Theatre

I was educated at Nottingham Trent University and graduated with a degree in Theatre Design in 1990. Directly from University, I took up a 5 year Design Residency at Pori City Theatre in Finland where I designed sets and costumes for over 40 productions on both the main and studio stages. In 1992 I co-founded the theatre group; Rakastajat Theatre, a professional company producing five in-house shows a year. I designed all these, up until my departure from Finland in 1998.

In 1995 I turned freelance and began to work on large scale theatre productions and events all over Finland, Sweden and middle Europe, enjoying international recognition in Spain, Poland and the UK in Drama, Dance, Opera and Children's Theatre.

After a period of nearly 10 years working in the Northern Hemisphere, I moved to New Zealand in 1999. I designed for Auckland Theatre Company, NZ Actors Company, Canterbury Opera, Downstage, Bats & Circa Theatres in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. My first theatre design in NZ was nominated for “Best Set Design” for Flipside at the 2000 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and my music video designs feature regularly in the NZ Music Awards.

Since I started my professional career, I have designed over 150 productions in areas of both set and costume design for theatre. This has enabled me to work, and have my work seen on stages in seven countries worldwide.

Set Design

My NZ work includes designs for Roger Hall's A Way of Life for the NZ Actors Company, Edward Albee's The Play about the Baby for The Auckland Theatre Company, John Rimmer and Whiti Ihimara's Opera Galileo and followed Norma with Cose fan Tutti for Canterbury Opera. I also designed The Telephone and Ahmal and the Night Visitors in Invercargill for their Christmas Opera Season. My most recent work, The Drawer Boy directed by Gavin Richards, toured the South Island in June 2004 and the North Island in 2005.

Musicals

1997 Virgo, dir. Heikki Paavilainen – Tampere City Theatre
1997 Pop Oz, dir. Rauli Jokelin – Jyvaskyla City Theatre
1996 Wash Your Mouth Out, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1996 Kaija Cuckoo and 7 Small Men, dir. Jukka Pekka Rotko – Theatre 2000
1994 Oliver!, dir. Heikki Vartsi – Pori City Theatre

Dance

2002 Blackbody, chor. Heidi Simmons – Propulsion Bats Theatre STAB 2002
1999 Spanish Fly, chor. Maria Kausi – Rakastajat Theatre
1998 Portent, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1998 Commentator, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1996 Give Me Happiness, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1992 Spinning Top, chor. Marjo Kuusela – Pori City Theatre

Children's Theatre

1997 The Emporers New Clothes, dir. Kai Tanner – Rakastajat Theatre
1997 Emil, dir. Jamie Ann Makkinen – Theatre 2000
1997 Little Red Ridinghood, dir. Kai Tanner – Rakastajat Theatre
1995 Creature Life, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1994 Holiday from Hell, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1993 The Royal Current Buns, dir. Soila Valkama – Rakastajat Theatre
1990 Immu, dir. Titta Antti-Poikka – Pori City Theatre
1990 Old King Cole, dir. Camron Page – Neptune Theatre, Liverpool
1990 Electric Games, dir. Deborah Close – The Premier Theatre Co. TIE

Opera

2002 Telephone, dir. Jamie Bull – Adventure Southland Invercargil Theatre
2002 Amahl, dir. Sarah – Adventure Southland Invercargil Theatre
2002 Galileo, dir. John Daivies – Maidment Theatre
2002 Cosi fan Tutti, dir. Ira Siff – Canterbury Opera
2002 Norma, dir. Ross Colmann – Canterbury Opera
2000 Jackie O, dir. Anna Haaranen – Tampere City Opera
1998 The Turn of the Screw, dir. Anna Haaranen – Tampere Conservatory
1997 The Abduction from Serail, dir. Eric Soderblom – Pori City Opera
1996 Carmen Negra, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Tampere City Theatre & Tampere Opera
1994 The Bartered Bride, dir. Jussi Tapola – Pori City Theatre

Drama

2003 The Drawer Boy, dir. Gavin Richards – Theatre South (Touring)
2002 The Play About the Baby, dir. Simon Prast – Auckland Theatre Company
2001 A Way of Life, dir. Simon Bennett - NZ Actor's Company
2001 Government Inspector, dir. Vadim Ledogorov – UNITEC
2001 Between, dir. Vanessa Byrnes – Bats Theatre (Fringe Festival -Young & Hungry)
2000 Flipside, dir. Simon Bennett – Circa Theatre
2000 Unforgiven Harvest, dir. Jonathan Hendry – Downstage Theatre
2000 Missionary Position, dir. Renee – Circa Theatre
1998 Three Sisters, dir. Markus Groth – Theatre Kamina
1998 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, dir. Katriina Lahti – Viirus
1997 The Priest's Family, dir.Pekka Saaristo – Pori City Theatre
1997 The Bear Hunter, Martti Kittunen, dir. Juha Hurme – HKI Uni Theatre
1998 A is for Amsterdam, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1996 Why Doesn't Eeva Leave?, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1995 The Seagull, dir. Jotaarkka Pennanen – Pori City Theatre
1995 Good Night, Mother, dir. Tytti Oittinen – Pori City Theatre
1995 Funny Money, dir. Mikko Viherjuuri – Pori City Theatre
1994 The Marriage of Figaro, dir. Markus Pakalen – Pori City Theatre
1994 The Sacrificial Hammer, dir. Adolfo Simon – Rakastjat Theatre
1994 Who is Sari Nuotio?, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1994 What Now Niscavuori?, dir. Maija-Liisa Marton – Pori City Theatre
1993 Sonja's Boutique, dir. Kari Suvalo – Pori City Theatre
1993 Married Again, dir. Seppo Maanittu – Pori City Theatre
1994 Decadence, dir. Hilkka Ollikainen – Rakastajat Theatre
1992 Daisy, dir. Maarit Pyokari – Pori City Theatre
1992 I Love Him, Who the Parsnip?, dir. Vesa Haltsonen – Rakastajat Theatre
1991 Twins, dir. Seppo Maaniittu – Pori City Theatre
1991 The Lover, dir. Hilkka Ollikainen – Rakastajat Theatre
1991 The Family Loudness, dir. Seppo Maaniittu – Pori City Theatre
1991 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dir. Pirjo Koljonen – Pori City Theatre
1990 Road, dir. Simon Dixon – Touch and Go Arts Co-op, Nottingham

