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Roger Kirk Cv Roger Kirk - Page 1 of 10 ROGER KIRK SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER THEATRE 2015 BROADWAY TO OZ: HUGH Costume Design. Dainty Group JACKMAN LIVE IN CONCERT 2015 SWEENEY TODD Costume Design. Victorian Opera 2014 MIRACLE CITY Costume Design. Luckiest Productions 2012 KING KONG THE MUSICAL Costume Design. Global Creatures. 2011 NUTCRACKER MAGIC Costume Design. Shanghai City Entertainment Group. 2011 TALES OF HOFFMAN Set & Costume Design. West Australian Opera. 2010 THE SILVER ROSE Set & Costume Design. The Australian Ballet. 2009- MANON LESCAUT Set & Costume Design. Opera Australia 2010 2009- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Set & Costume Design. Opera Australia 2010 2009 AIDA Set & Costume Design. Opera Australia. 2007 – MY FAIR LADY Costume Design. Opera Australia 2008 Opera Australia at the Theatre Royal/ National Tour. 2007 42nd STREET Costume Design. China Tour Troika Entertainment 2007 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Costume Design. Opera Australia. 2006 LE CORSAIRE Set and Costume Design. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 2 of 10 Bayerische Staatsballett - Munich 2006 DUSTY, THE ORIGINAL POP DIVA Set and Costume Design DUSTY Productions Dir. Stuart Maunder 2005 THE SILVER ROSE Set and Costume Design. Bayerische Staatsballett - Munich Dir. Graeme Murphy 2005 H.M.S PINAFORE Set and Costume Design Opera Australia 2003 THE KING & I Set and Costume Designer. Stratford Festival of Canada. Dir. Susan H. Schulman. 2001 THE WIZARD OF OZ Set and Costume Designer. Sports and Entertainment Limited/Gordon Frost Organisation/Macks Entertainment. Dir. Nancye Hayes. 2001 42nd STREET Costume Designer. Lullaby of Broadway Company, New York. 2000 THE WHITE DEVIL Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1998-99 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Costume Designer. Really Useful Company, London. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1998 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Costume Designer. Really Useful Company, London. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1998 WUNNERFUL LIBERACE Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. 1998 THE BOY FROM OZ Costume Designer. Prod. Ben Gannon. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1997 THE KING AND I (TOUR) Costume Designer. The King and I Touring Production. 1997 CABARET Costume Designer. Gordon Frost Organisation. Dir. Richard Wherrett. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 3 of 10 1995 THE KING AND I Costume Designer. Dodger Productions, New York. 1994 ARCADIA Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir.Gale Edwards. 1994 ASPECTS OF LOVE Set and Costume Designer. The Really Useful Company, West End. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1994 WEST SIDE STORY Costume Designer. Victoria State Opera. Dir. Ian Judge. 1994 SOUTH PACIFIC Costume Designer. Gordon Frost Organisation. Dir. Christopher Renshaw. 1993 ASPECTS OF LOVE Set and Costume Designer. The Really Useful Company, UK country tour. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1993 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Costume Designer. Hong Kong Academy. Dir. Stuart Maunder. 1993 CORIOLANUS Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1992 ASPECTS OF LOVE Set and Costume Designer. The Really Useful Company. Dir. Gale Edwards. 1992 LOST IN YONKERS Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company and national tour. Dir. Philip Cusak. 1991 THE KING AND I Costume Designer. Adelaide Festival Centre Trust/Gordon Frost Organisation. Dir. Christopher Renshaw. 1990 THE WIZARD OF OZ Costume Designer. Victorian Arts Centre. Dir. Philip Cusak. 1990 ONCE IN A LIFETIME Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 4 of 10 1989 RING AROUND THE MOON Set and Costume Designer. State Theatre Company of South Australia. Dir. Rodney Fisher. 1989 ANYTHING GOES Set and Costume Designer. Hayden Productions. Dir. Philip Cusak. 1989 SUMMER RAIN Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Rodney Fisher. 1988 NOEL AND GERTIE Set and Costume Designer. Morley Linehan. Dir. Jon Ewing. 1988 SIX CHARACTERS IN Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR Company. Dir. Rodney Fisher. 1988 LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Set and Costume Designer. State Theatre Co. of South Australia. Dir. John Gaden. 