2012 COSI FAN TUTTE, Opera Australia Revival
Costume Designer
Director: Jim Sharman, Sydney Opera House
2011 LOVE NEVER DIES By Andrew Lloyd Webber
Set and Costume Designer
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific/UK, Directed by Simon Phillips
Australian Premiere, Melbourne May 2011, Sydney transfer January 2012
Winner 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Costume Design and Best Scenic Design
Winner 2012 Green Room Award for Best Costume Design and Best Scenic Design
2010 OF EARTH AND SKY, Double Bill, Bangarra Dance Theatre
Costume Designer
Choreographed by Frances Rings and Daniel Riley
2010 FOX, Monkey Baa Productions / Siren Theatre Company
Set and Costume Designer
Director: Kate Gaul
2009 COSI FAN TUTTE, Opera Australia
Costume Designer
Director: Jim Sharman
Sydney Opera House, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
Winner of the Best Costume Design Award, 2010 Helpmann Awards
2004 and 2009 BAROQUE MASTERWORKS, Acis and Galatea / Dido and Aeneas / Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Opera Australia
Set and Costume Designer
Director: Patrick Nolan
2008 CLOCKWORK FOREST, Brink Productions and Windmill Performing Arts
Set and Costume Designer
Director: Chris Drummond
Sydney Theatre Company transfer, Adelaide Fringe Festival
Nominated for a 2009 Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children
2007 THE PILLOWMAN, Melbourne Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Simon Phillips
2007 TOMFOOLERY, Melbourne Theatre Company
Set and Costume Designer
Director: Simon Phillips
2007 PIPPIN, Kookaburra Theatre Company
Set and Costume Designer
Directed and Choreographed by Ross Coleman
2006 15TH ASIAN GAMES, DOHA 2006, Qatar
Costume design—Opening Ceremonies.
Set and costume design—Closing Ceremonies
Produced by David Atkins Enterprises for the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee.
2006 SCHEHERAZADE, The Australian Ballet
Set and Costume Design
Choreography Mikhail Fokine, Staged by John Auld
2006 MERCHANT OF VENICE, Bell Shakespeare Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Anna Volska
2006 THE LADY BUG, Cannes Film Festival 2006
Costume Design
Director: Jane Campion
2004 and 2006 URINETOWN—The Musical, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Simon Philips
2005 THIS LITTLE PIGGY, Sydney Theatre Company
Costume Design
Director: Benjamin Winspear
2005 BOOMERANG, Bangarra Dance Theatre
Costume Design
Director: Stephen Page
2005 CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Melbourne Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Simon Phillips
2004 EUREKA, Eureka The Musical
Costume Design
Director: Gale Edwards
2004 BAROQUE MASTERWORKS, Dido and Aeneas and Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Opera Australia
Set and Costume Design
Director: Patrick Nolan
2004 OUR LADY OF SLIGO, Company B, Belvoir St Theatre
Set and Costume Design
Director: Kate Gaul
2004 LOW, Carrousel Theater an der Parkaue Berlin
Set and Costume Design
Director: David Berthold
2004 BLITHE SPIRIT, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company
Set Design
Director: Roger Hodgman
2003 THE VISIT, Melbourne Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Simon Phillips
Winner of Best Design in a Play, Green Room Awards 2004
2003 SALOME, Opera Australia
Costume Design
Director: Antony Ernst
2003 CLOSE YOUR LITTLE EYES, Kitchen Sink Productions / Sydney Festival
Set and Costume Design
Director: Max Lyandvert
2002 VOLPONE, Sydney Theatre Company
Costume Design
Director: Marion Potts
2002 MACBETH, Sydney Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Benjamin Winspear
2002 LOBBY HERO, Ensemble Theatre
Set and Costume Design
Director: Kate Gaul
2002 KINDERSPIEL, Sydney Festival, ATYP and Carrousel Theater an der Parkaue Berlin
Set and Costume Design
