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