DAN POTRA                          PRODUCTION DESIGNER
NOVEMBER 2020


PROJECTS   CURRENTLY   IN   PRODUCTION

   MANCHESTER DAY PARADE 2021
Producer: WALK THE PLANK,MANCHESTER,UK
               Artistic Director andProduction  Designer

      SHAUN THE SHEEP
    CIRCA
Director:Yaron Lifschitz
Stage and Video Designer

SONGS OF NATURE 
TARNSPARANT OPERA ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Director: Shuang Zou
Designer


OPERA
2019
WHITELY
Opera Australia
Director: David Freeman
Production Designer

LA CENERENTEOLA
Seattle Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

2018
CARMEN
Oper Leipzig
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

LA BOHEME
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Director: Andy Morton
Set and Costume Designer

2017
CARMEN
New Zealand Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Production Designer

CINDERELLA (ASKUNGEN)
The Royal Swedish opera
 Director: Lindy Hume
Set and costume designer

DRACULA
The Royal Swedish Opera
 Director: Linus Fellbom
Set and Costume Designer

2016 

THE WICKED ADVENTURES OF COUNT ORY
Seattle Opera, Seattle
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

SATYAHRAHA
Folkoperan, Sweden
Director: Tilde Björfors
Set and Costume Designer

TURANDOT
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Director and Choreographer: Shi-Zheng Chen
Set and Costume Designer
Nominated, Best Scenic Design, 2016 Helpmann Awards

2015
THEODORA
Pinchgut Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

HOFFMAN’S ADVENTURE
Folkoperan, Sweden
Director: Linus Fellbom
Set and Costume Designer

2014 
HANS OCH GRETA
Malmo Opera, Sweden
Director: Linus Fellbom
Set and Costume Designer

THE PERFECT AMERICAN
Brisbane Festival transfer
English National Opera / Teatro-Real Madrid
Director: Phelim McDermott 
Set and Costume Designer 
Nominated, Best Scenic Design 2015 Helpmann Awards

SHARJAH ORATORIO
Multiple Spinifex
Director: Gavin Robins. Artistic Direction by Nigel Jamieson
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Set & Costume Designer

DON PASQUALE
Opera Leipzig
Director: Lindy Hume
Set ,Video & Costume Design

2013 
CINDERELLA
Opera Queensland
Director: Lindy Hume
Set & Costume Designer

THE PERFECT AMERICAN
English National Opera / Teatro-Real Madrid
Director: Phelim McDermott 
Set and Costume Designer 

2012
LA BOHEME
Berlin Staatsoper
(Revival)
Director: Lindy Hume
Set Designer

    DIE TOTE STADT
Opera Australia
Director: Bruce Beresford
Projection Designer

THE PORTRAIT
Opera North and Opera de Lorraine
Director: David Pountney
Set and Costume Designer

ZAIDE
Coruna Festival, Spain
  Director:  Graeme Vicks
Set and Costume Designer

SAMSON
Buxton Festival
Director: Daniel Slater
Set,Costume and Video Designer

CYRANO DE BERGERAC
National Theatre of Greece
Director: David Freeman 
Set and Costume Designer

2008
L’INCORONAZIONE DI DARIO
Garsington Festival, Oxforshire
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

2007 
DEAD MAN WALKING
Andrew McManus Presents
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Set and Costume Designer
Winner 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Scenic Design

FUTURE ME by Stephen Brown
Theatre 503, London
Director: Guy Ratallack
Set and Costume Designer

THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE
West Australian Opera 
Director: Lindy Hume
Set Designer
Nominated for Best Scenic Design – Helpmann Awards 2007

2006
 IDOMENEO
Pinchgut Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set Designer

THE MAGIC FLUTE
Opera Australia
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

2005
NORMA
St Gallen Opera, Switzerland
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

NABUCCO
Opera Australia
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

2004
BARBER OF SEVILLE
Houston Grand Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

BATAVIA
Opera Australia / WA Opera / Perth International Arts Festival
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

2003
CARMEN
Opera Australia
Director: Lindy Hume
Set Designer

2002
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
St Gallen Theatre & Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

LOVE IN THE AGE OF THERAPY
OzOpera
Director: Patrick Nolan
Set and Costume Designer
Nominated for Best Scenic Design – Helpmann Award 2003

2001
BATAVIA
Opera Australia / Melbourne Festival
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer
Winner for Best Opera - Helpmann Award 2002

LA BOHEME
Berlin Staatsoper
Director: Lindy Hume
Set Designer

2000 
SALOME
Mariinsky Opera, St Petersburg
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

LURIDI SCOLARES and ERAT UNUM CANTOR BONUS
Brixi Opera’s
Muziek Theatre Transparant, Belgium
Director: Douglas Horton
Set and Costume Designer

