Emma White is a set and costume designer for stage and screen.
Emma designs sets and costumes for Sydney Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, Belvoir 25A, Hayes Theatre Co, Red Line Productions, ATYP, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Milk Crate Theatre.
Emma has worked on various long-form narrative screen works in costume and art department for ABC, SBS, Arcadia Film, Fremantle Media and Foxtel. Emma has designed for various high profile commercial clients.
Emma is currently a lecturer at UTS in 'Scenographic Spaces' and has previously mentored at NIDA.
Emma is represented by Aurora Artists' Management
Upcoming;
OIL, Set Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Paige Rattray
OIL, Set Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Paige Rattray
Theatre credits include;
As Designer;
AS YOU LIKE IT, Set and Costume Designer, Queensland Theatre Company, dir. Damien Ryan
ON THE BEACH, Associate Costume Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Kip Williams
THE DISMISSAL, Co - Set and Costume Designer, Squabbalogic, dir. Jay James Moody
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, Costume Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Paige Rattray
GREEN PARK, Designer, Griffin Theatre Company, Dir. Declan Greene
A IS FOR APPLE, Set and Costume Designer, Griffin Theatre, Dir. Scarlet McGlynn
GODSPELL, Set Designer, Hayes Theatre Company, dir. Richard Carroll
SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL, Costume Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Constantine Costi
HAND TO GOD, Co-Set Designer and Costume Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Alex Berlage
THE DEB, Set Designer, Australian Theatre For Young People, dir. Hannah Reilly
BURN WITCH BURN, Set Designer, Red Line Productions / Fervour, dir. Claudia Osborne
BAD MACHINE, Set and Costume Designer, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Dir. Lily Balatincz
KASAMA KITA, Designer, Belvoir 25A, Dir. Erin Taylor
CHORUS, Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Clemmie Williams
NATURAL ORDER, Designer, Milk Crate Theatre, Dir. Margot Politis
STAY HAPPY KEEP SMILING, Designer, NIDA, dir. Kate Gaul
VENUS IN FUR, Designer, NIDA, dir. Kate Cherry
DAISY MOON WAS BORN THIS WAY, Designer, Q Theatre, dir. Nick Atkins
As Associate / Assistant Designer;
THE LAST SEASON, Assistant Designer, Force Majeure, Dir. Danielle Michich
POEM FOR A DRIED UP RIVER, Assistant Designer, Sydney Chamber Orchestra, Co-Created by Elizabeth Gadsby and Jane Sheldo
LORD OF THE FLIES, Design Assistant, (Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Kip Williams, set design. Elizabeth Gadsby
AMERICAN PSYCHO, Design Associate, Hayes Theatre, dir. Alexander Berlage
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, Design Assoicate, Sport For Jove, dir. Damien Ryan
NINE NIGHT, Design Assistant, National Theatre London, dir. Roy Alexander Weise, des. Rajha Shakiry
RICHARD II, Design Assistant, Shakespeare's Globe, dir. Adjoa Andoh, des. Rajha Shakiry
Screen credits include;
WHILE THE MEN WERE AWAY, Senior Buyer / Dresser, SBS
PREPPERS, Art Buyer/Dresser, ABC, Nakkiah Lui
THE PM'S DAUGHTER, Costume Design Assistant, ABC
MR INBETWEEN Season 3, Costume Design Assistant, dir Nash Edgerton
LETTERS, Production + Costume Designer, Photoplay, dir. Melvin Montalban
TOUGH, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Taylor Ferguson
MUKBANG, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Eliza Scanlen
BEAUTIFUL THEY, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Cloudy Rhodes
BALAS, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Deborah Brown
Commercial credits highlights;
AJE, Set Design, Dollhouse Productions, dir. Shannon Murphy
ALDI, Costume Design, Good Oil Film, dir, Taylor Ferguson
SMEG, Lead Art Stylist, The Grain
ORAL B, Costume Design, Prodigious TV
A LEAGUE, Production Design, Entropico
KOALA , Production Design, Photoplay
JAYCAR, Production Design, Photoplay
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, Co-Production Designer, Infinity Sqaured
OSMOCOTE, Art Stylist, Photoplay
AFTERPAY, Art Stylist, Photoplay
