ISABEL HUDSON

​Designer

 Isabel Hudson is an award-winning set and costume designer.

Isabel won Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Set Design of an Independent Production in both 2019 and 2018 – for her set designs on the smash-hit, sold out musicals AMERICAN PSYCHO (which toured to Sydney Opera House and Canberra Theatre in 2021) and CRY-BABY at Hayes Theatre Co.  She also received Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Set Design of an Independent Production for the musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS (Hayes Theatre Co.), and for DRY LAND (Outhouse Theatre Co.).

Designs include: GHOSTING THE PARTY (Griffin Theatre Company); MAUREEN: HARBINGER OF DEATH (Sydney Festival/Rising Festival); TORCH THE PLACE (Melbourne Theatre Company) directed by Dean Bryant; FARNACE directed by Mark Gaal (Pinchgut Opera); WINYANBOGA YURRINGA directed by Anthea Williams, EVERY BRILLIANT THING directed by Kate Champion (Belvoir); YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, AMERICAN PSYCHO and CRY-BABY directed by Alexander Berlage (set design), RAZORHURST, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, SHE LOVES ME (Hayes Theatre Co); JESS & JOE FOREVER, TUESDAY (Belvoir 25A); THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Darlinghurst Theatre Co.); THE SHIFTING HEART, BLACKROCK (Seymour Centre); EDWARD THE EMU (Monkey Baa Theatre); DRY LAND, SHE RODE HORSES LIKE THE STOCK EXCHANGE, THE WALWORTH FARCE, A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING, YOU GOT OLDER (Kings Cross Theatre); KING OF PIGS, EURYDICES (Old Fitz); LITTLE BORDERS (Old 505 Theatre); CHAMBER POT OPERA (Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival, St Petersburg season); INTERSECTION, JOURNEY’S END (ATYP); THE ROLLING STONE (Outhouse Theatre Co); THE PLANT (Ensemble); HURT (HotHouse Theatre & Downstairs Belvoir); WHO’S YOUR BAGHDADDY (Curveball Creative).

For Global Creatures Isabel was associate set designer for MOULIN ROUGE; for Opera Australia, Isabel was assistant designer for MERRY WIDOW and MY FAIR LADY; and for Sydney Theatre Company, she was associate designer on FUN HOME directed by Dean Bryant. 

Isabel holds a Bachelor of Design from NIDA and a Bachelor of Arts (Screen and Sound) from the University of New South Wales.  She is a lecturer at NIDA in Design for Performance.