James graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2001 with a degree in Set and Costume Design before attending the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Art Direction. He has designed in all facets of the feld in theatre, film and events. James designed the sets for the Love Cooking Festival in London as well as Jamie Oliver’s live stadium show in Melbourne and Rick Stein’s show in New Zealand. Event designs include the Prague Castle for the Visa Board Dinner, the Australian Jockey Club in 2007 and various floats in the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade. James has worked on television shows such as Survivor, All Saints and Australian Idol. James designed a development production of Faust for the Sydney Theatre Company and costumes for New Breed for the Sydney Dance Company. Other theatre design credits include Love Bites, Fat Swan, Side by Side, Ordinary Days, The Last 5 Years, the Human Nature Motown National Tour, Just For Laughs at the Sydney Opera House starring John Cleese, David Campbell’s Let’s Go national 2012 tour, Trevor Ashley’s Little Orphan Trashley and work for the Singapore Theatre Practice, Iota and NIDA. James was the associate designer on Graeme Murphy’s Aida for Opera Australia and Stuart Maunder’s Shout! James’ set for Reg Livermore’s Turns (national tour) was nominated for the 2012 Greenroom Awards. Currently James is working with Craig Ilott and Ignatius Jones on the shows for Pacha Sydney. Later in the year James will design Do You Hear the People Sing in Shanghai. A portfolio of James’ design work can be viewed at his website, www.jamesbrownepresents.com

Verity Hampson

Lighting and AV Designer

For Griffin Theatre Company: The Boys, This Year’s Ashes, And No More Shall We Part, The Brothers Size, Angela’s Kitchen, Like a Fishbone, Way to Heaven, Crestfall, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, Dealing with Clair, Family Stories Belgrade, The Cold Child, Live Acts on Stage. Other Theatre: For Belvoir: The Business, That Face, The Gates of Egypt. For Sydney Theatre Company: Hamlet, Before/After Leviathan, Tusk Tusk, The Comedy of Errors, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Crucible. For B Sharp: The Sweetest Thing, Fool for Love, Parlour Song, Bliss, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Queen C, A View of Concrete, The Merchant of Venice, An Oak Tree, 2000 Feet Away, The Small Things, Pan, Duck, A Family Affair. For Seymour Centre: Transparency. For NORPA: Engine, The Bloody Bride, Not Like Beckett. For NYTC: Growing Up. For Darlinghurst Theatre Company: Bad Jazz, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Pool (no water), Terrorism, Some Explicit Polaroids, Breathing Corpse. For ATYP: House on Fire, Citizenship, VX 18504, Phaedra’s Love, Battlegrounds. For Opera House Studio: The Colour of Panic, Monkeyshines: Kids Cabaret. For Mardi Gras: The Fabulous Punch and Judy Show, Bison, Natural Born Hooker. For Critical Stages: Wilde Tales. For Merrigong: Camarilla. Television: Live at the Basement. Other Positions: Teaching: NIDA and UNSW Nepean.