CREDITS

The Picture of Dorian Gray (West End)
By Oscar Wilde, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Michael Cassel Group + Kindred Partners + Sydney Theatre Company
2024

Cast: Sarah Snook

Writer & Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Clemence Williams
Video Designer: David Bergman
Dramaturg & Creative Associate: Eryn Jean Norvill
Production Dramaturg: Paige Rattray
Associate Directors: Ian Michael & Tait de Lorenzo
Resident Director: Sophie Dillon Moniram



Dracula
By Bram Stoker, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2024

Cast: Zahra Newman

Director: Kip Williams
Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer: Clemence Williams
Sound Designer: Jessica Dunn
Video Design: Craig Wilkinson
Associate Director: Ian Michael
Assistant Director: Nicole Pingon
Assistant Video Director: Ben Sheen
Editor: Susie Henderson
Sound System Designer: Hayley Forward
AV System Designer: Callum Walker
Associate Lighting Designer: Morgan Moroney



Gilgamesh
By Jack Symonds
Sydney Chamber Opera + Opera Australia + Carriageworks + Ensemble Offspring + Australian String Quartet
2024


Singers: Jeremy Kleeman, Jessica O’Donoghue, Mitchell Riley, Jane Sheldon, Daniel Szesiong Todd

Conductor: Jack Symonds
Director: Kip Williams
Set Design: Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Design: David Fleischer
Lighting Design: Amelia Lever-Davidson
Assistant Director: Tait De Lorenzo
Electronics & Sound Designer: Banjamin Carey
Sound Designer: Bob Scott
Fight Director: Nigel Poulton
Intimacy Coordinator: Chloë Dallimore



On The Beach
By Nevil Shute, Adapted Tommy Murphy
Sydney Theatre Company
2023

Cast: Matthew Backer, Tony Cogin, Michelle Lim Davidson, Emma Diaz, Vanessa Downing, Tai Hara, Genevieve Lee, Ben O’Toole, Contessa Treffone, Kiki Wales, Elijah Williams, Alan Zhu

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: Michael Hankin
Costume Designer: Mel Page
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper
Composer: Grace Ferguson
Sound Designer: Jess Dunn
Dramaturg: Ruth Little
Associate Costume Designer: Emma White
Assistant Director: Kenneth Moreleda
Fight Director: Nigel Poulton
Intimacy Coordinator: Chloë Dallimore
Voice & Text Coach: Jennifer White



Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Tour)
By Robert Louis Stephenson, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Perth Festival + Adelaide Festival
2023

Cast: Matthew Backer, Ewen Leslie

Director: Kip Williams
Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer: Clemence Williams
Sound Designer: Michael Toisuta
Video Design: David Bergman
Associate Director: Ian Michael
Assistant Video Director: Sarah Hadley
Editor: Susie Henderson
Fight Choreograoher: Nigel Poulton
Voice & Text: Charmian Gradwell



The Picture of Dorian Gray (Second Tour)
By Oscar Wilde, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Auckland Arts Festival + Sydney Theatre Company
2023

Cast: Eryn Jean Norvill
Alternate Performer: Nikki Shiels

Writer & Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Clemence Williams
Video Designer: David Bergman
Dramaturg & Creative Associate: Eryn Jean Norvill
Production Dramaturg: Paige Rattray
Assistant Director: Ian Michael
Resident Director: Tait de Lorenzo
Voice & Text: Danielle Rolfe
Additional Voice & Text: Leith McPherson



The Tempest
By William Shakespeare, Adaptation by Kip Williams

Sydney Theatre Company
2022


Cast: Peter Carroll, Jason Chong, Chantelle Jamieson, Mandy McElhinney, Shiv Palekar, Richard Roxburgh, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Guy Simon, Aaron Tsindos, Megan Wilding, Susie Youssef

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: Jacob Nash
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Stefan Gregory
Dramaturg: Shari Sebbens
Associate Director: Jessica Arthur
Fight & Movement Director: Nigel Poulton
Associate Fight & Movement Director: Tim Dashwood
Intimacy Coordinator: Chloë Dallimore
Voice & Text Coach: Charmian Gradwell
Understudies Danielle King, Ian Michael, Nicole Milinkovic



Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
By Robert Louis Stephenson, Adaptation by Kip Williams

Sydney Theatre Company
2022


Cast: Matthew Backer, Ewen Leslie

Director: Kip Williams
Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer: Clemence Williams
Sound Designer: Michael Toisuta
Video Design: David Bergman
Associate Director: Ian Michael
Assistant Video Director: Sarah Hadley
Editor: Susie Henderson
Fight Choreograoher: Nigel Poulton
Voice & Text: Charmian Gradwell
Understudy: Gabriel Fancourt



The Picture of Dorian Gray (First Tour)
By Oscar Wilde, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Adelaide Festival + Rising Festival + Michael Cassel Group + Sydney Theatre Company
2022


Cast: Eryn Jean Norvill
Alternate Performer: Nikki Shiels

Writer & Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Clemence Williams
Video Designer: David Bergman
Dramaturg & Creative Associate: Eryn Jean Norvill
Production Dramaturg: Paige Rattray
Assistant Director: Ian Michael
Resident Director: Tait de Lorenzo
Voice & Text: Danielle Rolfe
Additional Voice & Text: Leith McPherson



Julius Caesar
By Williams Shakespeare, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2021


Cast: Geralidine Hakewill, Ewen Leslie, Zahra Newman

Writer & Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson
Composer & Sound Designer: Stefan Gregory
Video Designer: David Bergman
Dramaturg: Courtney Stewart
Associate Director: Jessica Arthur
Fight Choreographer: Tim Dashwood
Voice & Text: Leith McPherson
Understudies: Benedict Hardie, Stephanie Somerville, Vaishnavi Suryaprakash



The Picture of Dorian Gray
By Oscar Wilde, Adaptation by Kip Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2020 - 2021


Cast: Eryn Jean Norvill

Writer & Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Clemence Williams
Video Designer: David Bergman
Dramaturg & Creative Associate: Eryn Jean Norvill
Production Dramaturg: Paige Rattray
Assistant Director: Ian Michael
Voice & Text: Danielle Rolfe



Playing Beatie Bow
By Ruth Park, Adapted by Kate Mulvany

Sydney Theatre Company
2021


Cast: Tony Cogin, Lena Cruz, Claire Lovering, Heather Mitchell, Sofia Nola, Rory O’Keeffe, Guy Simon, Catherine Văn-Davies, Ryan Yeates

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: David Fleischer
Costume Designer: Renee Mulder
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer: Clemence Williams
Sound Designer: David Bergman
Choral Director: Natalie Gooneratne
Additional Composition: Matthew Doyle
Dramaturg: Courtney Stewart
Assistant Director: Kenneth Moreleda
Fight Choreographer: Nigel Poulton
Voice & Text: Danielle Rolfe



Lord of the Flies
By William Golding, Adaptation by Nigel Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2019


Cast: Joseph Althouse, Justin Amankwah, Nyx Calder, Yerin Ha, Daniel Monks, Mark Paguio, Rahel Romahn, Eliza Scanlen, Contessa Treffone, Nakita Waldren, Mia Wasikowska

Director: Kip Williams
Set: Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Alex Berlage
Composer & Sound Designer: James Brown
Dramaturg: Eryn Jean Norville
Assistant Director: Heather Fairbairn
Fight Choreographer: Tim Dashwood & Dr Lyndall Grant



Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
By Tennessee Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2019


Cast: Addison Bourke, Tristan Bowes, Anthony Brandon Wong, Peter Carroll, Harry Greenwood, Emily Harriss, Jye McCallum, Josh McConville, Zahra Newman, Pamela Rabe, Holly Simon, Nikki Shiels, Lila Artemise Tapper, Arie Trajcevski, Hugo Weaving, Jerra Wright-Smith

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: David Fleishcer
Costume Designer: Mel Page
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Stefan Gregory
Fight Choreographer: Nigel Poulton
Assistant Director: Susanna Dowling