Studio, Opera House
Directed by David Berthold & Manuel Schobel
2001 KING UBU, Belvoir St Theatre
Costume Design
Director: Michael Kantor
2001 MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER, B Sharp with Kitchen Sink, Belvoir St Theatre
Set and Costume Design
Direction and Music : Max Lyandvert
2001, 2002, 2003 SWEENEY TODD, Opera Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane)
Costume Design
Director: Gale Edwards
Winner of Best Design in a Play, Green Room Awards 2002
2001 ELIXIR OF LOVE, Opera Australia (Melbourne & Sydney)
Costume Design
Director: Simon Phillips
Nomination for Best Costume Design, Helpmann Award 2002
2000 ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE, Blueprints—Sydney Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Benedict Andrews
2000 CAN WE AFFORD THIS / THE COST OF LIVING, DV8 Physical Theatre / Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival
Design Consultant
Choreographer: Lloyd Newson
2000 WHAT A PIECE OF WORK, Griffin Theatre Company
Set and Costume Design
Director: Ros Horin
2000 MIRROR, Short Film, Sonik Films
Set and Costume Design
Director: Nikki Moss and Sophie Alstergren
1999 PEACE ANGELS, Project presentation folio
Set and Costume Design
Director: Antoinette Blaxland
1999 NIDA representative for Prague Quadriennale, 1999 exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture.
1999 SLEIGHS, BELLS and WHISPERS, Awesome Festival (Perth) & Evolve Theatre Company
Costume Design
Director: M.L. Simpson
1999 AUCTION DINNER IN THE HUNTER VALLEY, Opera Australia
Set and Costume Design
1999 SMIRNOFF FASHION AWARDS, CRD Events/Peter Reeve
Ballroom Design
1999 STC DIRECTORY, Thunder Rock
Set and Costume Design
Director: Victoria Longley
1999 THE CHERRY ORCHARD, NIDA, A.P. Chekhov
Set and Costume Design
Director: Antoinette Blaxland
1999 CELLULOID HEROES II, David Williamson
Costume Design
Director: Tony Knight
1998 NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS, Sydney Harbour, City of Sydney, Spectak International Events. Sculptor
1997 BABE, PIG IN THE CITY, Film, Kennedy Miller Productions—Art department—Sculptor
Directed by George Miller
Production design by Roger Ford
1996-1997 TERRAPIN PUPPET THEATRE, Hobart, Tasmania
Puppet & Props Maker
1994-1996 THEATRE MINOR, Prague/Czech Republic
Resident designer
Artistic director Karel Makonj
Design and implementation of promotion materials, interior design of the Theatre Club, Theatre lobby and Underground Puppet Gallery containing collection of valuable puppets and marionettes, loans from the depositaries of the National Museum and private collectors.
1993-1994 Private Contract, Newcastle, United Kingdom
1992-1993 MALE DIVADLO, LITTLE THEATRE, Ceske Budejovice, South Bohemia
Design and implementation of masks and puppets
Beauty and the Beast—mask design
1991-1992 HOCH ADVERTISING AGENCY, Ceske Budejovice, South Bohemia
Graphic Designer
Creative Director: Vlastimil Hoch
Academic Qualifications
2005 Certificate-Cinematography for Designers, Australian Film Television & Radio School, Sydney, Australia
2000 Bachelor of Dramatic Art in Design, National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, Australia
1996 IELTS Test of English Language—Academic version, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
Work Experience (Whilst at NIDA)
2000 THE FARM—Tv mini-series,
Burberry Productions. Storyboard artist
Director: Kate Woods
1999 WOYZECK— Director: Barrie Kosky Design: Peter Corrigan
1999 PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL 1999— NIDA Representative
1999 SPECTAK PRODUCTIONS— New Years Eve Preparations Sculptor
1999 BABE, Pig in the City Kennedy Miller —Sculptor
1999 Storyboard Artist work
1999 FOX STUDIO OPENING— Fox Studios / Channel 9 Director: Gillian Armstrong
Gabriela speaks fluent English, Czech, German and Russian.