STAGES Episode 576: MARG HORWELL

Marg Horwell is a multi-award-winning Theatre, Opera and Film Designer, Installation Artist and Photographer.

Marg’s recent select credits include; The Confessions (Alexander Zeldin Company/The National Theatre), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Sydney Theatre Company/ Michael Cassell Group), The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde (Sydney Theatre Company), The Dead City (Deutche Oper Am Rhein), The Happy End (Victorian Opera), The Marriage of Figaro, The Human Voice and The Call (Opera Queensland), Lorelei (Opera Queensland/Victorian Opera), Because the Night (Malthouse Theatre), Our Town (Theater Basel).

Marg designed costumes for Kip Williams’ The Resistible Rise of Arthur Ui and Lord of the Flies and designed set and costumes on How to Rule the World and The Lifespan of a Fact, at Sydney Theatre Company, Salome (English National Opera), Avalanche (Barbican Theatre), Leviathan (Circa), Common Ground (Chunky Move), Anthem (Performing Lines), Animal (InFlux), Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography (Griffin/Perth Theatre Company), Nora (Belvoir)

For Melbourne Theatre Company Marg has designed Bernhardt/Hamlet, Escaped Alone and What If If Only, My Sister Jill, Girls and Boys, The Truth, Lilith the Jungle Girl (MTC/Sisters Grimm), Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (MTC/Belvoir), Marlin (MTC/Arena Theatre), Cock (MTC/La Boite), The House of Bernarda Alba, Birdland, Peddling, Constellations, Music, The Dream Life of Butterflies, The Water Carriers, Circle Mirror Transformation.

In 2017, Marg was the Designer in Residence at Malthouse Theatre, and has designed The Homesexuals, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, The Testament of Mary, and The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Edward II, The Good Person of Szechuan (Malthouse / The National Theatre of China), Bliss (Malthouse/Belvoir St), Melancholia, Blasted, The Histrionic and Caravan for the company.

For independent company Dee & Cornelius Marg has designed productions of Big Heart, Savages, Shit and Love that toured as part of the Theatre program at the Venice Biennale.

As Artistic Associate with Angus Cerini Doubletap Marg designed productions of Wretch, Save For Crying, Chapter from the Pandemic, and Resplendence.

Marg has been recognised for her outstanding work with three Sydney Theatre Awards and Thirteen Greenroom Awards, including Best Scenic and Costume Designs for The Picture of Dorian Gray touring to the West End and Broadway in 2023. She adds to this collection with an Olivier Award and Tony Award for her striking Costume Designs which populate the celebrated production.

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