ANNA CORDINGLEY
AWARDS
Green Room Award winner 2012 Theatre Set & Costume Design for Body of Work in 2011
TRAINING
Ongoing: Master of Curatorship, University of Melbourne 2007
Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Production Design) Victorian College of the Arts 2000-2003
2012
THE STORY OF MARY MACLANEBY HERSELF by Bojana Novakovic and Tim Rogers
Griffin Theatre Company and Merrigong Theatre Wollongong (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Tanya Goldberg
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
National Tour including Drama Theatre Sydney and Arts Centre Playhouse Melbourne (Set and Costume
Design)
Directed by Peter Evans
LITTLE MATCH GIRL by Meow Meow
Sydney Festival in association with Meow Meow Revolution (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Marion Potts
2011
THE STORY OF MARY MACLANE BY HERSELF by Bojana Novakovic and Tim Rogers
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Tanya Goldberg
LITTLE MATCH GIRL by Meow Meow
Malthouse Theatre & Sydney Festival in association with Meow Meow Revolution (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Marion Potts
JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare
National Tour including Fairfax Studio Melbourne & Drama Theatre Sydney (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Peter Evans
THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill
Sydney Theatre Company season of Malthouse Production (Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
A GOLEM STORY by Lally Katz
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
CONNECTED by Gideon Obarzanek
Malthouse Theatre & Chunky Move (Costume Design)
Choreography by Gideon Obarzanek
TIS A PITY SHE’S A WHORE by John Ford
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Marion Potts
A COMMERCIAL FARCE by Peter Houghton
National Tour (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Aidan Fennessy
2010
SAPPHO...IN 9 FRAGMENTS by Jane Montgomery Griffiths
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett (Set and Costume Design)
Staged by Marion Potts
HUMAN INTEREST STORY by Lucy Guerin
Malthouse Theatre & Lucy Guerin Inc, CUB Malthouse – the Merlyn (Set Design Assistant for Gideon
Obarzanek) Choreography by Lucy Guerin
Anna Cordingley
cont.
THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill
Malthouse Theatre & Victorian Opera, CUB Malthouse – the Merlyn (Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
SURPRISE by Josh Thomas
Token & Melbourne Comedy Festival – the Comedy Theatre, Adelaide Fringe Festival – the Spiegeltent,
Brisbane Comedy Festival – the Powerhouse (Staging Design)
Directed by Josh Thomas
ELIZABETH: ALMOST BY CHANCE A WOMAN by Dario Fo, freely adapted by Louise Fox and Luke
Devenish
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse – the Merlyn (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
FURIOUS MATTRESS by Melissa Reeves
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Tim Maddock
2009
ONE NIGHT THE MOON by John Romeril
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse – the Merlyn (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Wesley Enoch
KNIVES IN HENS by David Harrower
Malthouse Theatre & State Theatre Company South Australia, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett, Adelaide Festival
Centre – the Space Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Geordie Brookman
HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett
Malthouse Theatre & Company B, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett, Belvoir St Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
A COMMERCIAL FARCE by Peter Houghton
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Aidan Fennessy
PUCK by Rogue
Malthouse Theatre & Dance Massive CUB Malthouse – The Tower (Set Design)
Choreography & Concept by Rogue Dance Ensemble
PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen
Daniel Schlusser & VCA Actors, Space 28 (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Daniel Schlusser
WOYZECK by Georg Buchner / Nick Cave / Warren Ellis
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse – the Merlyn (Set and Costume Design Assistant to Peter Corrigan)
Directed by Michael Kantor
2008
THE BLACK ARM BAND: HIDDEN REPUBLIC by The Black Arm Bank Ensemble
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Arts House & The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Arts Centre –
State Theatre (Set Design)
Directed by Steven Richardson
OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Federation Square – Zinc (Event Designer)
Project Directed by Paul Myers
IRONY IS NOT ENOUGH: AN ESSAY ON MY LIFE AS CATHERINE DENEUVE by Anne Carson
The Performance Space Residency Programme – Carriageworks, Track 8 (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Luke Mullins and Leisa Shelton
THE EIGHTH BRIDGE OF THE RIVER TYNE (UK)
Bambuco & Newcastle / Gateshead Summer Tyne Festival (Project Design)
Installation by Bambuco Ensemble – Artistic Direction prior to 2008 by Simon Barley
Anna Cordingley
cont.
