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Traditional Scenic Art for Theatre
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Phantom of  The Opera, world tourReally Useful Group, 2022. Led by Russell Carey, with the Opera Australia scenic team.

SCENIC ART — SELECTED CREDITS

2026
  • The Australian Ballet, Romeo and Juliet — Melbourne, Australia

  • Opera Australia, The Phantom of the Opera (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour) — Sydney, Australia

2025
  • TSA, MJ The Musical — Melbourne, Australia

  • Really Useful Group, Love Never Dies — Tokyo, Japan

  • Opera Australia — Sydney, Australia

2019–2024 — Head of Scenic Art, Opera Australia

Major projects included:

  • Really Useful Group, Love Never Dies — Shanghai, China

  • Really Useful Group, The Phantom of the Opera (World Tour) — Sydney, Australia

  • Melbourne Theatre Company, Bernhardt/Hamlet

  • Melbourne Opera Company

  • Pinchgut Opera

  • Belvoir Theatre

2017–2019 — Head of Scenic Art, Sydney Theatre Company

2007–2016 — Freelance Scenic Artist & Designer

Working across theatre, opera, museums, themed environments, and commercial installations.

The Australian Ballet (via Scenografic Studio)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2015–2017)

  • The Sleeping Beauty (2015–2017)

Ensemble Theatre

  • The Rasputin Affair (2017)

Sydney Theatre Company
  • Speed the Plow (2016)

  • A Flea in Her Ear (2016)

  • Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark (2016)

Belvoir

  • The Great Fire (2016)

Additional Clients

  • Opera Australia

  • Bangarra Dance Theatre

  • Australian Museum

  • Taronga Zoo

  • Sydney Aquarium

  • Private commissions and commercial fit‑outs

LONDON’S WEST END (2004–2007)

  • Saturday Night Fever — Drury Lane paint frames

  • Full Circle — Drury Lane paint frames

  • Aladdin — Drury Lane paint frames

  • Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — New London Theatre

  • Zing Went the Strings — Doily Carte for the QM2 (scenic effects on costumes & sewing)

  • Cinderella — The Grange Opera (scenic effects on costumes & sewing)

  • Peter Pan — Savoy Theatre (scenic effects on costumes & sewing)

  • Refurbishment of repertoire productions across the West End

  • Paint finishing & touch‑ups for Kenwright Ltd.

DUBLIN, IRELAND (2003–2006)

Bewley’s Theatre & The Oscar Wilde Society

  • The Remarkable Rocket

  • The Happy Prince

  • The Nightingale & the Rose

  • The Lilly Lally Show

  • Crabbed Youth & Age

SYDNEY / BRISBANE (1999–2003)

Opera Australia — Full‑time Scenic Artist

Under Head Painter Alan Stewart. Productions included:
Rinaldo, La Bohème, Don Carlos, Wozzeck, The Gypsy Princess, The Pearl Fishers, Capriccio, Simon Boccanegra, Elixir of Love, Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Der Freischütz
Plus refurbishment of 30 repertoire productions (1999–2002).

Additional Projects

  • Blue Heart Stables Theatre — Design by Ralph Myers (2001)

  • Argyle Oracle, The Rocks — Shop interior, design by Bill Maron (2001)

  • Powerhouse Museum, 1000 Years of the Olympic Games — Design by Stephen Curtis (2000)

  • Segaworld, Darling Harbour — Scenic effects (1998)

  • Ensemble Theatre — Death of a Salesman, Gossamer (1998)

  • Neon Graffiti — NRL football banners (1998)

EARLY CAREER (1993–1997)

  • A Winter’s Tale — Designed by Justin Kurzel (1997)

  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern — Scenografic Studio (1997)

  • Honour — Designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell (1997)

  • Puppy Love — Designed by Paula Martin, STC (1997)

  • Reg Livermore Productions — Mother Goose, Red Riding Hood, The Speed Hump and the Wolf (1993–1994)

  • Westfield Christmas Displays — The Wizard of Oz, Santa’s Workshop Village, Carnival Castle (1993)

  • Jupiters Casino, Odyssey — Design by William Passmore (1993)

  • Theatrical and commercial scenic finishes — various commissions (1994–1997)

If you want, I can also shape this into a one‑page CV, a website bio, or a portfolio‑ready project list depending on where you want to use it.

© 2025 Emelia Rose Simcox ~  All rights reserved ~ Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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