The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Berthold Brecht, Adapted by Tom Wright
Sydney Theatre Company
2018

Cast: Mitchell Butel, Peter Carroll, Tony Cogin, Ivan Donato, Anita Hegh, Brent Hill, Colin Moody, Monica Sayers, Hugo Weaving, Charles Wu, Ursula Yovich

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: Robert Cousins
Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Stefan Gregory
Cinematographer: Justine Kerrigan
Assistant Director: Alistaire Clark



The Harp in the South Part One & Part Two
By Ruth Park, Adapted by Kate Mulvany
Sydney Theatre Company
2018

Cast: Joel Bishop, Luke Carroll, Tony Cogin, Jack Finsterer, Benedict Hardie, Emma Harvie, Anita Hegh, Ben O’Toole, Lucia Mastrantone, Heather Mitchell, Tara Morice, Rose Riley, Rahel Romahn, Jack Ruwald, Guy Simon, Bruce Spence, Helen Thomson, Contessa Treffone, George Zhao

Director Kip Williams
Set Designer David Fleischer
Costume Designer Renée Mulder
Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper
Composer The SWEATS
Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Musical Director Luke Byrne
Assistant Director Jessica Arthur
Fight Director Nigel Poulton



A Cheery Soul
By Patrick White
Sydney Theatre Company
2018

Cast: Emma Harvie, Anita Hegh, Jay James-Moody, Brandon McClelland, Tara Morice, Sarah Peirse, Monica Sayers, Shari Sebbens, Nikki Shiels, Bruce Spence, Anthony Taufa

Director Kip Williams
Set Designer Elizabeth Gadsby
Costume Designer Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper
Composer Clemence Williams
Video and Sound Designer David Bergman
Assistant Director Benjamin Sheen



The Rape Of Lucretia
Benjamin Britten

Sydney Chamber Opera + Carriageworks
2017

Theatre Royal + Dark MOFO
2018

Singers: Anna Dowsley, Celeste Lazarenko, Jane Sheldon, Jessica O’Donoghue, Andrew Goodwin, Nathan Lay, Jeremy Kleeman, Simon Lobelson

Conductor: Jack Symonds
Co-Director: Kip Williams
Co-Director & Costume Design: Elizabeth Gadsby
Set Design: David Fleischer
Lighting Design: Damien Cooper
Assistant Director: Madeleine Humphreys



Three Sisters
By Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Andrew Upton

Sydney Theatre Company
2017


Cast: Alison Bell, Peter Carroll, Callan Colley, Miranda Daughtry, Harry Greenwood, Melita Jurisic, Brandon McClelland, Eryn Jean Norvill, Rahel Romahn, Chris Ryan, Nikki Shiels, Contessa Treffone, Mark Leonard Winter, Anthony Brandon Wong, Charles Wu

Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer: The SWEATS
Sound Designer: Nate Edmondson
Assistant Director: Jada Alberts



Cloud 9
By Caryl Churchill

Sydney Theatre Company
2017


Cast: Matthew Backer, Kate Box, Harry Greenwood, Anita Hegh, Josh McConville, Heather Mitchell, Anthony Taufa

Director Kip Williams
Designer Elizabeth Gadsby
Lighting Designer Alexander Berlage
Composer Chris Williams
Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Assistant Director: Danielle Maas



Chimerica
By Lucy Kirkwood

Sydney Theatre Company
2017

Cast: Matthew Backer, Gabrielle Chan, Jason Chong, Tony Cogin, Geraldine Hakewill, Brent Hill, Rebecca Massey, Monica Sayers, Mark Leonard Winter, Anthony Brandon Wong, Charles Wu, Jenny Wu

NIDA Ensemble: Brianna Altmann-Bishop, Cara Bessey, Tiegan Denina, Ellis Dolan, Lincoln Elliott, Aaron Gobby, CJ Joy, Jack Keen, Jesse Layt, Olivia McLeod, Billie Miles, Kaitlin Nihill, Chaya Ocampo, Daniel Pryke, Adam Spain-Mostina, Grace Stamnas, Harrison Sweeney, Rachel Tunaley, Chemon Theys, Taylah Wright

