SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Dann is a Multi award winning set and costume designer who’s work is influenced by his study of drawing and fine art at the Royal Melbourne institute of technology (RMIT - BA, Fine Arts). Also a graduate of the National institute of the dramatic arts (NIDA - BA, Dramatic Arts).
Recent work includes; Blak in the room (ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company), Rhinoceros and The Crocodile (Spinning Plates), Macbeth; An Undoing (Malthouse Theatre), Yentl (in association with Kadimah Yiddish Theatre and Malthouse Theatre). Candide and Melbourne, Cheryomushki (Victorian Opera); Wittenoom and The Amateurs (Red Stitch Actors Theatre). World Problems, A Very Jewish Christmas Carol and Bloom (Melbourne Theatre Company); Rent (LPD Productions); Far Away (Patalog Theatre at fortyfivedownstairs).
Dann has won five Greenroom awards for Outstanding Scenic and Costume design in Cabaret, Opera and Theatre.
He is a guest lecturer and tutor at the Victorian Collage of the Arts and Melbourne University.
DESIGN CREDITS
2025
Meow Meow's Red shoes, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Kate Champion
Meow Meow's Red shoes, set and costume designer, Belvoir St Theatre, dir. Kate Champion
RENT, set designer, LPD Productions, Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland,Sydney Opera House, dir. Shaun Rennie
Troy, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Mathew Lutton
Fair Punishment, Set Designer, Browns Mart, dir. Susie Dee
Bloom, Set Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Dean Bryant
Candide, Set and Costume Designer, Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland,Sydney Opera House, dir. Dean Bryant
2024
Blak in the Room, Set and Costume Designer, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Rachel Maze, Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Amy Sole
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Set and Costume design (Independent)
Rhinoceros, Costume Designer and Co Set Designer, Spinning Plates, dir. Cassandra Fumi
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Costume design (Theatre Company’s)
Yentl, set and costume designer, Play House, Sydney Opera House, dir. Gary Abrahams
*WINNER - for Sydney Theatre Award for Costume design (Independent Theatre )
*Nominated - for Sydney Theatre Award for Set design (Independent Theatre)
Macbeth, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Mathew Lutton
World Problems, set and costume designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Cassandra Fumi
Yentl, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, dir. Gary Abrahams
Candide, set and costume designer, Victorian Opera, dir. Dean Bryant
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Costume design (Opera)
RENT, set designer, LPD Productions, Drama Theatre, National Tour, dir. Shaun Rennie
2023
A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Costume Designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Sarah Gilles*
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Costume design (Theatre Company’s)
Far Away, set and costume designer, Patalog Theatre Company, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Cassandra Fumi
Bloom, set designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Dean Bryant
Cheryomushki, set designer, Victorian Opera, dir. Constantine Costi*
*WINNER - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Opera)
The Crococdile, set and costume designer, Spinning Plates, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Cassandra Fumi
*WINNER - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Independent)
Wittenoom, set and costume designer, Red Stitch Actors theatre, dir. Susie Dee
2022
The Amateurs, set and costume designer, Red Stitch Actors theatre, dir. Susie Dee*
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Set design (Theatre Company’s)
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Costume design (Theatre Company’s)
Yentl, set and costume designer, Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Fairfax, Arts Centre Melbourne, dir. Gary Abrahams*
*WINNER - Green Room Award for Set Design (Theatre Company’s)
*Nominated - for Green Room Award for Costume design (Theatre Company’s)
Highest Building - Flume, Props Maker, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
Hollow - Flume ft. Emma Louise, set designer & head scenic artist, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
2021
The Mermaid, set and costume designer, La Mama, Courthouse, dir. Cassandra Fumi*
*WINNER - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Independent)
Chess, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Regent Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
Romance was Born - Petals on the Wind, Production Designer/Maker, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
Rent, set designer, Surgery Rum Productions / LPD Productions, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, dir. Shaun Rennie
2020
The Sovereigns Wife, set and costume designer, Hayes Theatre co, dir Declan Green and Ash Flanders
Amelie the musical, set and costume designer, Darlinghust theatre co, dir Shaun Rennie
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Her Majesty’s Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
The Boy, George, set and costume designer, One Eyed Man Productions, Chapel off Chapel, dir. Richard Carroll
2019
Facing Medea, set and costume designer, La Mama, Courthouse, dir. Jenny Kemp
The Ghetto Cabaret, set and costume designer, Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Gary Abrahams*
*WINNER - Green Room Award for Design (Cabaret)
Escaped Alone, set and costume designer, Red Stitch Actors theatre, dir. Jenny Kemp
Shakespeare in Love, associate costume designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, dir. Simon Phillips, designed by Gabriela Tylesova*
*Nominated - Green Room Award best Set and Costume Designs (Theatre Company’s)
Barnum, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Regent Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
33 Variations, set designer, Cameron Lukey / Mariners Group, Comedy Theatre, dir. Gary Abrahams
2018
Carmen: Live or Dead, set designer, Hayes Theatre co, dir. Shaun Rennie
2017
Rainbow Man, director and set designer, Goodnight Darlings, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Dann Barber
Angel in America, set and costume designer, Cameron Lukey, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Gary Abrahams
L'incoronazione di Poppea, set and costume designer, Lyric Opera, Chapel off Chapel, Tyran Parke
Carmen, Model Maker, Opera Australia, dir. John Bell, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell
2016
Sleeping Beauty, associate costume designer, Australian Ballet, State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, choreography by David Mcallister designed by Gabriela Tylesova,
Jekyll and Hyde, model maker, dir. John Frost and Opera Australia, Princess Theatre, Christopher Renshaw, designed by Gabriela Tylesova
Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, Griffin theatre company, dir. Chris Bendal
2015
Othello, model maker, Bell Shakespeare, dir. Peter Evens, designed by Michael Hankin
Arcadia, model maker, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Richard Cottrell, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchelll
Young and Jacksons, co. set and costume designer, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Wayne Harrison
A Midsummer Nights Dream, set and costume designer, La Botie Theatre co, dir. Benjamin Schostakowski
2014
A Tribute of Sorts, set and costume designer, Queensland Theatre company, Billie Brown Theatre, dir. Benjamin Schostakowski
The Light in The Piazza, set designer, NIDA, Parade Theatre, dir. Roger Hodgman
The False Servant, set and costume designer, NIDA, Parade Studio, dir. Mackenzie Steele
Switzerland, model maker, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Sarah Goodes, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell
2013
Klutz: a Tragic Comedy, co. set and costume designer,NIDA, Parade Space, dir. Benjamin Schostakowski
No Sound, co-production designer, Triple J/RAGE, dir. Angus Wilkinson
ExpoNIDA, co-exhibition designer, NIDA
2012
Sunday in the park with George, costume design assistant, NIDA, Parade Theatre, dir. Wayne Harrison, Designed by Ally mansell
The Illusion, set design assistant, NIDA, Carriageworks, dir. Kate Whoriskey, Designed by Katren Wood