Theatre & Display Design
David Jones Christmas windows, 2016
THEATRE/DISPLAY DESIGN
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Emelia commenced her studies in theatre design at NIDA, followed by a traineeship in scenic art at Opera Australia. She holds a degree in Design and Applied Arts from UNSW. Her expertise in design and scenic art has led her to work in London and Ireland as well as Sydney. Emelia has managed the scenic art departments for both the Sydney Theatre Company and Opera Australia, and she is the founder of the design label SIMCOX.
Her design credits include: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR set (The Old Fitz); THE TURK IN ITALY Wallpaper & fabric design with Gabriela Tylesova (Opera Australia); THE HAPPY PRINCE, THE LILLY LALLY SHOW, THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE, THE REMARKABLE ROCKET, CRABBED YOUTH AND AGE set & costumes (Bewley's Theatre, Dublin); SUMMER OF THE 17TH DOLL set (The New Theatre); THE HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA, JANE EYRE set & costumes (Santa Sabina Colledge); YERMA set & costumes (Drama NSW/NIDA)
She worked as assistant costume designer and renderer to Michael Scott Mitchell on THE TEMPEST, LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Queensland Theatre Company) and A HARD GOD (Adelaide State Theatre); Assistant set & costume designer and renderer to Justin Kurzel on THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR (Q Theatre). Assistant costume designer to Judith Hoddinott on SHOUT, THE LEGEND OF THE WILD ONE, FOOTLOOSE (GFO), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Ensemble Theatre), MACBETH (ATYP).
Additional credits include Macbeth For The Second Millennium, textiles for Opera Australia and Jenny Kee, and installations for The Sydney Aquarium, Museum of Sydney, and David Jones Christmas Windows.
AUSTRALIA:
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2025
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The Children's Hour—Set designer, The Old Fitz
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2018
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Yerma—Set and Costume designer, NIDA
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2017
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South Pacific—Costume designer, NHSPA
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2016
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David Jones Christmas Windows display—Macguyver Models.
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2015
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Shop fit out Precinct 75
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Aviatrix—Trade fair exhibition booths for Decoration & Design
2014
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Opera Australia—Working with set & costume designer, Gabriela Tylesova to The Turk In Italy prints for wallpaper and 1950’s costumes.
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2011
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A Midsummer Night Dream—Set and costume designer, Santa Sabina
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2010
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Dugong mural, 40m x 20m—Sydney Aquarium.
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House of Bernarda Alba—Set and costume designer, Santa Sabina
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2009
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Aurora Borealis mural for Dinosaur exhibition—Australian Museum
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Twilight at the Zoo—Taronga Zoo
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2005-2007
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Jupiters Casino cabaret, assistant designer to Cliff Simcox
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2005
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Macbeth for the Second Millennium—Film costume design, directed by Ivar Kants
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Jane Eyre—Set and costume designer, Santa Sabina
IRELAND:
2002-2004
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The Remarkable Rocket—Set design, Bewleys Theatre
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The Happy Prince—Set design, Bewleys Theatre
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The Nightingale & the Rose—Costume & Set design, Bewleys Theatre
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Crabbed Youth & Age—Set design. Bewleys Theatre
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The Lilly Lally Show—Costume & Set design, Bewleys Theatre
AUSTRALIA:
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2002
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Footloose—Assistant costume designer/renderer to Judith Hoddinott. GFO and SEL
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2000
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Shout—Assistant costume designer/renderer to Judith Hoddinott
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The Tempest—Assistant Costume Designer (renderer & researcher) to Michael Scott Mitchell. Queensland Theatre Company
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1998
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Long Days Journey into Night—Assistant costume designer (renderer & researcher) to Michael Scott Mitchell. Queensland Theatre Company
1997
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The One Day of the Year—Assistant costume and set designer to Justin Kurzel. Q Theatre, Sydney
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Death of a Salesman—Assistant costume designer to Judith Hoddinott. Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
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A Midsummer Night's Dream—Set and costume designer, St Ignatius College, Sydney
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1996
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Summer of the 17th Doll—Set design for New Theatre, Sydney
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Macbeth—Assistant costume designer to Hoddinott. A.T.Y.P.
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A Hard God—Assistant costume designer to Michael Scott Mitchell. Adelaide State Theatre
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Puppy Love—Assistant costume designer to Paula Martin. Sydney Theatre Company