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: David Fleischer
Costume Designer: Renee Mulder
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: The SWEATS
Assistant Director: Jessica Arthur



A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By Williams Shakespeare, Adapted by Kip Williams

Sydney Theatre Company
2016


Cast: Paula Arundell, Matthew Backer, Rob Collins, Honey Debelle, Emma Harvie, Jay James-Moody, Brandon McClelland, Josh McConville, Robert Menzies, Susan Prio, Rose Riley, Rahel Romahn, Bruce Spence

Director: Kip Williams
Set: Robert Cousins
Costume Designer: Alice Babidgel
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper
Composer: Chris Williams
Sound Designer: Nate Endmondson
Assistant Director: Alistair Clark
Voice & Text: Jess Chambers



Miss Julie
By Kip Williams, After August Strindberg 
Melbourne Theatre Company
2016


Cast: Mark Leonard Winter, Robin McLeavy, Zahra Newman

Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer: Paul Jackson
Composer & Sound Designer: The SWEATS
Assistant Director: Jessica Arthur
Directorial Attachment: Ben Sheen



All My Sons
By Arthur Miller
Sydney Theatre Company
2016


Cast: Toby Challenor, Anita Hegh, John Howard, Bert Labonte, John Leary, Josh McConville, Robyn Nevin, Eryn Jean Norvill, Jack Ruwald, Chris Ryan, Contessa Treffone

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Max Lyandvert
Assistant Director: Elsie Edgerton-Till



The Golden Age
By Louis Nowra

Sydney Theatre Company
2016


Cast: Rarriwuy Hick, Remy Hii, Brandon McClelland, Robert Menzies, Liam Nunan, Zindzi Okenyo, Sarah Peirse, Anthony Taufa, Ursula Yovich

Director Kip Williams
Designer David Fleischer
Composer & Sound Designer Max Lyandvert
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
Dramaturg Paige Rattray



Suddenly Last Summer
By Tennessee Williams
Sydney Theatre Company
2015


Cast: Paula Arundell, Melita Jurisic, Brandon McClelland, Robyn Nevin, Eryn Jean Norvill, Susan Prior, Mark Leonard Winter

Director Kip Williams
Designer Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory
Assistant Director: Harriet Gillies



An Index Of Metals
Fausto Romitelli

Sydney Chamber Opera + Carriageworks + Ensemble Offsrping
2015


Soprano:Jane Sheldon. Actors: Tom Burt, Christian Charisiou, Kevin Clayette, Blake Feltis. Richard Hilliar,Tom Mittelheuse. 
Intrumentalists: Ensemble Offspring, Veronique Serret, James Wannan, Tyler J. Borden, Lamorna Nightingale, Ben Opie, Aviva Endea, Tristram Williams, Nigel Crocker, Joe Manton, Cat Hope, Zubin Kanga, Damien Ricketson

Conductor: Jack Symonds
Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Design: Elizabeth Gadsby
Sound Design: Bob Scott
Lighting Design: Ross Graham
Assistant Lighting Design: Alex Berlage
Assistant Director: Danielle Maas



Love and Information
By Caryl Churchill

Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne + Sydney Theatre Company
2015


Cast: Marco Chiappi, Glenn Hazeldine, Anita Hegh, Zahra Newman, Anthony Taufa, Ursula Yovich, Alison Whyte, Harry Greenwood

Director Kip Williams
Designer David Fleischer
Lighting Designer Paul Jackson
Composer & Sound Designer The SWEATS
Dramaturg: Mark Pritchard



Macbeth
By Williams Shakespeare, Adapted by Kip Williams

Sydney Theatre Company
2014


Cast: Paula Arundell, Kate Box, Ivan Donato, Eden Falk, John Gaden, Melita Jurisic, Robert Menzies, Hugo Weaving

Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Alice Babidgel
Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper
Composer & Sound Designer: Max Lyandvert
Fight Choreographer: Nigel Poulton
Assistant Director: Petra Kalve



