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.