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Traditional Scenic Art for Theatre

Romeo & JulietThe Australian Ballet, 2026, with Russell Carey.

SCENIC ART — SELECTED CREDITS

2026

  • TSA, A Beautiful Noise — Sydney, Australia

  • 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, Guys and Dolls (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour) — Sydney, Australia

  • Siren Theatre Company, Cowbois— The Seymore Centre, Sydney, Australia

  • Tiny Dog Productions & Dead Fly Productions, The Children's Hour— The Old Fitz, Sydney, Australia

2019–2024 — Head of Scenic Art, Opera Australia

New builds included:

  • Sunset Boulevard

  • The Barber of Seville

  • Il Trovatore

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

  • Bluebeard

  • The Tales of Hoffmann

  • The Ring Cycle

  • Cinderella

  • Carmen

  • Bran Nue Dae

​Plus ongoing refurbishment and maintenance of OA’s repertoire productions, co‑productions, and buy‑ins.

 

Major outside projects during this period included:

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

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

  • Melbourne Theatre Company — Bernhardt/Hamlet

  • Melbourne Opera Company — The Ring Cycle

  • Pinchgut Opera

  • Belvoir Theatre

  • Sydney Festival

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

2017​

  • The Father

  • Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical

2018

  • The Long Forgotten Dream

  • Blackie Blackie Brown

  • Lethal Indifference

  • Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story

  • The Harp in the South (Parts 1 & 2)

  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist

  • Top Girls

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

  • Saint Joan

2019

  • How to Rule the World

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • Mary Stuart​

Plus ongoing refurbishment and maintenance of STC's existing productions, co‑productions, and buy‑ins.

2007–2016 — Freelance Scenic Artist & Designer

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

 

Ensemble Theatre

  • The Rasputin Affair (2017)

Sydney Theatre Company

  • Speed the Plough (2016)

  • A Flea in Her Ear (2016)

  • Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark (2016)

Belvoir

  • The Great Fire (2016)

​The Australian Ballet (with Scenografic Studio)

  • Alice in Wonderland (2015)

  • The Sleeping Beauty (2015)

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 Technicolour 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.

New builds 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)

© 2026 Emelia Rose Simcox ~  All rights reserved ~ Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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