Publications
Publications on Australian performance design, celebrated by ScenoLab
Below is a collection of publications that celebrate multiple facets of Australian performance design. Published by and elevating the voices of ScenoLab members, the following resources help to showcase Australian performance design education, practice and research.
If you have published work that focuses on Australian performance design, please contact us so we may showcase it - scenolab.au@gmail.com
Performance Design in Australia
by Kristen Anderson & Imogen Ross
An intimate and engaging discussion about designers and between designers on the art of performance design in Australia. It covers a broad range of live performance media including theatre, opera, dance, musicals, circus, puppetry and non-theatre installations, while examining the many functions of costume, lighting and set design.
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Staging Ideas: Set and Costume Design for Theatre
by Stephen Curtis
Stephen Curtis is one of Australia’s most respected and admired designers and in this practical and informative book he outlines everything you need to know about set, costume and lighting design; taking you from initial concept, script analysis and research ideas to putting it all together.
Currency Press, 2014
Australian Scenography
Vol. 9 'Scene' Journal (Intellect Press), guest edited by Tessa Rixon
Scene is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to a critical examination of space and scenic production. Vol. 9 featured some of Australia's leading performance design voices inc. Latai Taumoepeau, Richard Roberts, Jo Briscoe, Rachel Burke, Christina Smith, M’ck McKeague, Madeline Taylor, Suzanne Osmond, Anna Tr