music that reconjures how stories are told through live, experiential, and digital performance.

Defined by the collision of the ancient and the modern and underpinned by a passion for cross-cultural collaboration, Paul’s music has been seen across North America, Europe, Africa, East Asia, and Australia.

His work have ranged from award-winning musical The Fountain with Namoo Chae Lee to The Percipients, a mixed reality exploration of the Bigfoot phenomenon with Sibyl Kempson; Repast, a series of interactive musical installations about the interconnection of nature and memory; and the original score for Wild Goose Dreams, Hansol Jung’s exploration of love, the internet, and the North/South Korean divide.

Upcoming events

  • Spier Light Art

    MARCH 21-APRIL 21 2025

    Repast by Paul Castles and Nicole Brady will be featured in the 2025 Spier Light Art in South Africa.

    The festival is free to the public. Spier Light Art 2024 was attended by more than 14,000 guests.

  • Anthem

    MID 2025

    Album launch.

  • The Road Between the Desert and the Ocean

    LATE 2025

    The Road Between the Desert and the Ocean by Paul Castles and Mkhululi Mabija will have its world premiere in a collaboration with Jazzart Dance Theatre.

    Direction by Mhlanguli George.
    Choreography by Llewellyn Mnguni.
    Music direction by Lwanda Gogwana.

where the work has been seen

Artscape Theatre Centre

Basin Dance Collective

Carriageworks

Galapagos Art Space

Gamagol Theater

Guerilla Theater

Illuminate Festival

Immersive Light and Art (ILA)

La Jolla Playhouse

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Metropolis Festival

Public Theater

Seoul International Festival

7 Daughters of Eve

Theatre Royal Bath

Victorian Opera

other credits

artist-in-residence UKARIA Cultural Centre

artist-in-residence Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study

session producer Musiversal

fellow Centre for Ballet and the Arts at NYU

product manager Constant Studio

fellow Sundance Institute MENA Lab

Best New Work Daegu International Musical Theatre Festival

awardee Cybec 21st Century Young Composers