Emma White

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). 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.