Joëlle McGovern
sound design composition multichannel installationperformer & performance maker*
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Pride and Prejudice (Stolthed og Fordom)
Aarhus Teater, Aarhus, Denmark, 2026(link)
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Playwright: Dicte C. Houmøller
Directing: Carolin Oredsson
Scenographic concept: Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Scenographer and costume design: David Gehrt
Music and composition: Joëlle McGovern
Sound design: Aki Bech
Light design: Thora Eriksen
Choreography: Esther Lee Wilkinson
Dramaturge: Susanne Hjelm Pedersen
On stage: Laura Kjær Jensen, Emil Busk Jensen, Marie Boda, Clara Sophia Phillipson, Mette Døssing, Henrik Birch, Kevan Nirwan Soliman, Emil Prenter, Jamina Chelina Green, Malte Conradsen
Tristan and Isolde
Aarhus Teater, Aarhus, Denmark, 2026(link)
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Libretto: Richard Wagner
Directing: Carolin Oredsson
Scenography: Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Composition and musical arrangement: Joëlle McGovern
Sound design: Michael Buchardt Steffensen
Light design: Kim Glud
Dramaturge: Tine Voss Ilum, Susanne Hjelm Pedersen
On stage: Laura Kjær Jensen, Nanna Bøttcher, Oskar Salvatore, Laurids lange, Sebastian Munck Rasmussen
Elverhøj
Aarhus Teater, Aarhus, Denmark, 2025(link)
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Playwright: Alexander Moltke
Director: Carolin Oredsson
Scenography: Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Sound design and composition: Joëlle McGovern
Light design: Kim Glud
Choreography: Mikkel Alexander
Dramaturg: Tine Voss Ilum
On stage: Mette Døssing, Marie Boda, Emil Busk Jensen, Malte Conradsen, Laurids Lange, Ida Mia Appel
Kirstens Hævn
Aarhus Teater, Aarhus, 2025(link)
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Playwright: Bjørn Rasmussen
Directing: Carolin Oredsson
Scenography and costumes: Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Sound design and composition: Joëlle McGovern
Light design: Kim Glud
Choreographer: Alvilda Faber Striim
On stage: Clara Sophia Phillipson, Laura Kjære Jensen, Solvej Sonne Horn, Alberte Riis Alexis Ibsen
Gilgamesh
Sort/Hvid, Copenhagen, 2024(link)
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Logen: Anja Behrens, Patrick Baurichter, Nathalie Mellbye
with Björk-Mynte Paulse, Christine Sønderris, Joëlle McGovern, Lorenzo Colombo
Scenography: Nathalie Mellbye & Simone Bartholin
Live musician, sound design, composition and live sound installation: Joëlle McGovern
Live musician, composition and live sound installation: Lorenzo Colombo
Light design: Christoffer Østergaard Meier Nielsen & Morten Kolbak
Performance manager: Lærke Leonora Kolding
Technician: Christoffer Østergaard Meier Nielsen
Sound technician: Karl Heding
Costumes and props: Jonathan Carl
Stage manager: Anders Toft Pedersen
Stage builders: Sarina Giulia Bosio, Marianne Femerling
Løkkeøen
The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen, 2023(link)
Playwright: Thor Gunnar Wendtland
Directing: Jonas Preben Jørgensen
Scenography and costumes: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Light design: Ingunn Fjellang Sæther
Sound design, multichannel installation and composition: Joëlle McGovern
Production manager: Emilie Topp Meyer
Performance manager: Signe Mehl Pedersen
Prop maker: Amalie Westh
Stage manager: Jon Gelting
On stage: Sebastian Alstrup, Amund Harboe, Jonathan Stahlschmidt, Carla Philip Røder, Ursula Esmaralda Brage, Daniel Mortensen
Prepped
The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen, 2021Directing: Carolin Oredsson
Scenography and costumes: Josefine Thornberg-Thorsøe
Light design: Thora Eriksen
Sound design and live sound installation: Joëlle McGovern
Production manager: Emilie Topp Meyer
Prop maker and stage manager: Amalie Westh
On stage: Clara Sophia Philipson, Solvej Sonne Horn, Carla Philip Røder