Theatre
work
(Auckland,
New Zealand 2003-2009)
The
Real Theatre Company
Perils of the Deep Blue Sea 2008 - Producer/Production
Manager/ Designer - Fort Takapuna, Narrowneck Reserve, Devonport,
North Shore City
April Fools Puppet Show - 2006 - Producer/Production
Manager - Victoria Theatre, North Shore City
The Genie and The Lamp - AK05 - Producer/ Production
Manager/ Designer - North Head, North Shore City
March Madness - 2004/06 - Producer/Production Manager/Designer
- Becroft Gardens, North Shore City
A Skull in Connemara - 2003 - Producer/Production Manager/
Costume Designer - St Pauls Church and surrounding grave yard,
North Shore City
Godspell 2003 /04 - Producer/ Production Manager/ Designer
- The Pump House Theatre/Beaumont Centre
Shirley Valentine 2003 - Producer / Production Manager/
Designer - The Pump House, North Shore City
The 3 Little Pigs - 2003 - Producer/Production Manager
/ Designer - The Pump House, North Shore City
Amadeus - 2003 - Producer / Production Manager/ Designer
- The Pump House, North Shore City
Nukuhau
Productions
Santa's
Christmas Adventures - Designer 2008/07/06 - Logan Campbell
Theatre
Aladdin - Designer - 2002/04/07 - Logan Campbell Theatre
Beauty and The Beast - Designer - 2002/04/07 - Logan
Campbell Theatre
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe - Designer - 2001/03/05/08
- Logan Campbell Theatre
Bad Jelly The Witch - Designer - 2000/02/05/08 - Logan
Campbell Theatre
Jack and The Beanstalk - Designer -2001/03/06 - Logan
Campbell Theatre
Sleeping Beauty - Designer - 2005/08 - Logan Campbell
Theatre
Alice In Wonderland - Designer - 2001/03/05/07 - Logan
Campbell Theatre
Peter Pan - Designer - 2000/03/06 - Logan Campbell Theatre
The Three Little Pigs - Designer - 2000/02/05/ - Logan
Campbell Theatre
Pinocchio - Designer - 2000/02/04/07 - Logan Campbell
Theatre
Wind In The Willows - Designer -1999/03/06 - Logan Campbell
Theatre
Cinderella - 2006 - Designer - Logan Campbell Theatre
Snow White and The 7 Dwarfs -2005/08 - Designer - Logan
Campbell Theatre
Witches Academy - Costume Designer - 1999 - Logan Campbell
Theatre
Potent Pause Productions directed by Michael Lawrence
The New Man - Costume Designer - 2002 - Silo Theatre
Morton Productions directed by Roger Morton
Meat works - Costume Designer 2000 - Sky City Theatre
Nifty Street Productions directed by Troy Sugrue and
Eyrn Wilson
Silly Sausages - Production Designer 2007 - Sky City
Theatre
Tim Bray Productions directed by Tim Bray
The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate - Designer - 2006/7
--The Pump House Theatre
Theatre Beating directed by Geoff Pinfold
The Magic Chicken -2004 - Costume Designer- Silo Theatre
Happy Hour for Miserable Children - 2003 - Costume Designer
- Covert Theatre
The Large Group directed by Michael Hurst
Aladdin - Prop Designer and maker/set painter - 1996
- Watershed Theatre
Pandemonium Theatre directed by Margaret Mary Hollins
The Butchers Daughter - Costume Designer - 2003 - Herald
Theatre
Macbeth - Costume Designer - 2001/03 - The Silo
Theatre Kitchen directed by Margaret Mary Hollins
The Ugly Duckling - Costume Designer 2002
Americas Cup Ball - Costume Designer 2003 - Government
House
Androgyny - Costume Designer 2002 - St James Theatre
- choreographed by Tane Mete
Black Grace - Costume Design for Adelaide Dance Festival
- choreographed by Neil Iremeia
Malaga - Costume Designer 2002 - Asb Theatre Aotea Centre
- choreographed by Neil Iremeia
London,
England 1981-1983
Mother Goose Pantomime - wardrobe assist - Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Rd
Wayne Sleep Dance Show - wardrobe assist - Apollo Theatre
Toronto, Canada 1988 -1992
Canadian
Stage Company - Costume and or mask and jewellery construction,
breakdown
Phantom Of The Opera -- Live Entertainment - Canada's
original Cast and Tour
Aspects of Love
Singer
Donut City
Blood Brothers
Comedy of Errors
Voyzek
The Importance of Being Earnest
Dreamland
Three Penny Opera
Bourgeois Gentlemen
Canadian National Ballet Company
Pastoral - Designed by Santo Laquasto
Atlanta
Ballet Company
Romeo and Juliet
Clark
Kazmarek
The Wizard Of Oz
Merchant
Of Venice - Stratford Festival
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Film
work
New
Zealand 1997 - 2001
Feature
Films
Daybreak Point Pictures
Ozzie - Head of Design for Koala character
Kaikoura
Productions
Magic and Rose - Wardrobe pickups
Short
Films
Consequences
- Art Director and Costume Designer
Rover - Costume Designer
The Cleaner - Director/Art Director/Costume Designer
Queen Of Hearts - Director/ Art Director/Costume Designer