SCREENWISE, Production Design, Blunt Gorilla
Awards;
APDG Best Emerging Designer for Live Performance (Nominated)
APDG Mentor Program 2020 (Costume Design Mentorship under Jennifer Irwin)
FREDERIK J GIBSON BEQUEST (Secondment under Rajha Shakiry at National Theatre London)
Education;
mfa design for performance , National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
BFA SCULPTURE , UNSW Art and Design (COFA)
As Designer;
AS YOU LIKE IT, Set and Costume Designer, Queensland Theatre Company, dir. Damien Ryan
ON THE BEACH, Associate Costume Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Kip Williams
THE DISMISSAL, Co - Set and Costume Designer, Squabbalogic, dir. Jay James Moody
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, Costume Designer, Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Paige Rattray
GREEN PARK, Designer, Griffin Theatre Company, Dir. Declan Greene
A IS FOR APPLE, Set and Costume Designer, Griffin Theatre, Dir. Scarlet McGlynn
GODSPELL, Set Designer, Hayes Theatre Company, dir. Richard Carroll
SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL, Costume Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Constantine Costi
HAND TO GOD, Co-Set Designer and Costume Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Alex Berlage
THE DEB, Set Designer, Australian Theatre For Young People, dir. Hannah Reilly
BURN WITCH BURN, Set Designer, Red Line Productions / Fervour, dir. Claudia Osborne
BAD MACHINE, Set and Costume Designer, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Dir. Lily Balatincz
KASAMA KITA, Designer, Belvoir 25A, Dir. Erin Taylor
CHORUS, Designer, Red Line Productions, Dir. Clemmie Williams
NATURAL ORDER, Designer, Milk Crate Theatre, Dir. Margot Politis
STAY HAPPY KEEP SMILING, Designer, NIDA, dir. Kate Gaul
VENUS IN FUR, Designer, NIDA, dir. Kate Cherry
DAISY MOON WAS BORN THIS WAY, Designer, Q Theatre, dir. Nick Atkins
As Associate / Assistant Designer;
THE LAST SEASON, Assistant Designer, Force Majeure, Dir. Danielle Michich
POEM FOR A DRIED UP RIVER, Assistant Designer, Sydney Chamber Orchestra, Co-Created by Elizabeth Gadsby and Jane Sheldo
LORD OF THE FLIES, Design Assistant, (Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Kip Williams, set design. Elizabeth Gadsby
AMERICAN PSYCHO, Design Associate, Hayes Theatre, dir. Alexander Berlage
MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, Design Assoicate, Sport For Jove, dir. Damien Ryan
NINE NIGHT, Design Assistant, National Theatre London, dir. Roy Alexander Weise, des. Rajha Shakiry
RICHARD II, Design Assistant, Shakespeare's Globe, dir. Adjoa Andoh, des. Rajha Shakiry
Screen credits include;
WHILE THE MEN WERE AWAY, Senior Buyer / Dresser, SBS
PREPPERS, Art Buyer/Dresser, ABC, Nakkiah Lui
THE PM'S DAUGHTER, Costume Design Assistant, ABC
MR INBETWEEN Season 3, Costume Design Assistant, dir Nash Edgerton
LETTERS, Production + Costume Designer, Photoplay, dir. Melvin Montalban
TOUGH, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Taylor Ferguson
MUKBANG, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Eliza Scanlen
BEAUTIFUL THEY, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Cloudy Rhodes
BALAS, Production + Costume Designer, dir. Deborah Brown
Commercial credits highlights;
AJE, Set Design, Dollhouse Productions, dir. Shannon Murphy
ALDI, Costume Design, Good Oil Film, dir, Taylor Ferguson
SMEG, Lead Art Stylist, The Grain
ORAL B, Costume Design, Prodigious TV
A LEAGUE, Production Design, Entropico
KOALA , Production Design, Photoplay
JAYCAR, Production Design, Photoplay
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, Co-Production Designer, Infinity Sqaured
OSMOCOTE, Art Stylist, Photoplay
AFTERPAY, Art Stylist, Photoplay
SCREENWISE, Production Design, Blunt Gorilla
Awards;
APDG Best Emerging Designer for Live Performance (Nominated)
APDG Mentor Program 2020 (Costume Design Mentorship under Jennifer Irwin)
FREDERIK J GIBSON BEQUEST (Secondment under Rajha Shakiry at National Theatre London)
Education;
mfa design for performance , National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
BFA SCULPTURE , UNSW Art and Design (COFA)