Emily Barrie
Designer
Design history includes Set and Costume for; The Melbourne Theatre Company, The Malthouse, Belvoir Street Theatre, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Rawcus Theatre, Chamber Made Opera, Arena Theatre Company, Back to Back, Melbourne Worker’s Theatre, Circus Oz, The Women’s Circus, Westside Circus, N.I.C.A., Moomba Parade.
2010 – 2015 included designs for Jack Charles Vs. The Crown, Foley, Coranderrk and North West of Nowhere – Ilbijerri Theatre Company.
Costumes for the opening ceremony at The Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain – Paris and the Opening Parade for Opera Australia’s Ring Festival.
As an Associate Artist with Rawcus Theatre designs include, Another Lament Chamber Made Opera/The Malthouse, Small Odysseys – Arts House, and most recently, Catalogue as a part of Dance Massive 2015 – Arts House.
Most recently Emily designed costumes for NED – A New Australian Musical, launched at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, costumes for Born in Sawdust – NICA, set and costumes for Sunny Ray and the magnificent Moon – Arena Theatre Co./Sydney Festival, Costumes for The Annual Moomba Parade 2016 – 2018, the set design for Twenty Sixteen – Circus Oz International Tour, For the Ones Who Walk Away – St. Martin’s Youth Theatre Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017, and Song for a Weary Throat – Rawcus Theatre Company.
Awards and Nominations;
Green Room Nomination Costume Design 2007 – Hunger – Rawcus/M.S.O. Green Room Nomination Set Design 2008 – The Heart of Another is a Dark Forest – Rawcus/Restless Dance Theatre
Helpmann Award Nomination Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production 2009– At First Sight – National Institute of Circus Arts
Green Room Nomination Set Design 2011 – Small Odysseys – Rawcus
Helpmann Award Best Regional Tour 2014 – Jack Charles v The Crown – Ilbijerri Theatre Company
A MAGNA Award 2015– Liberty of the Press – Barking Spider Visual Theatre.
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017 – Best Live Art Performance – For the Ones Who walk Away – St. Martin’s Youth Theatre.
Green Room Award Design 2018 – For the Ones Who Walk Away – St.Martin’s Youth Theatre.
Green Room Award – Best Production 2018 – Song for a Weary Throat – Rawcus
Rawcus productions: Sideshow (2004), Boxset (2004), Not Dead Yet (2005), Collisions (2005), Rawcus at Artplay (2006), Hunger (2007), Heart of Another is Dark Forest (2008), Sticky (2009), Small Odysseys (2011) Catalogue ( 2015) Song for a Weary Throat (2017. 2019) Glass ( 2021)