PEOPLE - COSTUME DESIGNERS

Elizabeth Whiting / Costume Designer

Currently working for NBR NZ Opera in the MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Elizabeth’s previous costume designs for Auckland Theatre Company include SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS, DESIGN FOR LIVING, MY NAME IS GARY COOPER, THE PILLOWMAN, SWEET CHARITY, TWELFTH NIGHT, DOUBT, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, EQUUS and WAITING FOR GODOT. The costume design for EQUUS was accepted for the Prague Design Quadrennial 2007 as part of the New Zealand exhibit BLOW – the second time her work has been shown internationally. Recently, her work was seen in AK09’s THE ARRIVAL.

Elizabeth has had an illustrious career designing for a wide range of performing arts organisations throughout New Zealand. Recent highlights include LA BOHEME, FALSTAFF, FAUST, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and COSI FAN TUTTE (NBR New Zealand Opera), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and THE COUNTRY WIFE (Court Theatre), THREE DAYS OF RAIN, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED (Silo Theatre), as well as productions for the Auckland Festival and Southern Opera. Her work has also been seen in VERGE and SMASHING SWEET VIXEN (Royal New Zealand Ballet), AMATA (Black Grace Dance Company), TENT (Michael Parmenter Dance Company) and TAMA MA (Okareka Dance Company).

For Popup Theatre, London, she has designed a children’s play which was performed, among others, at the Edinburgh Festival.