Risky Business -Director/ Documentary
Maritime Terrace -Director/ Art Director
The Parking Nazi 1998 - continuity
Wellington Fringe Film Festival Short Film Participant - Director
(1998)
Toronto, Canada 1988 -1991
Feature
Films
Bionic Woman - wardrobe
Ice Princess - wardrobe
Death Wish 5 - wardrobe
January Man - costume breakdown
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Television
work
New
Zealand 1986-2007
Treehut
Productions
Bobby and Bryan - Character design and build of hero dog puppet
Suzy's World - Props buyer
Top Shelf Productions
The Great Kiwi Magic Show - Costume Designer
TVNZ Avalon
The Magic Flute - Costume Construction
Flux Media
Indy Kids - flash animation - concept and co production in development
Impact Learning
Richard Allen - Set Design
South Pacific Pictures
Shortland Street - standby Wardrobe
Telecom Incentive Programme - Costume Design
London,
England 1984-1986
BBC
Television Costume Workroom White City
Costume cutting and construction on numerous period dramas and
modern day sitcoms:
Dr
Who/Basil Brush /Play School/ Tripods
East enders/ Only Fools and Horses
Bach/Napoleon Bonaparte/Infidelities/By The Sword Divided/ Bleak
House
Paul Daniels Show/The Two Ronnies /Ali Baba/The Black Adder
Top Of the Pops
Toronto, Canada 1990-1992
Rogers
Cable TV - Produced Fashion Show
Kidsbeat Global TV- live on CITY LINE produced promotional event
of children's fashion show
CTV live compare to fashion show
Canadian Broadcasting - CBC - costume construction for Jack
and The Beanstalk Pantomime
City TV - Presenting live Designer Shows at St Lawrence Market
and Breakfast Television
TELEVISION
DOCUMENTARY
(Auckland, New Zealand 1999-2001)
Morrison
Grieve Productions
Virginity - directed by Fiona Samuel - Costume Designer
Bates
Productions
1951 Waterfront crisis - directed by John Bates - Art Director-
re-enactment (winner of Best NZ Documentary 2001)
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TV
Commercials and Stills
Auckland,
New Zealand 1995 - 2000
Art
Direction
Burgen Bread / Whitcoulls Promo - McDonalds Furbie Collectables
- Wanted Films
Super Liquor - Motion Pictures/ Noel Leeming - Flying Start
Pictures
Art
Director Assist
Briscoes - Ad Works/ Feltex - Bannan Films/Mitre 10 - FCB
Costume
Design
Whitcoulls/ NanBan - Wanted Films/Benson and Hedges awards unveiling
- Simon Moore
Amcal - Ad Works/Mitre 10 - FCB
Costume
Assist
Dylon Dye/Kokomo - Republic Films/Glengarry Nuns - Big Dog Productions
(London, England 1987) All wardrobe assist and costume construction
St Ivels butter
British Steel
Scruples with Kenny Everett
Benjamin Moore Paints
Midland Bank
Smiths Crisps
Japanese Beer
Toronto,
Canada 1993
Blacks
Photography - Design
Italian vogue Faava Bean Hat
Joico - Design
Toyota Camray - Saatchi and Saatchi - Featured jester costume(
winner commercial of the year award)
MASCOT
- CHARACTER COSTUME DESIGN AND BUILD
(Auckland, New Zealand 1995 -2009)
Sausages
and sauce Bottles - 'Silly Sausages'
Nice and Natural - 'String a Ling'
Anchor - 'Mega Bulls'
Coco Pops - 'Monkey'
Vodafone - 'Bhags' (big hairy audacious goals)
Fresh and Fruity Yogurt - 'Pottles'
Abeeco - ' Bees'
Find a Kiwi dot com - 'Iwi' the Kiwi
Keep NZ beautiful campaign 'Alb' - (anti litter bug) for
Freedom Air - 'Fred'
Sunsprout - 'Sproutman' Super Hero
Vero - featured 'bull' hero
Friskies - 'Cats '
Bluebird -'Penguins'
Duracell - 'Bunnies'
Gillette -' Mac Man' and 'Daisy Plus' and 'Blue Two Boy'
Vodafone 'Warrior'
Vodafone 'Superman' and 'Wonder woman'
Pizza Hut 'Pizza Kings'
Schwarzkopf 'Money Dress'
Barbie 'Rose Princesses'
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Events
Auckland,
New Zealand 1996-2007
Mad
Ant Productions
Stein lager Pure - Tall Poppy Design - Britomart
Raspberry Coke - Product launch Design
Holiday launch - Fiji - breakaway buses
Theta 1Oth Anniversary Party - Production Design
Vodafone Christmas Parties - Design
Cirque Du Soleil opening night party
Trelise
Cooper - Ezy Buy Launch - Government House - Design
New
Zealand Wearable Art Awards - 'Man Un Leashed' - Design
Eventos
- Trebor Policemen - Design
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Event - Harrahs Sky City - opening events - Staff Pep Rally/Opening
night/ Costume and mask design/ Sleepy head - product launch
- Costume Design
Auckland
Zoo - designed and managed four themed events 'Boo at the Zoo'
'Its a Hoe Down' "Whoop de do ' and "Dinkumdoo'
HSBC
- Global Children's Show at Hilton - Costume Design
EVENTS
AND FASHION
Toronto, Canada 1990 - 1994
Event
