EMMA WHITE
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​Designer

Emma White is a set and costume designer for stage and screen. Emma is a graduate of NIDA’s Master of Fine Art Design course and has a Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture from UNSW Art and Design.

For theatre, Emma’s design credits include: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY costume, OIL set, LIFESPAN OF A FACT costume (Sydney Theatre Company); BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY (Belvoir St Theatre); AS YOU LIKE IT (Queensland Theatre); SISTREN (Green Door Theatre/Griffin Theatre Company/Old Fitz); THE DISMISSAL co-design (Squabbalogic); THE DEB set (ATYP);  GODSPELL set (Hayes Theatre Co); GREEN PARK, A IS FOR APPLE (Griffin Theatre); A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE set, HAND TO GOD co-designer, SEVEN DEADLY SINS + MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL costume, CHORUS (Red Line Productions); KASAMA KITA (Belvoir 25A); BAD MACHINE (Campbelltown Arts Centre); THE KNIFE (Bondi Feast); YOU’VE GOT MAIL (Blue Room Theatre/Sotto); NATURAL ORDER (Milk Crate Theatre); BOOM (National Theatre of Parramatta/Sydney Festival); STAY HAPPY KEEP SMILING, VENUS IN FUR costume (NIDA); HOMESICK (Old 505); SAFE (The Old 505/Sotto);  DAISY MOON WAS BORN THIS WAY (Q Theatre).

For screen, Emma was production designer on the feature documentary STEP INTO PARADISE for Blackfella Films, the television pilot GYM RAT for Guesswork TV, Taylor Ferguson’s award-winning short film TOUGH and short film BEAUTIFUL THEY. She was costume design assistant for PM’S DAUGHTER (ABC) and MR INBETWEEN S3 (Foxtel), and set designer for Shannon Murphy’s short film FRACTAL with AJE.  Emma has worked as production designer and costume designer on numerous TVCs.

Associate design credits include: MOMENTA costume (Sydney Dance Company); ON THE BEACH costume (Sydney Theatre Company); AMERICAN PSYCHO (Hayes Theatre Co); A MISDUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, and THE TEMPEST (Sport for Jove).  Emma was assistant designer at the National Theatre London on NINE NIGHT, Shakespeare’s Globe on RICHARD II, and with Sydney Theatre Company on LORD OF THE FLIES and APPROPRIATE.
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Emma has received two Sydney Theatre Awards nominations for Best Stage Design of an Independent Production for SISTREN, and Best Costume Design of a Main Stage Production for THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. In 2019, Emma was nominated for an APDG Award for Best Emerging Designer. 
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View Emma’s work at  emmawhitedesign.net