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
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2025​​
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Meow Meow's Red shoes, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Kate Champion
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Meow Meow's Red shoes, set and costume designer, Belvoir St Theatre, dir. Kate Champion
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RENT, set designer, LPD Productions, Drama Theatre, National Tour, dir. Shaun Rennie
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Troy, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Mathew Lutton
Fair Punishment, Set Designer, Browns Mart, dir. Susie Dee
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Bloom, Set Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Dean Bryant
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Candide, Set and Costume Designer, Victorian Opera, dir. Dean Bryant
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2024​
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Blak in the Room, Set and Costume Designer, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Rachel Maze, Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Amy Sole
Rhinoceros, Costume Designer and Co Set Designer, Spinning Plates, dir. Cassandra Fumi
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Yentl, set and costume designer, Play House, Sydney Opera House, dir. Gary Abrahams
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Macbeth, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, dir. Mathew Lutton
World Problems, set and costume designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Cassandra Fumi
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Yentl, set and costume designer, Malthouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, dir. Gary Abrahams
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Candide, set and costume designer, Victorian Opera, dir. Dean Bryant
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RENT, set designer, LPD Productions, Drama Theatre, National Tour, dir. Shaun Rennie
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2023
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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
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Bloom, set designer, Melbourne Theatre Company, dir. Dean Bryant
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Cheryomushki, set designer, Victorian Opera, dir. Constantine Costi*
*Winner - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Opera)
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The Crococdile, set and costume designer, Spinning Plates, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Cassandra Fumi
*Winner - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Independent)
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Wittenoom, set and costume designer, Red Stitch Actors theatre, dir. Susie Dee
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2022
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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)
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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)
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Highest Building - Flume, Props Maker, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
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Hollow - Flume ft. Emma Louise, set designer & head scenic artist, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
2021
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The Mermaid, set and costume designer, La Mama, Courthouse, dir. Cassandra Fumi*
*Winner - Green Room Award for Set and Costume Design (Independent)
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Chess, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Regent Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
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Romance was Born - Petals on the Wind, Production Designer/Maker, Kalliope Pictures dir. Michael Hili
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Rent, set designer, Surgery Rum Productions / LPD Productions, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, dir. Shaun Rennie
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2020
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The Sovereigns Wife, set and costume designer, Hayes Theatre co, dir Declan Green and Ash Flanders
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Amelie the musical, set and costume designer, Darlinghust theatre co, dir Shaun Rennie
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Her Majesty’s Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
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The Boy, George, set and costume designer, One Eyed Man Productions, Chapel off Chapel, dir. Richard Carroll
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2019
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Facing Medea, set and costume designer, La Mama, Courthouse, dir. Jenny Kemp
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The Ghetto Cabaret, set and costume designer, Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Gary Abrahams*
*Winner - Green Room Award for Design (Cabaret)
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Escaped Alone, set and costume designer, Red Stitch Actors theatre, dir. Jenny Kemp
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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)
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Barnum, set and costume designer, Storeyboard Entertainment, Regent Theatre, dir. Tyran Parke
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33 Variations, set designer, Cameron Lukey / Mariners Group, Comedy Theatre, dir. Gary Abrahams
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2018
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Carmen: Live or Dead, set designer, Hayes Theatre co, dir. Shaun Rennie
2017
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Rainbow Man, director and set designer, Goodnight Darlings, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Dann Barber
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Angel in America, set and costume designer, Cameron Lukey, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Gary Abrahams
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L'incoronazione di Poppea, set and costume designer, Lyric Opera, Chapel off Chapel, Tyran Parke
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Carmen, Model Maker, Opera Australia, dir. John Bell, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell
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2016
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Sleeping Beauty, associate costume designer, Australian Ballet, State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, choreography by David Mcallister designed by Gabriela Tylesova,
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Jekyll and Hyde, model maker, dir. John Frost and Opera Australia, Princess Theatre, Christopher Renshaw, designed by Gabriela Tylesova
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Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, Griffin theatre company, dir. Chris Bendal
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2015
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Othello, model maker, Bell Shakespeare, dir. Peter Evens, designed by Michael Hankin
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Arcadia, model maker, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Richard Cottrell, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchelll
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Young and Jacksons, co. set and costume designer, Fortyfivedownstairs, dir. Wayne Harrison
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A Midsummer Nights Dream, set and costume designer, La Botie Theatre co, dir. Benjamin Schostakowski
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2014
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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
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The False Servant, set and costume designer, NIDA, Parade Studio, dir. Mackenzie Steele
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Switzerland, model maker, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Sarah Goodes, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell
2013
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Klutz: a Tragic Comedy, co. set and costume designer,NIDA, Parade Space, dir. Benjamin Schostakowski
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No Sound, co-production designer, Triple J/RAGE, dir. Angus Wilkinson
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ExpoNIDA, co-exhibition designer, NIDA
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2012
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Sunday in the park with George, costume design assistant, NIDA, Parade Theatre, dir. Wayne Harrison, Designed by Ally mansell
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The Illusion, set design assistant, NIDA, Carriageworks, dir. Kate Whoriskey, Designed by Katren Wood