Simone Romaniuk is a live performance designer who works across theatre, opera and festivals.
Her productions have been seen around Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with companies including Victorian Opera, Queensland Theatre, State Opera South Australia, Opera Queensland, NZ Opera, Pinchgut Opera, Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, Brisbane Festival, RNCM Manchester, Unicorn Theatre London and Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival.
Simone was Creative Director of OzAsia Festival and Creative Director/Designer of the Moon Lantern Parade at the Adelaide Festival Centre from 2015 – 2019.
She was Resident Designer with Queensland Theatre Company in 2012, and prior to this was an Affiliate Artist with the company.
OzAsia Festival won Best Major Festivals and Events in the South Australian Tourism Awards 2019 and was shortlisted twice for event design in the APDG Awards. Simone was a Manchester Theatre Awards design finalist for La Vie Parisienne and has won two Matilda awards for Best Design for Macbeth and Kelly and two Matilda Gold awards for Body of Work for Queensland Theatre productions.
Simone holds a Bachelor of Dramatic Art, Design from the National Institute of Dramatic Art and Bachelor of Design Studies, Three Dimensional Design from Queensland College of Art.
Email: info[at]simoneromaniuk.com
VICTORIAN OPERA
Eucalyptus directed by Michael Gow [2024]
BRISBANE FESTIVAL | SYDNEY FESTIVAL
Bananaland directed by Simon Phillips [2023 | 2024]
PINCHGUT OPERA
Rinaldo directed by Louisa Muller [2023]
QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY
Tiny Beautiful Things directed by Lee Lewis [2023 QT | 2024 Belvoir]
Bernhardt/Hamlet directed by Lee Lewis [2022]
The Almighty Sometimes directed by Daniel Evans [2022]
Macbeth directed by Michael Attenborough
[Matilda Award Best Design 2014]
[Matilda Gold Award 2014]
Australia Day directed by Andrea Moor
[Matilda Gold Award 2014]
Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman directed by Wesley Enoch [Matilda Gold Award 2012]
Head Full of Love directed by Wesley Enoch [Matilda Gold Award 2012]
Bombshells directed by Wesley Enoch [Matilda Gold Award 2012]
Kelly directed by Todd MacDonald
[Matilda Award Best Design 2012]
Venus in Fur directed by Andrea Moor
The China Incident directed by Daniel Evans
The Pitch directed by Catarina Hebbard
Fractions directed by Jon Halpin
I Feel Awful directed by Thomas M. Wright
The Removalists directed by Michelle Miall
An Oak Tree directed by Todd MacDonald
Man Equals Man directed by Joseph Mitchell
Macbeth directed by Michael Gow
The Little Dog Laughed directed by Michael Gow
Waiting for Godot directed by Joseph Mitchell
Eating Ice Cream directed by Joseph Mitchell
Beckett x 3 directed by Joseph Mitchell
Ruby Moon directed by Joseph Mitchell
STATE OPERA SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Bohème directed by Stuart Maunder [2022]
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll directed by Joseph Mitchell [2020]
Boojum! directed by Joseph Mitchell [2019]
Love Burns directed by Nicholas Cannon [2021 | 2022]
The Mikado directed by Stuart Maunder [SA & NZ tour]
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Suddenly Last Summer directed by Shaun Rennie [2023]
Clyde’s directed by Darren Yap [2023]
Honour directed by Kate Champion [2021]
Kenny directed by Mark Kilmurry [2021]
The Last Wife directed by Mark Kilmurry
Luna Gale directed by Susanna Dowling
Shirley Valentine directed by Mark Kilmurry
Frankenstein directed by Mark Kilmurry
Casanova directed by Mark Kilmurry
OPERA QUEENSLAND
The Mikado directed by Stuart Maunder
The Merry Widow directed by Anna Sweeney
Space Encounters directed by Andrew Cory
The Magic Flute directed by Christine Douglas
QUEENSLAND CONSERVATORIUM
Iolanthe directed by Stuart Maunder [2021]
ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC
La Vie Parisienne directed by Stuart Barker
[Shortlisted Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2016]
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
The Crucible directed by Tanya Goldberg
Thyestes directed by Benjamin Winspear
UK BASED THEATRE
The Hunting Lodge directed by Purni Morell
Unicorn Theatre
Happy Ending directed by Guy Retallack
Arcola Theatre
How to be a Man directed by Jon Coleman
Three Generations of Women directed by Ria Parry
LA BOITE/BRISBANE FESTIVAL
The Wizard of Oz directed by Steven Mitchell Wright
PACIFIC OPERA
La Sonnambula directed by Christine Douglas
Hansel and Gretel directed by Christine Douglas
[Set design]
RIDE ON THEATRE
Way to Heaven directed by Tanya Goldberg
[Set design] Griffin
Family Stories Belgrade directed by Bojana Novakovic
[Set design] Griffin
The Girl on the Sofa directed by Tanya Goldberg
[Costume design] New Theatre
Bone directed by Tanya Goldberg
[Set design] Darlinghurst Theatre
The Merchant of Venice directed by Tanya Goldberg
[Set design] B Sharp
Unidentified Human Remains directed by John Sheedy
The Distance from Here directed by John Sheedy
Inscription/Griffin Theatre
OzAsia Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre
[Creative Director 2015 – 2019]
Artistic Director Joseph Mitchell
Winner – Best Major Event SA Tourism Awards 2019
Finalist Best Event Design APDG Awards 2017
Finalist Best Event Design APDG Awards 2016
Microsoft Surface Immersive Event, Myriad & Co Events
[Production Designer] Directors Georgia Clarke-Day & David Frias-Robles
Brisbane Festival Spiegel Garden & Cultural Forecourt
[Festival Designer] Artistic Director Noel Staunton
Theatre Republic, Brisbane Festival
[Festival Designer] Artistic Director Noel Staunton
Brisbane Festival Program Launch 2013
[Festival Designer] Artistic Director Noel Staunton
Brisbane Festival Creative Communities
[Site Designer] Artistic Director Noel Staunton
15th Asian Games Doha 2006: Opening & Closing Ceremonies
[Art Department: Graphic design & CAD] David Atkins Enterprises
Fragments of Memory by choreographer Cheng Tsung Lung
Expressions Dance Company, Australia 2007
Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, China 2008
Flight by choreographer Maggi Sietsma
[Costume design] Expressions Dance Company
If Only by choreographer Sue Peacock
Expressions Dance Company
Random Play: Shifted by choreographer Josef Brown
NIDA | Sydney Dance Company
My Place 2 ABC
[Assistant costume designer] Television series, Costume designer Xanthe Heubel
Jed by Scott Holgate
[Art direction & costume design] Short film, directed by Nathan Lovejoy & Scott Holgate
Murder Under the Microscope by Lesley Stevens, NSW Dept Education
[Art direction & costume design] Online series, directed by Lesley Stevens
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Network Nine/Screentime
[Costume buyer] Television series
Australia Bazmark
[Graphic design] Feature Film
East West 101 SBS/Southern Star Group
[Costume Buyer/Assistant costume design] Television series
Dangerous Fox 8/Southern Star Group
[Costume Buyer/Assistant] Television series
Celebrity Head by Gary Eck
[Art direction] Tropfest TVC/Trailer, directed by Gary Eck
Goodbye Tim by Gary Eck
[Art direction] Tropfest/Ford Trailer, directed by Gary Eck
National Institute of Dramatic Art
Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Design)
Sydney, Australia
Queensland College of Art
Bachelor of Design Studies (Three Dimensional Design)
Brisbane, Australia
