Nicola is a 3-time Off West End-Awards nominated composer/sound designer for theatre, film and commercial media across the UK, US and Asia. As a performer, she currently plays for SiX (West End) and is a former cast member of STOMP! (West End/World Tour). She is also an Artistic Associate of the King’s Head Theatre and a BFI x BAFTA Crew Member.

She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the Shakespeare’s Globe as a percussionist, and holds a MMus in Composition from King's College London. Additionally, she is a Composer and Musical Director attached to British Youth Music Theatre UK. She conducted the London Film Music Orchestra playing her original soundtracks (accompanied with live screenings) in 2017, and premiered her concerto for Ping Pong and Piano Trio at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 2019. This concerto was performed in Shanghai later in the year.

Her theatre credits include: Miss Julie (Chester Storyhouse), Funeral Flowers (Camden Roundhouse/Hackney Empire), Invisible Harmony (Southbank Centre), Wild Goose Dreams (Theatre Royal Bath), Little Baby Jesus (Orange Tree Theatre), White Pearl (Royal Court), The King of Hell’s Palace (Hampstead Theatre), The Death of Ophelia (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe), Summer Rolls (Park Theatre), The Tempest (Orange Tree Theatre), From Shore to Shore (Manchester Royal Exchange/UK Tour), Lord of the Flies (Greenwich Theatre), pool (no water) (Oxford School of Drama/Royal Court), No Man's Land (Square Chapel Halifax), Dangerous Giant Animals (Tristan Bates Theatre), Finishing the Picture (Finborough Theatre), A Hundred Words for Snow (Arcola Theatre); 10, Kompromat, Inside Voices (VAULT 2019) and The Free9 (National Theatre).