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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Production: Design Realisation. Victorian College of The Arts, 2016


DESIGN FOR STAGE

Iphis, (Opera), Set + Costume Designer, Dir. Katy Maudlin, Presented by Lyric Opera Melbourne, Theatre Works (August 26 - September 3, 2022)

Wannabe A Rabbit?, Costume Designer with Joseph Noonan, by Weave Movement Theatre, Choreographed by Yumi Umiumare, The Meat Market Stables (May/June 2021)

Open For BusinessCostume Designer/Maker, by Hot Department, The Toff In Town, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, (April 2021)

Fairybread (Development), Set + Costume Designer, Written by Benjamin Nichol, Dir. Mark Wilson, Northcote Town Hall, (March 2021)

The Feather In The Web, Set + Costume Designer, Dir. Declan Greene, Written by Nick Coyle, Red Stitch Actor's Theatre, (2 Jan - 2 Feb, 2020)

The Enchanted PigAssistant Designer, Designed by Joseph Noonan, Dir. Gale Edwards, Produced by Gertrude Opera, Yarra Valley Opera Festival, (October, 2019)

Romeo and Juliet, Set + Costume Designer, Dir. Penny Harpham, Western Edge Youth Arts, (September, 2019)

Lou Wall's Drag Race, Set Designer, Presented by Lou Wall, Batch Festival, Griffin Theatre, Sydney (May, 2019)

You Animal, You, Costume Alterations/Maker, by Force Majeur, Dance Massive, Arts House (March 19-24, 2019)

Baby Bi Bi BiSet + Costume Designer, Flesh Coloured Panties Productions, Adelaide Fringe Festival, (February 17 - March 2, 2019)

Grace For Race, Set + Costume Designer, Dir. Penny Harpham, By St Albans Edge, Bowery Theatre (2018)

80 Minutes No IntervalSet + Costume Designer with Sarah Hall, Dir. Travis Cotton, Theatre Works (November 22 - December 2, 2018)

The Handmaid's TaleAssistant Costume Maker for Joseph Noonan, Presented by Gertrude Opera, Yarra Valley Opera Festival (2018)

Lou Wall's Drag Race, Set Designer, Presented by Lou Wall + Sarah Branton, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2018)

Femmo HysteriaSet Designer with Sarah Hall, Hot Mess Productions, Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Lithuanian Club (2018)

Baby Bi Bi Bi, Set + Costume Designer, by Flesh Coloured Panties Productions, Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Butterfly Club (September, 2018)

The Drowsy Chaperone, Scenic Painter, Presented by Melbourne Grammar (August 2018)

Baby Bi Bi Bi, Set + Costume Designer, by Flesh Coloured Panties Productions, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Chapel Off Chapel (2018)

Ellida, Design Assistant, Dir. Laurence Strangio, La Mama Courthouse Theatre (2018)

All of My Friends Were There, Production Designer with Sarah Hall, Presented by The Guerrilla Museum, Melbourne Festival, Theatre Works (2017)

Salt, Costume Designer, Dir. Penny Harpham, Presented by She Said Theatre, La Mama, Courthouse (June 8-18, 2017)

Coranderrk, Costume + Set Designer, Dir. Eva Grace Mullaley, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, National Tour (April 18 - July 8, 2017)

The Season, Costume Assistant to Richard Roberts, Dir. Isaac Drandic, A Tasmania Performs Production, Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre. Sydney Festival. (2017)

Holt! Who Goes There?Set Designer, VCA FRISK program, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2016)

DANCE ON, Costume Designer, Choreographer: Benjamin Hancock, VCA Dance Season Performance. (2016)

Cloudstreet, Costume Maker for Laura Jean Hawkins, Dir. Julian Fuentes Reta, VCA Theatre Production. (2015)


FILM + TV

Harvest Snaps (Commercial campaign), Costume Designer, Dir. Jesse Richards, Produced by Pork Store Productions, (post-production).

Heart Throb (Short Film), Costume Designer, Written and Directed by Greta Nash, Produced by GGG Films (post-production).

Signal (Short Film), Costume Designer, Dir. Hamish Macgregor, Produced by Pork Store Productions (post-production)

Time Addicts (Feature Film), Costume Designer, Dir. Sam Odlum, Produced by Exile Entertainment (post-production )

Chappy’s Chips (TVC)Costume Designer, Dir. Abe Wynen, Panpan Films (post-production)

Inconceivable (Short Film), Costume Designer, Written and Directed by Gianna Mazzeo (2022)

Palazzo di Cozzo (TVC for Franco Cozzo), Art Department Assistant, Dir. Gianna Mazzeo (2021)

Shantaram (Apple TV+ Television Series), Art Department - Props, Dir. Justin Kurzel, Dockland Studios, Melbourne (2019)

Thankful by Candy (Music Video)Costume Designer, Dir. Alexander Thew (2018)

The Birds by Halcyon Drive (Music Video), Costume Designer, WATCH HERE, Dir. Greta Nash (2017)

Macaulay (Short Film), Production Designer + Film Maker, Dir. Brynna Lowen (2012)


WARDROBE DEPARTMENT (SELECTED) 

Arts Centre Melbourne, Wardrobe Supervisor (2021 - Current Position)

Arts Centre Melbourne, Wardrobe Technician - Dresser/Maintenance, (2017-2021)

Summertime At The Ballet, Wardrobe Tech. Dresser, Presented by The Australian Ballet, Margaret Court Arena, (21 - 28 March, 2021)

The Nutcracker, Wardrobe Tech. Dresser, Presented by The Australian Ballet, Arts Centre Melbourne, (September, 2019)

Sylvia, Wardrobe Tech. Dresser, Presented by The Australian Ballet, Arts Centre Melbourne, (September 20 - October 2, 2019)

Muriel's Wedding: The Musical, Wardrobe Tech (Dressing Swing), Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne (April, 2019)

William Tell, Costume Maker + Wardrobe Tech. Dresser, Presented by the Victorian Opera, Palais Theatre (July 14-19, 2018)


AWARDS + NOMINATIONS

Green Room Award Nomination - Design for Opera - Sets and Costumes for Iphis presented by Lyric Opera, 2023

Outstanding Costume Design, for Iphis by Lyric Opera Melbourne, OperaChaser, 2022

Bank Australia's People's Choice Award for BABY BI BI BI, at Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2018

Recipient of the Lionel Gell Foundation Scholarship: Production, Victorian College of the Arts, 2015


SECONDMENTS + PROGRAMS

Member of the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) and Costume Design Mentor in the MentorAPDG Program, 2022 - 2023

Melbourne Theatre Company's Women In Theatre Program, Set + Costume Design Participant, Mentorship with  Bridget Balodis, 2020 - 2021

Secondment with Snuff Puppets, 2016



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I acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land where I live and work, the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations. I pay my respects to elders both past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty on this land was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

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