Video Artist and Designer based in Gadigal (Sydney), Australia. Working in theatre, live performance and film.
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2023
WRITER : Joanna Murray-Smith
VIDEO DESIGN : Susie Henderson
SET & COSTUME DESIGN : Renee Mulder
LIGHTING DESIGN : Alexander Berlage
COMPOSITION & SOUND DESIGN : Steve Francis
PRODUCTION IMAGES : Prudence Upton
From the Sydney Theatre Company website ...
“Not now, not ever.
In 2012, Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world.
Now, ten years later, one of Australia’s most esteemed and celebrated playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith, brings the human story behind that speech to the stage.”
Reviews for Julia :Now, ten years later, one of Australia’s most esteemed and celebrated playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith, brings the human story behind that speech to the stage.”
Time Out ★★★★
... ”Framing the stage are two mirrored screen walls that come alive throughout the show with footage that gives form to the invisible forces that propelled Julia Gillard towards her destiny. We are taken through a Welsh wasteland of grief and coal, thrown upwards on the wings of jubilant ‘80s pop as Julia came into herself as a “hot young redhead”, flying on the cusp of her adult life. And then, as she enters the inner echelons of power, we see only the back of her gleaming red bob and brilliant blue jacket – the suggestions of what’s to come moving slowly into focus.”
Broadway World
... “The mirrored walls that support the video projections, delightfully and magically give depth to the imagery. Here the projections are not a replacement for practical sets but beautifully work as living art. They create a divine vision that supports the essence of the words.”
Sydney Arts Guide
... “Sarah Goodes direction is inspired and assured. Her creative team extraordinary work; chief amongst them Renee Mulder’s brilliant multi-reflective set, Steve Francis’ subtle, evocative score and Susie Henderson’s equally evocative video design.”
The Canberra Times
... “The production is a triumph of artistic collaboration. Murray-Smith weaves a mystery to discover the essence of a woman compelled to negotiate a male-dominated domain. Goodes’ unobtrusive direction is supportive and compassionate. Designer Renee Mulder surrounds the stage with reflecting mirrors that alternatively reveal a sea of audience’s faces or video designer Susie Henderson’s expansive body of water as Gillard struggles with the governments border policy or the closing image of hope for the future in the faces of young children singing.”