John A. Leonard is a theatre and exhibition sound designer working in the UK, Europe and North America. He ran the sound department at the Theatre Royal, Bristol before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978. There he became the company's first Head of Sound and Associate Artist before forming his own company, Aura Sound Design Ltd, in 1998. Leonard is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He lives in London.
