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Attachment: New Zealand Designs at the PQ91.pdf

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• John Verryt

* 23.01.1952, Auckland
Education: Trained at Theatre Corporate and Mercury Theatre
Collaboration with theatres: Silo Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Black Grace, Douglas Wright Dance Co, NBR NZ Opera
Continuing collaboration with directors: Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Leyland, Oliver Driver, Neil Ieremia, Douglas Wright
Additional information: Born in 1952 in New Zealand. Currently Head of Design at Mercury Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Productions include stage and costume design for opera, musicals and drama.

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• Tony Geddes

* 1946
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Set designer at Court Theatre Christchurch. He participated in PQ 1987, 1991, 1995.

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Exhibiting works

• George Bernard Shaw: (St. Joan), (Court Theatre), 1991
  

  

  

  
  
  
• David Thornley

* 1944
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in 1944 in New Zealand. Freelance set designer, collaborating with Court Theatre, Canterbury Opera and Dance. He participated in PQ 1987 and 1991.

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Exhibiting works

• M. Gow: (Away), (Court Theatre), 1987
  

  
  
  
• Iain AITKEN

Additional information: Born in 1955 in New Zealand. Presently works as a freelance production designer in film, television and theatre. He has worked in Australia, Canada and North Amerika. Exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial 1983.

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Exhibiting works

• D. Hwang: (Madame Butterfly), Mercury Theatre 1991
  

  
  
  
• Peter LESS-JEFFRIES

Additional information: Born in 1941 in Malaisia. Freelance designer, created costumes for drama, opera and ballet.

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• Erik ULFERS

Additional information: Born in 1951 in United States. Since 1977 he has designed scores of productions in both Europe and U.S.A. including costumes and sets for ballet, musicals, drama and television.

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• Tracy Grant Lord (Tracy Grant)

* 1961, New Zealand
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Education: Bachelor of Spatial Design, AUT University, Auckland
Collaboration with theatres: Sydney Theatre Co, Auckland Theatre Company, Singapore Dance Theatre, Australian Opera, Australian Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet
Participation in other important exhibitions: WSD Toronto 2005
Continuing collaboration with directors: Pamela Rabe, Simon Phillips, Raymond Hawthorne, Colin McColl, Gary Harris, Janek Schergen
Awards: Winston Churchill Award (1987); Olivier Nomination (UK) 2004
Additional information: Tracy Grant Lord is a leading stage designer of theatre, opera and ballet. Her career began serving a 10 year design apprenticeship at the Mercury Theatre (Auckland) and since then she has worked as a freelance designer with the major performance companies throughout Australasia. She is a Winston Churchill Fellow, has a Bachelor of Spatial Design from Auckland University of Technology and her work has been chosen to represent performance design in New Zealand, at the Prague Quadrennial (Czech Republic) in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007. She was also selected to exhibit at the World Stage Design exhibition in Toronto (Canada) in 2005. Highlights of her work include the acclaimed Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 50th Anniversary production of Romeo and Juliet, which premiered at Sadlers Wells in London in 2004. This production then went on to receive an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Dance Production in the UK in 2005. Recent projects include “In The Next Room” (2011) for Sydney Theatre Company, “Sleeping Beauty” (2010) for Singapore Dance Theatre, “Oliver!” (2009) and “Le SUD” (2010) for Auckland Theatre Company and a new festival opera work “Electric” (2011).