TRENT SUIDGEEST DESIGN THEATRICAL LIGHTING & SET DESIGNER +61 (0) 409 446 830 [email protected] http://www.trentsuidgeest.com/ TRAINING 2006 - 2008 Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts WAAPA Lighting Design - Bachelor of Performing Arts (Production and Design) PROFESSIONAL REFEREES John Sheedy [email protected] Wesley Enoch [email protected] Adam Mitchell [email protected] PERSONAL REFEREES Alicia Clements 0417 334 585 Genevieve Jones 0420 970 411 GRANTS 2015 - Mike Walsh Fellowship 2015 - WA Department of Young People Fellowship 2014 - Australia Council Creative Professionals 2010 - Australia Council Artstart Grant AWARDS / NOMINATIONS WA Equity Guild Awards 2012 Best Design nominee EXPERIENCES Internships: 2014 A View From The Bridge - Young Vic Theatre - Directed by Ivo van Hove, lighting by Jan Versweyveld Sunny Afternoon - Hampstead Theatre, UK - Lighting Designer Rick Fisher Les Miserables - Broadway Revival, Imperial Theatre - Lighting Designer Paule Constable Act One - Lincoln Centre Theatre - Lighting Designer Ken Billington. Directed by James Lapine Secondments: 2008 Billy Elliot The Musical - Broadway - Lighting Designer Rick Fisher Wicked Australia, High School Musical Australia DESIGN CREDITS: NEXT TO NORMAL by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt NEXT: Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan State Theatre Company THE RED BALLOON by Hilary Bell from the short film Lighting Designer for Director Chrissie Parrott - Black Swan State Theatre Company [World Premiere] EXTINCTION by Hannie Rayson Lighting Designer for Director Stuart Halusz - Black Swan State Theatre Company [World Premiere] NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Lighting Designer for Director Roger Hodgman - The Production Company, Melbourne KINGS OF WAR directed by Ivo van Hove 2015 Assistant Lighting Designer for Scenographer and Light Designer Jan Versweyveld - Toneelgroep Amsterdam [World Premiere] co-producers: Vienna Festival / Holland Festival / Barbican London / National Theatre of France DINNER by Moira Buffini Set & Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company THE RABBITS by Kate Miller-Heidke, Lally Katz, Iain Grandage Lighting Designer for Director John Sheedy - Opera Australia / Barking Gecko Theatre Company [World Premiere] GASP! by Ben Elton 2014 Lighting Designer for Director Wesley Enoch - Black Swan & Queensland Theatre Company [World Premiere] BORDERLINE Lighting Designer for Choreographer Aimee Smith - Aimee Smith presents LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR by Neil Simon Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company JASPER JONES by Kate Mulvany after Craig Silvey Lighting Designer for Director John Sheedy - Barking Gecko Theatre Company [World Premiere] DUST by Suzie Miller Lighting Designer for Director Emily McLean - Black Swan State Theatre Company [World Premiere] JACKMAN FURNESS FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LAUNCH Lighting Designer - Launched at WA Academy of Performing Arts THE HOUSE ON THE LAKE by Aidan Fennessey Lighting Designer for Director Stuart Halusz - Black Swan State Theatre Company [World Premiere] FIGHTS & FLIGHTS Set & Lighting Designer for Artistic Director Alice Lee Holland - Steps Youth Dance Company MIDSUMMER [a play with songs] 2013 Lighting Designer for Director Damon Lockwood - Black Swan State Theatre Company SHRINE by Tim Winton Set & Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan / Centenery of Canberra Festival [World Premiere] OTHER DESERT CITIES by Jon Robin Baitz Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company / Queensland Theatre Company WINTERING Lighting Designer for Choreographer Aimee Smith - Strut Dance presents DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller Set & Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan State Theatre Company THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company DUCK, DEATH & THE TULIP Lighting Designer for Director John Sheedy - Barking Gecko Theatre Company / Perth International Arts Festival THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan State Theatre Company MANAGING CARMEN by David Williamson 2012 Lighting Designer for Director Wesley Enoch - Black Swan / Queensland Theatre Company [World Premiere] BOY GETS GIRL by Rebecca Gilman Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan State Theatre Company TINY LITTLE TRAGEDIES Lighting & Set Designer for Choreographer Alice Lee Holland - Strut Dance presents [World Premiere] THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING by Finegan Kruckemeyer Lighting Designer for Director Noel Jordan - Barking Gecko Theatre Company [World Premiere] co-producers: Q Theatre, Casula Powerhouse Theatre, TRY HARD Lighting Designer for Choreographer Alice Lee Holland - Steps Youth Dance Company [World Premiere] NATIONAL INTEREST by Aidan Fennessey Lighting Designer for Director Aidan Fennessey - Melbourne Theatre Company / Black Swan [World Premiere] ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company WHITE DIVERS OF BROOME by Hilary Bell Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company [World Premiere] I AM EORA Lighting Designer for Director Wesley Enoch - Sydney Festival / Performing Lines [World Premiere] PERTH FESTIVAL GARDENS Years 2012-2015 Lighting Design for Artistic Director Jonathon Holloway - Perth International Arts Festival TAKING LIBERTY by Ingle Knight 2011 Lighting Designer for Director Chris Bendall - Deckchair Theatre WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING by Andrew Bovell Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan State Theatre Company THE AMBER AMULET by Craig Silvey Lighting Designer for Director John Sheedy - Barking Gecko Theatre Company [World Premiere] KISMET by Wright and Forrest Lighting Designer for Director Terence O’Connell - The Production Company NINETY by Joanna Murray-Smith Lighting Designer for Director Marcelle Schmitz - Black Swan State Theatre Company A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare Lighting Designer for Director Kate Cherry - Black Swan State Theatre Company WALTZING THE WILARRA by David Milroy Lighting Designer for Director Wesley Enoch - Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company / Perth Int. Arts Festival [World Premiere] THE KING & I by Rogers and Hammerstein 2010 Lighting Designer for Director Terence O’Connell - The Production Company THE SAPPHIRES by Tony Briggs Lighting Designer for Director Wesley Enoch - Belvoir / Black Swan State Theatre Company Seasons in: London (Barbican Theatre), South Korea, Canberra, Sydney, Penrith, Adelaide, Perth THE DARK ROOM by Angela Betzien 2009 Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan’s The HotBed Ensemble [World Premiere] pool [no water] by Mark Ravenhill Lighting Designer for Director Adam Mitchell - Black Swan’s The HotBed Ensemble.