AN ACCOUNT OF BRIDGES (UK) by Anna Cordingley
Baltic Contempory Art Centre & Sage Gateshead (Exhibition Concept, Curation & Design)
Exhibition by Anna Cordingley
KRISTIAN FREDRIKSON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION
Kristian Fredrikson Memorial Trust & the Arts Centre – Smorgon Family Plaza 9Inclusion in Group Exhibition)
Exhibition by Anna French, Hugh Colman and Richard Roberts
PERMANENT PARABOLIC TRUSS
Art House – Meat Market 9Design Submission to Arts Victoria)
Project Managed by Adrian Aderhold
THE PAIN AND THE ITCH by Bruce Norris
Red Stitch Actors Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Gorkem Acaroglu
THE GLORY by Ross Muller
Hot House Theatre – the Butter Factory (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Aidan Fennessy
*Corporate Client inc. World Vision, Federation Square and Trafficlight
2007
AGAINST ALL ODDS by Richard Vette
Blue Alice Films (Set Design)
Direction by Richard Vette
THE TRIAL OF JOHN WINSTON HOWARD by Julian Burnside / Gerry Connolly / Rachel Doyle /
Jeremy Press / Guy Rundle
The Fabian Society – Melbourne Town Hall (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Tim Robertson
COLONY (THE NETHERLANDS)
The Hague Sculpture 2007 De Overkant / Downunder (Costume Facilitation)
Installation by Brooke Andrew
BITCHE WILLY NILLY & WILLY NILLY (FRANCE)
Bambuco & Cie Carabosse (Bambuco Crew)
Installation by Simon Barely
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS by Angelo Anelli / Gioachino Rossini
Melbourne Opera – The Athenaeum (Costume Design)
Direction by Hugh Halliday
THE GREAT WALL OF BOOKS (MACAU)
Well (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Dario VaCirca
*Corporate Clients inc. Federation Square, 3 Mobile, Jack Morton, Think Creative, Amway & Monash Uni
2006
A MILE IN HER SHADOW by Robert Reid
The Storeroom Theatre Workshop
Directed by Aidan Fennessy
(Nominated for a Greenroom Award – Design in Independant Theatre category)
SLANTING INTO THE VOID by Lally Katz
Peepshow Inc. & Arts House – North Melbourne Town Hall
Directed by Melinda Hetzel
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Cesare Sterbini / Gioachino Rossini
Melbourne Opera – The Athenaeum (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Hugh Halliday
Anna Cordingley
cont.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED by Anne Carson
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse – the Tower (Set and Costume Co-Design)
Directed by Luke Mullins
NOT LIKE BECKETT by Michael Watts
Malthouse Theatre, CUB Malthouse-the Beckett (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Michael Kantor
MELBOURNE 2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES
Melbourne Cricket Ground (Set, Costume and Projection Designer – one of six)
Directed by Andrew Walsh, Nigel Triffitt, Wesley Enoch and Rose Myers
DELICACY by Julian Hobba
Melbourne Midsumma Festival – Trades Hall Council Chambers (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Wesley Enoch
*Corporate Client inc. Jack Morton and Bristol- Myers Squibb
2005
BLUE WITH LITTLE WHITE STARS by Saba Hakim
Illustration by Anna Cordingley and Rafat Hashemi Sisakht (Book Illustration)
BUG by Tracy Letts
Red Stitch Actors Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Direction by Martin White
THE NEW BREED by Rodrigo Matheus / Carla Candiotto
National Institute of Circus Arts & Sydney Opera House – The Studio (Set Design)
Direction by Rodrigo Matheus
*Corporate Client inc. The Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria
2004
SPINE, LUDO AND RUE FAIDHERBE (LILLE, FRANCE)
Bambuco & Lille Capitale Europeenne de la Culture 2004 (Design Assistant to Simon Barely)