Costume Design

My NZ work includes designs for Roger Hall's A Way of Life for the NZ Actors Company, Edward Albee's The Play about the Baby for The Auckland Theatre Company, John Rimmer and Whiti Ihimara's Opera Galileo and Norma for Canterbury Opera. I also designed The Telephone and Ahmal and the Night Visitors in Invercargill for their Christmas Opera Season. My most recent work, The Drawer Boy directed by Gavin Richards, toured the South Island in June 2004 and the North Island in 2005.

Musicals

1997 Pop Oz, dir. Rauli Jokelin – Jyvaskyla City Theatre
1996 Wash Your Mouth Out, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1996 Kaija Cuckoo and 7 Small Men, dir. Jukka Pekka Rotko – Theatre 2000
1994 Oliver!, dir. Heikki Vartsi – Pori City Theatre

Dance

2002 Blackbody, chor. Heidi Simmons – Propulsion Bats Theatre STAB 2002
1999 Spanish Fly, chor. Maria Kausi – Rakastajat Theatre
1998 Portent, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1998 Commentator, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1996 Give Me Happiness, chor. Arja Raatikainen – Zodiak, Stoa & Nomadi
1992 Spinning Top, chor. Marjo Kuusela – Pori City Theatre

Children's Theatre

1997 The Emporers New Clothes, dir. Kai Tanner – Rakastajat Theatre
1997 Emil, dir. Jamie Ann Makkinen – Theatre 2000
1997 Little Red Ridinghood, dir. Kai Tanner – Rakastajat Theatre
1995 Creature Life, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1994 Holiday from Hell, dir. Jamie Ann Makinen – Ahaa Theatre
1993 The Royal Current Buns, dir. Soila Valkama – Rakastajat Theatre
1990 Immu, dir. Titta Antti-Poikka – Pori City Theatre
1990 Old King Cole, dir. Camron Page – Neptune Theatre, Liverpool
1990 Electric Games, dir. Deborah Close – The Premier Theatre Co. TIE

Opera

2002 Telephone, dir. Jamie Bull – Adventure Southland Invercargil Theatre
2002 Amahl, dir. Sarah – Adventure Southland Invercargil Theatre
2002 Galileo, dir. John Daivies – Maidment Theatre
2002 Norma, dir. Ross Colmann – Canterbury Opera
2000 Jackie O, dir. Anna Haaranen – Tampere City Opera
1998 The Turn of the Screw, dir. Anna Haaranen – Tampere Conservatory

Drama

2002 The Play About the Baby, dir. Simon Prast – Auckland Theatre Company
2001 Government Inspector, dir. Vadim Ledogorov – UNITEC
2000 Unforgiven Harvest, dir. Jonathan Hendry – Downstage Theatre
2000 Missionary Position, dir. Renee – Circa Theatre
1998 Three Sisters, dir. Markus Groth – Theatre Kamina
1998 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, dir. Katriina Lahti – Viirus
1997 The Priest's Family, dir.Pekka Saaristo – Pori City Theatre
1997 The Bear Hunter, Martti Kittunen, dir. Juha Hurme – HKI Uni Theatre
1998 A is for Amsterdam, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1996 Why Doesn't Eeva Leave?, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1995 Good Night, Mother, dir. Tytti Oittinen – Pori City Theatre
1995 Funny Money, dir. Mikko Viherjuuri – Pori City Theatre
1994 The Marriage of Figaro, dir. Markus Pakalen – Pori City Theatre
1994 The Sacrificial Hammer, dir. Adolfo Simon – Rakastjat Theatre
1994 Who is Sari Nuotio?, dir. Juha Siltanen – Rakastajat Theatre
1993 Sonja's Boutique, dir. Kari Suvalo – Pori City Theatre
1993 Married Again, dir. Seppo Maanittu – Pori City Theatre
1994 Decadence, dir. Hilkka Ollikainen – Rakastajat Theatre
1992 Daisy, dir. Maarit Pyokari – Pori City Theatre
1992 I Love Him, Who the Parsnip?, dir. Vesa Haltsonen – Rakastajat Theatre
1991 Twins, dir. Seppo Maaniittu – Pori City Theatre
1991 The Lover, dir. Hilkka Ollikainen – Rakastajat Theatre
1991 The Family Loudness, dir. Seppo Maaniittu – Pori City Theatre
1991 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dir. Pirjo Koljonen – Pori City Theatre
1990 Road, dir. Simon Dixon – Touch and Go Arts Co-op, Nottingham