Bodies | WINNER Irish Times Theatre Award – BEST PRODUCTION, Abbey Theatre (Peacock) | Dir: Lynne Parker |
| Words of Advice for Young People | Rough Magic Theatre | Dir: Phillip Howard |
| Belfry | Livin’Dred Theatre Co | Dir: Padraic McIntyre |
| Sharon’s Grave | WINNER Irish Times Theatre Award – BEST PRODUCTION Druid Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Garry Hynes |
| Abbey 100 Press Launch | Abbey Theatre | Dir: David Parnell |
| Sive | WINNER Irish Times Theatre Award – BEST PRODUCTION Druid Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Garry Hynes |
| Iphygenia at Aulis | Abbey Theatre | Dir: Katie Mitchell |
| Famine (rehearsed reading) | Abbey Theatre | Dir: Patrick Mason |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Storytellers Theatre Co, National Tour | Dir: Mark Lambert |
| Knives in Hens | Fada Theatre Co, Samuel Beckett Theatre | Dir: Deirdre Molloy |
| The Carnival King | Fishamble Theatre Co, Galway Arts Festival | Dir: Jim Culleton |
| Treehouses | Abbey Theatre (Peacock) | Dir: Jason Byrne |
| Translations | An Grianan Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Frank Laverty |
| The Dead School | Macnas/Galway Arts Festival, Gaiety | Dir: Joe O’Byrne |
| Hard Times | Storytellers Theatre Co, National Tour | Dir: Liam Halligan |
| Amazing Grace | Abbey Theatre (Peacock) | Dir: Brian Brady |
| Four Storeys | Guna Nua Theatre, Project Theatre | Dir: David Parnell |
| The Nun’s Wood | Fishamble Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Jim Culleton |
| Riders To The Sea | Fada Theatre, Balor Theatre | Dir: Frank Laverty |
| Wild Harvest | Fada Theatre. Site-based | Dir: Frank Laverty |
| Anna Christie | Focus Theatre, | Dir: Liam Halligan |
| The Crack And The Whip | Galloglass Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Liam Halligan |
| Licking The Marmalade Spoon | Baois Prod, Project Theatre | Dir: David Parnell |
| An Ideal Husband | Galloglass Theatre, National Tour | Dir: Liam Halligan |
| Playboy Of The Western World | The Redgrave Theatre | Dir: Roland Jacquarello |
”Swale and musical director Laura Forrest Hay have also added some original songs that are so in the spirit of the original and so enrich the comedy that Sheridan is probably kicking himself in his grave for not having thought of them himself.”
London Theatre Guide on ‘The School For Scandal’
“…the music seemed to tell you what to think…”
RATTLEBAG (RTE Radio 1) on “Knives in Hens”
“Popular songs are entertainingly woven into the fabric of the text – a splash of Spice Girls, a dash of Sugarbabes. It’s a device that could have been heavy-handed but instead it adds to the production’s considerable charms.”
Natasha Tripney, The Stage- on ‘The Belle’s Stratagem’
“Throughout the play a low-key but effective music score….has been gnawing away at your nerves and it rises to a crescendo as the sacrifice happens off-stage.”
CultureVulture.net on “Iphygenia at Aulis”
“Music is used extremely effectively throughout the production. …..They provide a perfectly apt backdrop to the storyline and combined with the rest of Laura Forrest-Hay’s score which also blends in period songs, the 16-strong company sound wonderful.”
There Ought to be Clowns- on ‘The Belle’s Stratagem’
“…atmospheric original music by Laura Forrest-Hay.”
SUNDAY INDEPENDANT on “Translations”
“cheeky, contemporary flourishes and bonkers musical numbers composed by Laura Forrest-Hay”
Miriam Gillinson, Time Out- on ‘The Belle’s Stratagem’
“In a novel twist, the action is sandwiched between baroque re-workings by composer Laura Forrest-Hay of hits by Beyoncé and Adam Ant, which says much about the spirit of this production.”
The British Theatre Guide on “The Rivals”
“Swales’s production also evokes an 18th-century feel through Laura Forrest-Hay’s music for flute, recorder and guitar.”
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 01/10- on ‘The Rivals’