Installation by Simon Barley
LUDO (DUNKIRK, FRANCE)
Bambuco & Lille Capitale Europeenne de la Culture 2004 (Design Assistant to Simon Barely)
Installation by Simon Barley
LES INVITES (VILLEURBANNE, FRANCE)
Bambuco & Cie Carabosse (Design Assistant to Simon Barely)
Installation by Simon Barley
CONVERSATIONS IN A BROTHEL by Jacquelynne Bailey
Melbourne Fringe Festival & The Storeroom Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Lill Legard
WOUNDS TO THE FACE by Howard Barker
Blackbox Theatre & Theatreworks, St Kilda (Set Design)
Directed by Jess Kingsford
HATING ALISON ASHLEY by Robin Klein / Chris Anastassiades
(Costume Finisher to Designer Paul Warren)
Directed by Jeff Bennett
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER by Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood, Adam Spiegel and David Atkins, the Arts Centre – State Theatre (Costume Illustrator to
Designer Janet Hine)
Directed and Choreographed by Arlene Phillips
ALL’S WELL by William Shakespeare
The Betty book, Forty-five Downstairs (Set Design)
Directed by Suzanne Kirsten
Anna Cordingley
cont.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED by Anne Carson
Melbourne City Council, Chris Kohn’s Basement (Set Design)
Directed by Luke Mullins
2003
DAYS LIKE THESE by The Cat Empire
EMI (Video Clip Set Design)
Directed by Mike Metzner
BITTER SWEET by Brett Daffy
Victorian College of the Arts Dance School, Gasworks (Costume Design)
Choreography by Brett Daffy
KALEIDOSCOPIA by Stephanie Lake
Victorian College of the Arts Dance School, Gasworks (Costume Design)
Choreography by Stephanie Lake
HAMLET MACHINE by Heiner Muller
Victorian College of the Arts Dance School, Grant Street Theatre (Set Design)
Directed by Stephan Suschke
THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER’ (Czech Republic) by Alice Goodman / John Adams
The National Theatre of Prague (Assistant Set Designer to Daniel Dvorak)
Directed by Jiri Nekvasil
LEAR by William Shakespeare
Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, Space 28 (Set Design)
Directed by John Bolton
CONVERSATIONS IN A BROTHEL by Jacquelynne Bailey
Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, Grant Street Theatre (Set and Costume Design)
Directed by Lill Legard
1975 by Irene Vella
The Melbourne Workers Theatre & Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall (Set and Costume Design
Assistant to Trina Parker)
Directed by Wesley Enoch
2002
REMEMBERANCE OF THINGS PAST by Marcel Proust / Harold Pinter
Melbourne International Arts Festival & the Victorian College of the Arts, Space 28 (Set Design Assistant to
Hugh Colman
Directed by Di Trevis
SLOW LOVE by Richard Murphett
Playbox Theatre & Chambermade Opera, CUB Malthouse – the Beckett (Scenic Painter to Designer Trina
Parker)
Directed by Douglas Horton
LUCREZIA AND CESARE by Raimondo Cortese
Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, Chapel–Off–Chapel – the Loft (Set and Costume Co-Design with
Natalie Boyle)
Directed by Ali Wall
2001
Deferred Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Production Design) to travel throughout Scandinavia and Eastern Europe
2000
THE ENGLISH ECCENTRICS by Edith Sitwell / Malcolm Williamson
Melbourne International Arts Festival & the Victorian College of the Arts, Montsalvat (Workshop Crew)
Directed by Caroline Stacey
THE DOUBLE DEALER by William Congreve
Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, Grant Street Theatre (Costume Crew)
Directed by Richard Cottrell
Anna Cordingley
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov
Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, Studios (Set Co-Design)
Directed by Lindy Davies
cont.