Designer
Marg Horwell
Biography
Marg Horwell is a multi-award-winning set and costume designer.
Marg has designed for The Truth, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, The House of Bernarda Alba, Lilith the Jungle Girl (with Sisters Grimm), Birdland, I Call My Brothers, Peddling, Cock, Constellations, Marlin (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Picture of Dorian Gray, How to Rule the World, Lord of the Flies, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Sydney Theatre Company); Because the Night, Melancholia, Bliss, Caravan, Blasted, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, The Testament of Mary, The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, I Am a Miracle, The Good Person of Szechuan, The Homosexuals or ‘Faggots’ (Malthouse Theatre); Salome (English National Opera); Avalanche (The Barbican); Unsere Kleine Stadt (Theater Basel); Anthem (Performing Lines); Lorelei (Victorian Opera); Leviathan (Circa); Shit, Love, Big Heart, Savages (Dee & Cornelius).
Marg’s awards include 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019 Greenroom Awards, and 2013 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Past Performances
Performance The Marriage of Figaro
It’s Figaro and Susanna’s wedding day but their boss, the Count, has other ideas, he too wants Susanna. And so begins one of the greatest love stories ever told. This…
6 - 13 March 2021Performance Lorelei
The Lorelei in German lore is a siren of distracting beauty said to sit atop a particular rock at the edge of the River Rhine, enchanting sailors with her alluring…
29 March - 2 April 2022Performance The Sopranos
Celebrating bold and rebellious women Season 2022 opens with The Sopranos, a new commission by writer Sarah Holland-Batt, celebrating the bold and rebellious roles women have played throughout the history…
20 - 24 September 2022Performance The Human Voice & The Call
Two women, two moments, two lives changed forever. THE HUMAN VOICE Music by Francis Poulenc Libretto by Jean Cocteau Elle is alone, motionless in a room, she goes to leave…
Regional Tour May-June 2022Regional The Sopranos – Regional Tour
Opera Queensland’s The Sopranos, celebrates the bold and rebellious roles women have played throughout the history of music. In this rich and exciting production, women dare to be different, love…
