CRAIG WILKINSON

​Video Designer

Craig Wilkinson APDG is an award-winning video designer for live performance and the creative director of optikal bloc. 

His video design work has toured extensively across Australia and internationally to Hong Kong, UK, North America, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. 

Craig's recent live performance video design works include: DRACULA (Sydney Theatre Company) which is soon to be remounted on the West End; the stage adaptation of the award winning novel GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS (Belvoir St. Theatre); the record-breaking stage adaption of Trent Dalton’s novel BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE, and the follow-up adaptation of LOVE STORIES (Queensland Theatre / Brisbane Festival / QPAC); LET’S BE FRIENDS FUREVER (The Good Room / Brisbane Festival / HOTA), SHAUN THE SHEEP’S CIRCUS SHOW (CIRCA / Aardman Animation / QPAC); FRANKENSTEIN, the critically acclaimed ROALD DAHL’S FANTASTIC MR FOX (shake & stir theatre co / QPAC);  Australia’s most successful theatrical exports DEIN PERRY’S TAP DOGS (Broadway Entertainment Group); and the Australian and New Zealand tour of JIM STEINMAN'S BAT OF HELL: THE MUSICAL (TEG DAINTY) as Australian Associate Video Designer. 

Additional video design highlights include: ILLUME (Bangarra); ROUND THE TWIST, DEAR SON (with State Theatre Company of South Australia) FIRST CASUALTY, THE MOUNTAINTOP, GASP! (Queensland Theatre); ANNIE, GREASE THE MUSICAL (Crossroads Live); JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, FOURTHCOMING, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, GREEN DAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, 1984 (shake & stir theatre co); CINDERELLA, THE LITTLE MERMAID, MY BRILLIANT CAREER (Queensland Ballet); CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE 90S MUSICAL (David Venn Enterprises); THE WIZARD OF OZ – IN CONCERT, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN – IN CONCERT (Prospero Arts / QPAC); DEIN PERRY’S TAP DOGS (Broadway Entertainment Group); AVOIDABLE PERILS (Counterpilot); I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU (The Good Room / Brisbane Festival); PRIZE FIGHTER, PALE BLUE DOT (La Boite Theatre); ONE THE BEAR (Black Honey Company / La Boite Theatre / Campbelltown Arts Centre); SNAPSHOT (Polytoxic); FRANK & FEARLESS, THE NIGHT PARROT, HELP IS ON IT’S WAY, VOICES OF REMEMBRANCE, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS (Queensland Music Festival); SEVEN SISTERS SONGLINE (HHO Events for the Canberra Centenary); TERROR AUSTRALIS (Leah Shelton); VIVA SPECTACULAR, CYBER ILLUSION SPECTACULAR (Aerial Angels Australia / Ocean Park Hong Kong). 

Craig is an accredited member of the Australian Production Design Guild, a seasonal lecturer in Live Performance Video Design at the Queensland University of Technology since 2015 and was a recipient of a Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowship in 2022. 

As a video producer, Craig has created video marketing campaigns for companies such as Sydney Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, shake & stir theatre co, La Boite Theatre and Brisbane Festival. 

Craigs work has been recognised with the Australian Production Design Guild ─ Video Design for a Live Performance or Event Award for DRACULA, BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE, AVOIDABLE PERILS, and FIRST CASUALTY; Matilda Award ─ Video Design for BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE, ROALD DAHL’S FANTASTIC MR FOX and A CHRISTMAS CAROL; Matilda Award ─ Gold Matilda, Body of Work PALE BLUE DOT, THE MOUNTAINTOP, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, GASP!, 1984; Adelaide Fringe’s John Chataway Innovation Award TERROR AUSTRALIS. Nomination for Australian Production Design Guild award for Best Video Design for his work on THE MYSTERY OF THE VALKYRIE.
 
See more of Craig’s work at optikalbloc.com.au
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