1988 WOMAN IN MIND Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. 1988 JERRY'S GIRLS Set and Costume Designer. Gordon Frost Organisation. Dir. Jerry Alford. 1987 NINE Costume Designer. Nove. Dirs. John Diedrich, Jo-Anne Robinson & Tony Bartuccio. 1986 ELTON JOHN CONCERT TOUR Set Designer. JONAH Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. THE REAL THING Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE Set and Costume Designer. State Theatre Co. of South Australia. Dir. Terry O'Connell. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 5 of 10 PRIVATE LIVES Set, Costume and Properties Designer. State Theatre Co. of SA. Dir. Rodney Fisher. MEANDER Set and Costume Designer. Australian Ballet Company. Choreographer Graeme Murphy. THE CONQUEST OF CARMEN MIRANDA Sydney Theatre Company. BORN YESTERDAY JC Williamson. A PACK OF WOMEN Devised and Directed by Robyn Archer. Seymour Centre. THE COBRA Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. AS YOU LIKE IT Costume Designer. Nimrod Theatre. Dir. John Bell. AS YOU DESIRE ME Set and Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Rodney Fisher. THE STRIPPER Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company at Kinselas. Dir. Brian Thomson. MACBETH Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Richard Wherrett. CHINCHILLA Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Rodney Fisher. CHICAGO Costume Designer. Sydney Theatre Company. CANDIDE Set and Costume Designer. Nimrod Theatre Company. Dir. John Bell. YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE HOUSE WINE Set and Costume Designer. Nimrod Theatre Company. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 6 of 10 OPERA 2009 AIDA Set and Costume. Opera Australia 2009 THE TALES OF HOFFMAN Set and Costume. State Opera of SA 2007 LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Set and Costume Designer. Opera Australia. 2005 HMS PINAFORE Set and Costume Designer. Opera Australia. 2004 MANON Set and Costume Designer. Opera Australia. 2004 MANON LESCAUT Victoria State Opera. 2003 IOLANTHE Set and Costume Designer. Victoria State Opera. Dir. Stuart Maunder. THE MAGIC FLUTE Set and Costume Designer. Victoria State Opera. Dir. Gale Edwards. 2000 THE GYPSY PRINCESS Set and Costume Designer. Opera Australia. 1994 WEST SIDE STORY Costume Designer. Victoria State Opera. 1993 PIRATES OF PENZANCE Set and Costume Designer. D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, UK, tour and West End. Dir. Stuart Maunder. 1992 PIRATES OF PENZANCE Set and Costume Designer. Victoria State Opera. Dir. Stuart Maunder. DON PASQUALE Set and Costume Designer. Australian Opera. Dir. Stuart Maunder. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 7 of 10 FILM 1999 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Production Designer. Golgotha. 1995 BRILLIANT LIES Costume Designer. Dir. Richard Franklin. 1994 ON OUR SELECTION Costume Designer. Anthony Buckley. Productions. Dir. George Whaley. 1991 TURTLE BEACH Costume Designer. Roadshow Coote & Carroll. Dir. Stephen Wallace. 1990 BLOOD OATH Costume Designer. Prod. Richard Brennan. Dir. Stephen Wallace. 1985 REBEL Costume Designer. Prod. Philip Emanuel. Dir. Michael Jenkins. NIGHT OF SHADOWS Costume Designer. Dir. Brian Thomson. TELEVISION 2000 RUMBA Stadium Australia. Designer 1997 11TH ANNUAL ARIA AWARDS Designer. 1995 GLADIATORS Designer. Gladiators Productions. 1994 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS Designer. Channel 7. 1994 FASHION AWARDS Designer. Channel 7. 1993 FASHION AWARDS Designer. Channel 7. 1988 ROYAL QUEENSLAND GALA CONCERT - EXPO SPECIAL Costume Designer. 1986 ELTON JOHN Special. Shanahan Management Pty Ltd Level 3 Berman House 91 Campbell Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 PO Box 1509 Darlinghurst NSW 1300 Australia ABN 46 001 117 728 Telephone 61 2 8202 1800 Facsimile 61 2 8202 1801 [email protected] Roger Kirk - Page 8 of 10 1986/87 MELBA Production Designer and Costume Designer for ‘Melba’. CB Seven Productions Pty Ltd. 1986 AUSTRALIA DAY LIVE Set and Costume Designer. Channel 10. 1986 STAR SEARCH New Set Design. Channel 10. 1985 AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS Set & Costume Designer. Channel 10. 1985 LOGIE AWARDS Set & Costume Designer. 1985 STAR SEARCH Set Design. Channel 10. 1984 SINGLES Production Designer. ABC TV. 1984 THE GIRL FROM MOONALOO Set and Costume Designer. ABC TV Special. Dir. Richard Wherrett.
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