TOLOMEO (Revival)
Muziek Theatre Transparant, Belguim
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

1999
ORLANDO
Oz Opera - Melbourne
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

THE THREEPENNY OPERA
West Australian Opera
Director: Gregorii Ditiatkovski
Set and Costume Designer

1998
JENUFA
Opera Australia
Director: Neil Armfield
Set Designer

TOLEMEO
Muziektheater, Transparant, Belgium
Director:  Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

1997
WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Chamber Made Opera
Director: Douglas Horton
Set and Costume Designer

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
The Australian Opera
Director:  Thea Brejcek
Set Designer

1996
LAKME
Victorian State Opera
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

BARBER OF SEVILLE
Wellington City Opera
Director:  John Wregg
Set and Costume Designer

RIGOLETTO
Wellington City Opera
Director:  Thea Brejcek
Set and Costume Designer

THE GROWING CASTLE
Pocket Opera
Set and Costume Designer

1995  
   CASANOVA CONFINED
Sydney Metropolitan Opera
Composer:  Andrew Ford
Director:  John Wregg
Set and Costume Designer

THE BURROW
Chamber Made Opera
Director:  Douglas Horton
Set and Costume Designer

MADAME BUTTERFLY
Hunter Orchestra
Director: John Wregg
Set and Costume Designer

CARMEN
The Australian Opera/WA Opera
Director:  Lindy Hume
Set Designer

1994             
QUITO
Sydney Metropolitan Opera
Director:  John Wregg
Set and Costume Designer

CHRISTINA'S WORLD
Sydney Metropolitan Opera
Director:  John Wregg
Set and Costume Designer

THE BURROW
The West Australian Opera, Festival of Perth and the Song Company
Director:  Michael Kantor
Set and Costume Designer

FARENHEIGHT 451 and FOXY
Performing Lines for the Sydney Metropolitan Opera Company
Belvoir Street Theatre
Set and Costume Designer

CARMEN
The West Australian Opera
Director:  Lindy Hume
Set Designer

MUSICALS
         
    2019   
NINE COLOURS DEER
People’s Art Theatre of Wuhan, China
Set and Costume Designer

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Malmo Opera, Sweden
Set and Costume Designer

SCROOGE THE MUSICAL
Music Hall, Belgium
Set and Costume Designer

2018 
THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN
Music Hall, Belgium
Set and Costume Designer

2017 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
The Production Company
Director: Gayle Edwards
Set and Costume Designer

2014                    
SHARJAH ORATORIO
Multiple Spinifex
Director: Gavin Robins. Artistic Direction by Nigel Jamieson
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Set & Costume Designer
2012                   
 A PLACE BY THE RIVER (Hamer Hall Re-Opening)
Victoria Arts Centre
Director: Stuart Maunder
Set and Costume Designer

ZANGOORA – BOLLYWOOD MUSICAL
2010 Kingdom of Dreams Theme Park, New Delhi
Supervising Production Designer

2008 
SWEENEY TODD
Southbank, London
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

2007
MOON LANDING
Derby Playhouse
Director: Stephen Edwards
Set,Costume and Video Designer

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Derby Playhouse
Director: Karen Louise Hebden
Set,Costume and Video Designer

2003
BRUNDIBAR
Windmill Theatre
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Set and Costume Design
Nominated Best Scenic Design - Helpmann Awards 2004

1999          
 THE THREEPENNY OPERA
West Australian Opera
Director: Gregorii Ditiatkovski
Set and Costume Designer

1997
THE MEDIUM and TROUBLE IN TAHITI
Muziektheater, Belgium
Director:  Douglas Horton
Set and Costume Designer


LARGE   SCALE   PRODUCTIONS
  2018   
            HEARTLAND-AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK SPECTACULAR
Village Roadshow
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Production Designer

              COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Jack Morton Worldwide
Artistic Director: David Zwolker
Opening ceremony PRODUCTION DESIGNER
                             
WOW  ARENA SPECTACULAR, WELLINGTON
Director: Andy Parker
Production Designer

2015 
CLUSTERS OF LIGHT
Spinifex Group, Egypt
Artistic Director: Nigel Jamieson
Set and Costume Designer

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2015 PACIFIC GAMES
Makoda Productions
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Production Designer – Opening and Closing Ceremonies

2014 
THEATRE REPUBLIC PRECINT – 2014 BRISBANE FESTIVAL
Brisbane Festival 
Site Designer

   SHARJAH ORATORIO
Multiple Spinifex
Director: Gavin Robins. Artistic Direction by Nigel Jamieson
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Set and Costume Designer

2012   
           HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Global Creatures Australia / DreamWorks US
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Costume and Projection Designer

