About
Isabel Hudson is an award-winning set and costume designer. Isabel won Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Set Design of an Independent Production in both 2019 and 2018 – for her set designs on the smash-hit, sold out musicals AMERICAN PSYCHO and CRY-BABY at Hayes Theatre Co. She also received Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Set Design of an Independent Production for the musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS (Hayes Theatre Co.), and for DRY LAND (Outhouse Theatre Co.).
Designs include: MAUREEN (Sydney Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rising Festival, Adelaide Festival & Darwin Festival), FARNACE (Pinchgut Opera); WINYANBOGA YURRINGA directed by Anthea Williams, EVERY BRILLIANT THING directed by Kate Champion (Belvoir); AMERICAN PSYCHO and CRY-BABY directed by Alexander Berlage (set design), RAZORHURST, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, SHE LOVES ME (Hayes Theatre Co); JESS & JOE FOREVER, TUESDAY (Belvoir 25A); THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Darlinghurst Theatre Co.); THE SHIFTING HEART, BLACKROCK (Seymour Centre); DRY LAND, SHE RODE HORSES LIKE THE STOCK EXCHANGE, THE WALWORTH FARCE, A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING, YOU GOT OLDER (Kings Cross Theatre); KING OF PIGS, EURYDICES (Old Fitz); LITTLE BORDERS (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); THE PLANT (Ensemble); HURT (HotHouse Theatre & Downstairs Belvoir).
Isabel is the Australian Set Associate for Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures) for the Austrlia, Korea Tour & Japanese Tour; and for Opera Australia, Isabel was assistant designer for MERRY WIDOW and MY FAIR LADY; and for Sydney Theatre Company, she was associate set & costume designer on FUN HOME directed by Dean Bryant. In 2020, Isabel’s work includes: set design for TORCH THE PLACE (Melbourne Theatre Company), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Hayes Theatre Co); design for EDWARD THE EMU (Monkey Baa Theatre), and associate set design THE SECRET GARDEN (Opera Australia/John Frost).
Isabel graduated from NIDA with a Bachelor of Arts in Design in 2015; and also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Screen and Sound) from the University of New South Wales. She was awarded the William Fletcher Foundation Scholarship 2018, the Kristian Fredrikison Scholarship in 2022 and The Thelma Afford Award for Costume Design in Stage and Screen in 2022 . Isabel is a lecturer for the Design for Performance program at NIDA.
Isabel is represented by Aurora Artist's Management
Contact: Justine Goss
Ph: +61 414 864 418
E: justine@auroraartists.com
CREDITS
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.