Children Of The Sun
By Maxim Gorky
Adapted by Andrew Upton

Sydney Theatre Company
2014


Cast: Valerie Bader, James Bell, Justine Clarke, Yure Covich, Jay Laga'aia, Jacqueline McKenzie, Hamish Michael, Julia Ohannessian, Chris Ryan, Helen Thomson, Contessa Treffone, Toby Truslove

Director Kip Williams
Set Designer David Fleischer
Costume Designer Renée Mulder
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
Composer & Sound Designer Max Lyandvert
Assistant Director: Elsie Edgerton-Till



Romeo & Juliet
By William Shakespeare, Adapted by Kip Williams

Sydney Theatre Company
2013


Cast: Akos Armont, Mitchell Butel, Alex England, Eamon Farren, Julie Forsyth, Anna Lise Phillips, Josh McConville, Colin Moody, Eryn Jean Norvill, Dylan Young

Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: David Fleischer
Lighting Designer: Nicholas Rayment
Composer: Alan John
Sound Designer: Nate Edmondson
Fight Choreographer: Nigel Poulton



Under Milk Wood
By Dylan Thomas
Sydney Theatre Company
2012

Cast: Paula Arundell, Ky Baldwin, Alex Chorley, Drew Forsythe, Cameron Goodall, Sandy Gore, Drew Lingston, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson, Helen Thomson

Director: Kip Williams
Set Designer: Robert Cousins
Costume Designer: Alice Babidge
Associate Costume Designer: David Fleischer
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper
Composer: Alan John
Sound Designer: Steve Francis
Dramaturg: Andrew Upton



The Lighthouse
by Peter Maxwell Davies

Sydney Chamber Opera + Carriageworks
2012


Singers: Daniel Macey, Mitchell Riley, Alexander Knight. Movement Ensemble: Hannah Barlow, Taryn Brine, Melissa Brownlow, Tom Christophersen, Celeste Furnell, Nick Gell, Courtney Gilbert, Joe Kernahan, Lana Kershaw, Joanna Keyte, Maeve MacGregor, Annabelle McMillan, Graeme McRae, Tim Reuben, Gareth Rickards, Guy Simon, Jasper Whincop

Conductor: Jack Symonds
Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Design: Michael Hankin
Lighting Design: Nicholas Rayment
Assistant Director: Danielle Maas



Through The Gates: A δ’O CONVERSATION
Songs by Bach, Barber, Debussy, Dvořák, Mahler, Poulenc, Schubert and Shostakovich

Sydney Chamber Opera + 18th Biennale of Sydney + Pier 2/3
2012


Singers: Anna Dowsley, Emily Edmonds, Mitchell RileyI
nstrumentalists: Jack Symonds (piano), Madeleine Slaughter (violin), Matt McGuigan (electric guitar)

Conductor: Jack Symonds
Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Design: Michael Hankin
Lighting Design: Nicholas Rayment
Assistant Director: Danielle Maas



Ich Habe Genug + Nunc Dimittis
J. S. Bach: Cantata No. 82 “Ich Habe Genug”
Jack Symonds: Nunc Dimittis (world premiere)

Sydney Chamber Opera
2011


Singers: Anna Dowsley, Mitchell Riley. Actors: Alexandra Aldrich, Michele Durman, Gabriel Fancourt, Amanda McGregor 
Viola: James Wannan

Conductor: Huw Billing
Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Design: Emma Kingsbury
Lighting Design: Nicholas Rayment



Not I
By Samuel Beckett
Adapted by Kip Williams

NIDA
2009


Cast: Alexandra Aldrich, Matthew Backer, Rebecca Bardbera, Briallen Clarke, Michele Duhrman, Gabriel Fancourt, Laura Francis, Ed Lembke-Hogan, Nicholas Masters, Heather May, Aldo Mignone, Emily Morrison, Brinley Myer, Jason Perini, Sean Ohlendorf, Seton Pollock, Felicity Robertson, Sabryna Teo, Jenny Wu

Director: Kip Williams
Set & Costume Designer: Adrienn Lord
Lighting Design: Kim Straatemeier




photo by Robin Hearfield