Management and Producing Fashion and Awards Shows
- Canadian Designer Clearance Sale -called 'Fashion Fanatics'
- Produced and event managed first and second ever sale with
over 50 Designers selling samples and collections - St Lawrence
Market
Mode Accessory Show - Event Managed 'Mode Fanatics' for accessory
Designers
- Aboriginal Business Awareness week - Produced and managed
fashion event in Ottawa with participants from across Canada
- 'Cool Threads' - event managed Toronto and Montreal Designers
and participated with spring collection ( 1992) in Canada Day
Fashion Show at Confederation Park Ottawa
-' Bike to Work Week' City Hall Nathan Philips Square - Toronto
- 'Fashion Fanatics' participated in street theatre fashion
event at Hudson Bay Company launching Fashion Week with Spring
1992 collection with attendance from Mayor June Rowlands
- 'Help us Help the children' Fund - Produced and event managed
fundraising fashion event in 'Future Bakery' for Children in
Chernobyl Orphanages
- Fashion Industry Liaison Committee - 3 Design Awards show
over 3 years
Presenting
Collections for photo shoots
-Vidal Sassoon and Vivienne Mackinder International Beauty show
at Jarvis Convention Centre New York - featured garment on American
Salon Magazine cover 1992
-Passion Magazine with Club Soda International - photo shoot
Presenting Collections for product launches and shows
-Canadian Festival Of Fashion (1990) selected and showcased
- one of ten for the "New Designer Show"
- Cover Girl - Navy Perfume - designed nautical collection for
launch
- Joico and Allied Beauty Association show - participant sponsor
of garments at the Toronto Convention Centre - showcasing Vidal
Sassoon protégé Vivienne Mackinder - also- Joico
Hair Fantasy Show - Designer fall collection and onto - Mackinder
Vision Systems - designed collection for travelling hair show
across US
- New Labels Designer show -Comedia Del Arte fall collection(1993)
- Sutton Place Hotel/Sweet Georgia Brown spring collection(1992)
- Sutton Place Hotel- LED light baseball jackets fall collection(1992)
- Park Plaza Hotel
- Wearable Art Show - Designed and Co-Produced first Canadian
show at George Brown house
- Designers Ontario - Fall collection finalist - Hazelton Lanes
and Queens Quay terminal
- 'Wings Of Life' Fashion Cares - designed and made 4 National
Ballet Dancers Costumes connected by 30m of fabric and the following
year 'Archicouture' Fashion Cares - designed garment that represented
Architecture and Couture
- Aids Benefit show - participant designer at Yorkdale and Western
Harbour Castle
-'Cover Ups' - honorarium Designer building period court jester
costume for winter promotion
Retail
- Opened 'Zipdeedoo' designer clothing store at Queens Quay
Terminal for two seasons
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Other
work
London
1985
- Chosen by Bruce Oldfield as showcase Designer for London contest.
1986-1988 - Designed, cut and constructed couture garments for
Butterfly Designs/Fiona Clare/and Anouska Hempel making an afternoon
dress for Princess Diana and an evening dress for Fergie for
her first Canadian tour.
1982-1984 - Built samples for Just Candy and Body Map. Also
participated in photo shoot for Body Map
Toronto
1993
- Presented live for a week on City TVs Breakfast Show
1989 - Wrote copy and performed for CBC radio for the commonwealth
games as characters 'Trevor and Gladys'
Auckland
1997 - 98 -Script writing short films 'The Turnbull Wheatleys',
'Penny's Mad Today' and 'Mother Shipton'
1999 - 'I'll make you happy' - designed and built promotional
marketing material for film launch
1998-99 -Abeeco Health Direct marketing Office Manager
Further
Education
Primary
Schools; Muritai Primary School, Eastbourne, Wellington 1967-69,
Samabula Primary School, Suva, Fiji 1970-71
Intermediate School: Suva Grammar School Suva,Fiji 1972
Secondary Schools: Samuel Marsden Collegiate 1973-76(boarding)/Diocesan
for Girls 1977-79
Lived
in London 1980-88 then Toronto 1988-95; Travelled Asia, Europe
and Africa between 1981-1984. Daughter Rebecca Ellen born 9/9/92
in Mount Sinai Toronto
Graduate
of London College of Fashion (1980-83) Fashion Degree was Member
of British Theatre Technicians 1980-83 and a Graduate of South
Seas Film and TV school in scriptwriting, drama documentary
and studio directing(1997)
- Chair Victoria theatre Trust 2004-08 www.thevic.co.nz
- Wift ( Women in Film and Television)Governance Board Member
2004-06
- References, portfolios, dvds, cd roms available upon request
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