2010 
OMANI NATIONAL DAY
Muscat, Oman
Director: Lisle Turner
Production Designer

OMANI NATIONAL TATTOO
Muscat, Oman
Wizcraft, New Delhi
Supervising Production Designer

FIFA WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY-South Africa
Director: David Zwolker
 Production Designer


XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONY
New Delhi, India
Wizcraft 
Production Designer

2009 
THE GATHERING – Aisling’s Children
Edinburgh
Director: Jenny Gilmour and Mark Murphy
Production Designer

IIFA AWARDS
Macao
Wizcraft Internatinoal
Supervising Production Designer

DONETSK STADIUM OPENING CEREMONIES
Donetsk, Ukraine
Filmaster, Milano
Director: Marco Balich
Production Designer

LIVERPOOL CITY STAND CONCEPT – SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010
Designer

2008 
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE – PORTRAIT OF A NATION
Director: Orit Azaz
Production Designer

INTERNATIONAL WATCH COMPANY
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Animation and Video Designer

                             LIVERPOOL EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
– OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONIES
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Production Designer

2006 
COMMONWEALTH GAMES MELBOURNE
Opening and Closing ceremonies 
Production Designer

2002 
TESTIMONY
Australian Art Orchestra
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Set and Costume Designer

2000               
SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES - OPENING CEREMONY
Deep Sea Dreaming
Director: Meryl Tankard 
Tin Symphony
Director: Nigel Jamieson
Production Designer
2001 Winner for Best Costume - Helpmann Award

1999
 FOX STUDIOS STREET ENTERTAINMENT
Fox Studios Australia
Director: Barrie Kosky
Site and Costume Designer

1997 
BLACK MARY
Belvoir Street Theatre/Festival of the Dreaming
Director: Angela Chaplin
Set and Costume Designer

BALLET ,  DANCE ,  CIRCUS
 2019  
  BRIDGE
         IMAGINEER ,Coventry,UK
Director: Orit Azzaz
Set and Costume Designer

   2015              
 DOUBLE IT
Ovationz Productions, China,New York
Director: Shi Zheng Chen
Set and Costume Designer
    
2011 
BARRICADE
Nofit State Circus
   Director: Orit Azzaz
Production Designer

GAMES TIME
SO Festival
Director: Lea Anderson
Production Designer

SUNDOWNER
KAGE
Director: Kate Denborough
Set Concept

2008 
SEVEN
Choreographed by Leigh Warren
Leigh Warren Dancers
Set Designer

2001                
 CARMINA BURANA
State Opera of South Australia / Australian Ballet
Director: Lindy Hume
Set and Costume Designer

THE DEEP END
Australian Ballet
Director: Meryl Tankard
Set  Designer

1995 
WILDHEART
Legs on the Wall
Director:  Nigel Jamieson
Set and Costume Designer

THEATRE   
   
2018
THE MISANTHROPE
Bell Shakespeare
Director: Lee Lewis          
Set and Costume Designer

THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES
Griffin Theatre Company
Director: Lee Lewis
              Set and Costume Designer

2014  
 A DOLL’S HOUSE
La Boite Theatre
Brisbane Festival
Director: Steven Mitchell Wright
Set and Costume Designer

2013                    
THE BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE
Racing Pulse Productions/Riverside/Belvoir with STARTTS
Director: Ros Horin
Set Designer
                             
THURSDAY
Brink Productions / English Touring Theatre  
Director: Chris Drummond
Set and Costume Designer

FORGET ME NOT
Belvoir
Director: Anthea Williams
Set & Costume Designer

2007
 FUTURE ME by Stephen Brown
              Theatre 503, London
Director: Guy Ratallack
Set and Costume Designer

 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Derby Playhouse
Director: Katie McAleese
Set and Costume Designer
                               
BOURGEOIS GENTLEMAN
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Jean-Pierre Mignon
Set Designer
Nominated for Best Set Design - Sydney Theatre Awards 2007

JOHNNO
Brisbane Festival and Derby Playhouse, UK
Director:  Stephen Edwards
Set and Costume Designer

2004 
THE MISER
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Jean Pierre Mignon 
Set Designer

TWELFTH NIGHT
Bell Shakespeare Company
Director: David Freeman
Set and Costume Designer

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Melbourne Theatre Company
Director: Simon Philips
Set Designer

HINTERLAND
Melbourne Theatre Company
Director: Peter Houghton
Set and Costume Designer

2003 
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
Company B Belvoir
Director: Neil Armfield
Set Designer

BROKEN GLASS
Ensemble Theatre
Director: Adam Cook
Set and Costume Designer

COSI
La Boite Theatre
Director: Adam Cook
Set and Costume Designer

2002
VOLPONE
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Marion Potts
Set Designer

2001              
 SALT
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Jennifer Hagan
Set Designer

KING UBU
Company B Belvoir
Director: Michael Kantor
Set Designer

1999
 FEATURES OF BLOWN YOUTH
              Performing Lines / Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin
Director: Adriano Cortese
Set and Costume Designer

