projects
noah read
photography | design | film
Contemporary Media Practice student at the University of Westminster, School of Arts and Design.
Based in London and Milton Keynes.
Freelance writer, actor, director, graphic designer, video editor, photographer, and session guitarist.
Desktop Creative Director since 2023.
Majesterium Lead Guitarist and Graphic/Web Designer since 2019.
Conceptheatre Graphic Designer since 2020.
Puns always intended.
Contact: postbox@noahread.co.uk
recent projects
featured projects
recent work
2024 Photography for the University of Westminster's 2024 Arrivals Day
photography
oliver sherwood 2025 calendar
A long evening spent with Oliver and a selection of seasonal clothing.
design
film & mixed-media
the hell is other people
Recorded at London Gallery West, 'Hell is Other People' is the product of a heretical infiltration of The Central Corporation's official screening for 'Trial of a Heretic'. Step inside the screening room and become an audience member, experiencing the immersive event in 360º.
Contains strong language and graphic violence. Caution advised.
stereoscopic;
or, An Observation.
A film from Desktop Studios, with Hannah Blackwell and Nattan Ralph.
Written and directed by Noah Read.
installations
humAIn
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An immersive installation with Anne Ivan, Peter Miller, and Tess Cerciello, examining the way people perceive art which is — or they believe is — artificially generated.
music
older work
2019 Programme design | Denbigh School Creative Arts, Milton Keynes
writing
2024 L'art pour l'art →
2024 Script for 'Stereoscopic'
theatre credits
Nineteen Eighty-Four by Noah Read, after George Orwell | “Winston,” Writer and Director | TBC, currently in workshops
Variety Express' "Scary Tale" by Lee Perrott | "Friend 1" | 2024
Variety Express' "Pirates!" by Lee Perrott | Impromptu lead-role cover (Night 1); Impromptu Stage Manager (Night 2); Impromptu Flyman (Night 3) | 2023
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh | “Laurence” and Director | 2023
The Unreturning by Anna Jordan, with Frantic Assembly | “George” | 2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | “Puck” and Director | 2023
Sofa [Devised piece in the style of Alecky Blythe’s Verbatim Theatre] by Kara Dillon, Camila Ribeiro, and Noah Read | “Cory” and Director | 2022
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov | “Konstantin” and Director | 2022
Hamlet by William Shakespeare | “Claudius” | 2022
Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff, after Franz Kafka | “Gregor” and Director | 2022
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht | “Simon” and Director | 2022
DNA by Dennis Kelly | “Adam” and Programme Designer | 2019
Find Me by Olwyn Wymark | “Mark” | 2019
We Will Rock You by Queen and Ben Elton | “Bob the Builder” | 2019
Human [Devised piece] | “K” | 2019
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell | “Mickey” and Co-Director | 2018
Matilda the Musical by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin | “Mechanic” and “Chef” | 2018
Richard III by William Shakespeare | "King Edward" | 2018
collaborations
Desktop is a collaborative film and production studio based in London, which I founded with Hannah Blackwell between 2023 and '24. Hannah and I have worked together on a number of projects, including the first Desktop production, Stereoscopic. Desktop encompasses all manner of projects, live installations, and solo projects from both myself and Hannah.
Originally a rock covers band, Majesterium morphed into a music and recording studio in 2022, now mostly facilitating the music for Desktop films. 'The Broken Clock', for Stereoscopic, was recorded at Majesterium Studios in Milton Keynes.
noah read Folio
The most pretentious of my endeavours, Folio is where anything I write goes, that I think has any merit. It contains political, philosophical, and historical articles about the arts, current events, past events, theorised events, and very-past events. I don't write as much as I would like to.
This dodgy play on words is a project I started in Sixth Form, encouraged by my history teachers — further inspired by my theatre teacher, who suggested the name — when I would spend time, that should have been used for studying, creating what are, at best, almost-humorous sketches of Soviet leaders as various fruits/birds/objects.
headshots, 2023
Portraits © Noel Read.
masthead image: 'the sky over the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead chanel', 2023