Peter Coyte

Composer

Peter is a composer and artist producing work in theatre, film and installations. Credits include:  Soho by Abigail Yeates & Stufish, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary by Peepolykus, the 35th anniversary version of Educating Rita at The Liverpool Playhouse, Juno & The Paycock (Bristol Old Vic), The Misanthrope by Roger McGough after Moliere, A Streetcar Named Desire, Macbeth starring David Morrissey & Julia Ford at The Everyman, Liverpool all directed by Gemma Bodinetz, Dracula – The Bloody Truth & A Christmas Carol with Le Navet Bete, The Swallowing Dark written by Lizzie Nunnery, documentaries by Emmy award winning director Francois Verster, the Royal Opening of The new Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum, Peepolykus, John Paul Zaccarini & Company FZ, Caroline Dorfman Dance Company, Big State Theatre Company, Holy Mountain, Gravity & Levity, Wrongsize and Mother Vision with David Sant. 

His Soundtracks include the feature length documentary films ‘The Dream of Shahrazad’, 'Sea Point Days', 'The Mothers' House' (SAFTA and Cape Town Best Documentary, Premio Diocesi di Milano at The Milan Africa Festival) Directed by Francois Verster and the feathure film 'Fun" Directed by Rafal Zielinski.

He is currently working on a new music poetry album Mrs Death Misses Death with Salena Godden and is a member of the experimental improvising ensemble Automatic Writing Circle.

Credits for the Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse include: Educating Rita,Juno and the Paycock,Twelfth Night, The Misanthrope, A Streetcar Named Desire,Macbeth, No Wise Men and The Swallowing Dark.

Other theatre credits include:Head (John Paul-Zaccarini), Throat, Philomena’s Feast, Night and Day/Spike Islands, Rope, Loser and Drowning Not Waving(Company FZ/John-Paul Zaccarini). Spyski!and All in the Timing(Peepolykus), Shaun The Sheep stage show, Mon Droit(Mike McShane/John Nicholson);Voyager (Natural Theatre Company).

Film soundtracks include:The Dream of Shahrazad (Dir. Francois Verster), Nina Conti – Dollymixtures, DVD, Love in The Post (Dir. Joanna Callaghan),Widowman (Dir. David Sant), Do Not Read This,Sea Point Days, The Mothers’ Houseand When the War Is Over(Dir. François Verster); Fun(Dir. Rafal Zielinski) and John Aldus – the Spirit of the Place(Dir. Nadia Haggar).

Dance credits include work with:Fertile Ground, Dora Frankel Dance Company, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Gravity & Levity, Susan Lewis, Kirsty Little and The Wrong Size.