About

Isabel Hudson is an award-winning set and costume designer. Isabel holds a Bachelor of Design from NIDA and a Bachelor of Arts (Screen and Sound) from the University of New South Wales.  She is a lecturer at NIDA in Design for Performance.

Design credits include: A FOOL IN LOVE, CONSTELLATIONS, HUBRIS AND HUMILIATION (Sydney Theatre Company); THE MOUSETRAP costume (Crossroads Live); JAILBABY, PONY (Griffin Theatre Company); TORCH THE PLACE set (Melbourne Theatre Company); BLESSED UNION, WINYANBOGA YURRINGA, EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Belvoir); MAUREEN: HARBINGER OF DEATH (Sydney Festival/Rising Festival); YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN set, AMERICAN PSYCHO set, CRY-BABY set (Hayes Theatre Co); FARNACE (Pinchgut Opera); SON (Circa); RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Darlinghurst Theatre Co.); THE SHIFTING HEART, BLACKROCK (Seymour Centre); EDWARD THE EMU (Monkey Baa Theatre); DRY LAND set, SHE RODE HORSES LIKE THE STOCK EXCHANGE (Kings Cross Theatre); KING OF PIGS, EURYDICE (Old Fitz); JESS & JOE FOREVER, (Belvoir 25A); LITTLE BORDERS costume (Old 505 Theatre); CHAMBER POT OPERA (Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival, St Petersburg season); INTERSECTION, JOURNEY’S END (ATYP); THE ROLLING STONE (Outhouse Theatre Co); HURT (HotHouse Theatre & Downstairs Belvoir).

For Global Creatures Isabel is associate set designer for MOULIN ROUGE Australia, Korea and Japan; for Opera Australia, Isabel was assistant designer for MERRY WIDOW and MY FAIR LADY; and for Sydney Theatre Company, she was associate designer on FUN HOME directed by Dean Bryant.

Isabel has won four Sydney Theatre Awards for her outstanding designs; best set design for CONSTELLATIONS, AMERICAN PSYCHO, and CRY-BABY, and best costume design for HUBRIS AND HUMILIATION. She also won an APDG award for best set design for AMERICAN PSYCHO.  Nominations include: an APDG Award for best set design, and two more Sydney Theatre Award nominations for best set design. She was awarded the Kristian Fredrikison Scholarship in 2022 and The Thelma Afford Award for Costume Design in Stage and Screen in 2022.

Isabel is represented by Aurora Artist's Management
Contact: Justine Goss
Ph: +61 414 864 418
E: justine@auroraartists.com

CREDITS

2024

A Fool In Love, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kenneth Moraleda. Sydney Theatre Company.

Mozart’s Sister, Production Designer, dir. Madeleine Hetherton-Miau, produced by Media Stockade.

Black Box, Set Designer, Dir. David Berthold, produced by Gingergum & Tinderbox at Queensland Peforming Arts Centre.

Master Class, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Liesel Badorrek, Ensemble Theatre.

La Boheme, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Dean Bryant, Opera Australia.

2023

Hubris & Humiliation, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Dean Bryant. Sydney Theatre Company.

Blessed Union, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Hannah Goodwin, Belvoir Street Theatre.

Pony, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Anthea Williams. Griffin Theatre.

Jaibaby, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Andrea James, Griffin Theatre.

Constellations, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Ian Micheal, Theatre Company.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Australian Set Associate Designer, Japan Tour, Set designer Derek McLane, Global Creatures.

2022

Mousetrap, Set Associate & Costume Designer, dir. Robin Nevin, Crossroads Productions.

Let The Right One In, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Darlinghurst Theatre.

Eternityland, Production Designer, Dancing Giant, Creator & Director Danielle Harvey

A Mirrored City, Co-artist Witch + Ghost, Vivid & Adelaide Illuminate.

Ghosting the Party, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Andrea James. Griffin Theatre.

Hypomania, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Gondwana Choir.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Australian Set Associate Designer, Set designer Derek McLane, Global Creatures.

Maureen: The Harbinger of Death, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Nell Ranney, Rising Festival & Darwin Festival, Adelaide Festival.

2021

Maureen: The Harbinger of Death, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Nell Ranney, Sydney Festival.

Young Frankenstein, Set Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Hayes Theatre Company.

Fun Home, Associate Set & Costume Designer, dir. Dean Bryant, Sydney Theatre Company.