LIFE SUPPORT
Ensemble Theatre
Director: Chris Canute
Set and Costume Designer

SHIP OF FOOLS
Griffin Theatre
Director: Ros Horrin
Set and Costume Designer
                   
1998 
FRED
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: Mary Anne Gifford
Set Designer

THE MONKEY TRAP
Griffin Theatre Company / Stables Theatre
Director: Ros Horin
Set and Costume Designer

CHASING THE DRAGON
Sydney Theatre Company
Director: David Berthold
Set Designer

1997 
BLACK MARY
Belvoir Street Theatre/Festival of the Dreaming
Director: Angela Chaplin
Set and Costume Designer

FEATURES OF BLOWN YOUTH
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
Director: Adriano Cortese
Set and Costume Designer

1996 
LENZ
Melbourne Festival
Director: Michael Kantor
Set and Costume Designer 

LAST DAYS OF MANKIND
Adelaide Festival
Director: Michael Kantor
Set and Costume Designer

1995    
 HAMLET
Belvoir Street Theatre
Tour Melbourne and Adelaide
Director:  Neil Armfield
Set Designer
Nominated for Best Design -  Green Room Award 1995

1994            
 THE GAP
Belvoir Street Theatre/Canberra Theatre Festival
Courtyard Theatre/Tokyo Theatre Festival
Written and performed by Anna Broinowski
Directed: Marion Potts
Designer

HAMLET
Premiere Season
Belvoir Street Theatre
Director: Neil Armfield
Set Designer

BLUE MURDER
by Beatrix Christian
Director: Antoinette Blaxland
Belvoir Street Theatre
Set and Costume Designer

SHORT CIRCUITS
The Festival of Sydney
Director:  Melissa Bruce
Seymour Centre
Set and Costume Designer

MOSCOW TO PETUSHKI
The Stables Theatre
Director:  Richard Dillane
Set and Costume Designer

FAUST, PARTS 1 AND 2
Director:  Barrie Kosky
Set and Costume Designer

DUTCH COURTESAN
Melbourne Theatre Company
Director:  Roger Hodgman
Set and Costume Designer

MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill
Australian Theatre for Young People
The Seymour Centre
Director: Antionette Blaxland
Set and Costume Designer

1992            
 THE GREEKS
Concept  designs for submission to the Festival of Sydney 1993
Director: Gale Edwards
Set and Site Designer 

FILM   AND   TV

2003 
TOM WHITE
Rescued Films
Production Designer
Nominated for Best Production Design - AFI Awards 2004

THE WIDOWER
Music Arts Dance Films
Production Designer

2001 
SHORT CUTS
Burberry Productions for Disney Channel and Channel 10
Production Designer

IN THE WINTER DARK
Feature Film
Conceptual Design
Director: James Bogle
Producer: RB Films

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION
Feature Film
Conceptual Design
Director: Peter Duncan
Producer: Tristram Miall Films

FAMILY AFFAIR 
for the UNDER THE SKIN SBS Television series
     Production Designer

DARK SIDE
Bizarre Productions
Director: Alex Proyas
Conceptual Artist
Feature Film pre-production

FRAUDS - Feature film
Latent Image Films
Director:  Stephan Elliott
Art Department/Storyboard Artist

WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP- Feature film
The Australian Film Finance Corporation
Director:  Stephan Elliott
Concept and Storyboard Artist

NIDA   PRODUCTIONS:

MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
Directed by Babs McMillan
Costumes

THE MYSTERIES
Directed by Christopher Canute
Sets and Costumes

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
Directed by Adam Cook
Sets and Costumes

A SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Directed by Jennifer Hagan
Sets and Costumes

SERIOUS MONEY
(Graduation production)
Directed by Richard Cotteril
Sets and Costumes

TEACHING:
  1995-2018         
Design tutoring ,Assessment Design 1st and 2nd years-various
                              Opera,Theatre and Installation projects
2011-2020          
 UTS- Theatre design tutoring, Assessment
2001                    
 Zurich Art Institute, design tutoring, assessment and production supervision
2018                    
Stockholm Art College seconded  design group
2015-2018           
Wuhan Art College-seconded design students
EDUCATION

1989-92      
Completed Design Diploma at National Institute of Dramatic Arts

1983-87 
Nicolae Grigorescu Arts Institute, Bucharest
 Scenography

1976-80 
N. Tonitza Arts High School, Bucharest
Subject specialisations:  
Theatre & Film
Design and Animation.

Dan is an Australian citizen and is fluent in English, French and Romanian.  He has a working knowledge of German and Italian.




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