VERONIQUE BENETT

Lighting Designer / Designer
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Veronique Benett is a set, costume and lighting designer.  

A NIDA graduate, in 2019, Veronique completed a Master of Fine Art (Design for Performance) majoring in lighting and costume design. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Technical Theatre and Stage Management) from NIDA. 

As a lighting designer, Veronique’s credits include: BANGING DENMARK (Sydney Theatre Company), THE WOLVES (Belvoir), THE SMALLEST HOUR (Griffin Theatre), JOHN (Outhouse Theatre Co.), NOSFERATU (Old 505), STUPID FUCKING BIRD (New Theatre), CHORUS, ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE, PERMISSION TO SPIN, HOWIE THE ROOKIE, (Old Fitz), A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING (KXT).

Veronique’s associate lighting designer credits include: CRY-BABY directed by Alexander Berlage (Hayes Theatre Co); PRIMA FACIE directed by Lee Lewis (Griffin Theatre); and MACBETH, THE TEMPEST and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for Sport for Jove.  She was assistant lighting designer for: METAMORPHOSIS (Apocalypse Theatre); VISITING HOURS (KXT Bakehouse); and ARIODANTE (Apollo Opera Collective). 
 
Veronique designed set and lighting design for VENUS IN FUR and costume and lighting design for WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN for NIDA. 

Set and costume associate designer roles include: JOHN and GLORIA designed by Jeremy Allen for Outhouse Theatre Co; design associate for THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE designed by Renée Mulder for Sydney Theatre Company.  

In 2020, Veronique is lighting designer for THE JUNGLE AND THE SEA directed by Eamon Flack for Belvoir Theatre; and associate set and costume designer for KINDNESS designed by Renee Mulder for Griffin Theatre directed by Lee Lewis.