American Psycho The Musical, Set Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Sydney Opera House.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Australian Set Associate Designer, Set designer Derek McLane, Global Creatures.

2020

Torch The Place, Set Designer, dir. Dean Bryant, Melbourne Theatre Company.

2019

The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Shaun Rennie, Darlinghurst Theatre.

Tuesday, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Nell Ranney, 25A at Downstairs Belvoir.

Jess and Joe Forever, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Shaun Rennie, 25A at Downstairs Belvoir.

Every Brilliant Thing, Set & Costume Designer, dir Kate Champion, Upstairs Belvoir.

Winyanboga Yurringa, Set & Costume Designer, dir Anthea Williams, Upstairs Belvoir.

American Psycho The Musical, Set Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Hayes Theatre.

Razorhurst, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Benita De Witt, Hayes Theatre.

Table, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Reginald Theatre.

Farnace, Set & Costume Designer, dir Mark Gaal, City Recital Hall, Pinchgut Opera.

2018

The View Upstairs, Set  Designer, dir. Shaun Rennie, Hayes Theatre.

The Shifting Heart, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre.

A Girl Is A Half  Formed Thing, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Erin Taylor, Kings Cross Theatre.

The Walworth Farce,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Kings Cross Theatre.

The Rolling Stone, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Adam Cook, Reginald Theatre.

You Got Older, Set Designer, dir. Claudia Barrie, The Kings Cross Theatre.

Cry Baby, Set Designer, dir. Alex Berlage, Hayes Theatre.

The King of Pigs, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Blazey Best, The Old Fitz Theatre.

She Loves Me, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Erin James, The Hayes Theatre Company. 

Eurydices, Set, Costume & Puppet Designer, dir. Claudia Barrie, The Old Fitz Theatre.

Charlie Pilgrim, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Jena Prince, ATYP at Griffin Theatre.

2017

Blackrock, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre.

Intersection, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Katrina Douglas, Wharf 1, ATYP.

The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Set designer, dir. Claudia Barrie, The Old Fitz.

The Plant,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Elsie Edgerton-Til, The Ensemble Theatre.

I Love You Now,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Darlinghurst Theatre.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, Sport For Jove, Seymour Centre.

The Chamber Pot Opera, Designer, dir. Clem Williams, Site Specific work in the QVB Bathroom, Adelaide Fringe Festival & Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Hurt,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, HotHouse Theatre & Downstairs Belvoir.

The Incredible Here & Now, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Wayne Harrison & Jeneffa Soldatic, The National Theatre of Parramatta.

Winter's Tale, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Sean Oroidin, The Depot Theatre. 

Little Borders, Costume Designer, dir. Dom Mercer, The Old 505 Theatre.

Dry Land, Set Designer, dir. Claudia Barrie, The Kings Cross Theatre.

She Rode Horses Like Stock Exchange, dir. Nell Ranney, The Kings Cross Theatre.

Grace Under Pressure, dir. David Williams, The Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre.

Three Sisters, Assistant Designer to Alice Babige, Drama Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company.

2016

The Shadow Box,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, The Old Fitz Theatre.                                      

The Chamber Pot Opera, Designer, dir. Clem Williams, Site Specific work in the QVB Bathroom.

Slut, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Erin Tylor, Eternity Playhouse Theatre. 

Journey's End,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Samantha Young, ATYP.                            

My Fair Lady, Assistant Scenic Associate, dir. Julie Andrews, Designed by Oliver Smith, Scenic Supervisor Rosaria Sinisi, Scenic Associate Naomi Berger & Pip Runicman, Opera Australia.  

Hurt,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Hardwick, The Old 505 Theatre.

Leaves,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Rachel Chant, The Kings Cross Theatre.

The Block Universe,  Set & Costume Designer,  dir. Dominic Mercer, The Old 505 Theatre.

The Best Brothers, Set & Costume Designer, dir. Gareth Boylen, The Old 505 Theatre.

Great Expectations,  Costume Designer,  dir. Tyran Parke, NIDA Open Program.

Merry Widow, Assistant Designer to Michael Scott-Mitchell, dir. Graeme Murphy, Opera Australia. 

2015

Love and Honour and Pride and Pity, Costume Designer, dir.  by Priscilla Jackman, The Space at NIDA.

Top Girls,  Set & Costume Designer, dir. Susanna Dowling, The Atrium at NIDA.

A Dream Play , Set & Costume Designer, dir. Kim Carpenter, The Parade Space at NIDA.