Shannon Norfolk
Creative Visual Merchandiser, Stage and Event Designer, servicing the Adelaide area.
Ettie's Boys
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Moore Books and Holden St Theatres
Based on the life of Ettie Rout, a proactive campaigner for the sexual health of soldiers during WW1.
Set Design - Costume Design
Shakespeare for Kids
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Adelaide Fringe '13 + '14
Recycled Theatre Co.
A Midsummer's Night Dream
The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Broken Pot
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Mary, a young girl in a traditional Sudanese village, dreams of furthering her education and is well on her way with her high marks, and her mother's support. Her father however sees a traditional life for her and when the Chief comes with a large dowry to make Mary his bride, her father gives in.
The Cat's Paw
Set on the streets of St Kilda the play centres on 3 street hookers - underage, naive and ice addicted Monica, the older, wiser Abigail and Brigid, a middle class young woman, drawn to the detached life of the streets.Watching over them is an unlikely angel. Manipulation, raunch culture and the need for human connection are the central issues.
Stage Whispers
Twenty years ago, on opening night, the lead actor of the 1920's melodrama Harrow Hall was accidentally stabbed. His death closed the production. Now the company has reformed to try and save the Palace Theatre from demolition. The younger roles are played by new actors but everyone seems to have some connection to the original production. Will history repeat itself?
The play begins with the first rehearsals of the new production and we follow the actors journey through to opening, so, of course, the set needed to make this journey as well.
The Laramie Project
In 1998 news came from Laramie, Wyoming of the shocking bashing and eventual murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard.
4 weeks later the Tectonic Theatre Company from New York travelled to Wyoming and began conducting interviews with the people of Laramie in the hopes of understanding what had happened, why and hopefully construct a play that could contribute to the national (and international) dialogue on tolerence and acceptance that had arisen from these events.
After nearly 18 months they pieced together the 200+ interviews and reconstructed the media frenzy and trial to form the docu-drama "The Laramie Project"
Pajama Game
'Cute' 1950's musical set in the Sleep Tite Pajama Factory. The workers are preparing to strike for a 7 1/2 cent payrise when employee representative 'Babe' falls for the new Superintendent.
"(Director) Crispin Taylor held it all together in this taut production which was aided by Shannon Norfolk's fascinating set design. Instead of a curtain, sliding panels, which could go in any direction, were used, allowing the scenes to change in startling ways.
"The most memorable was the change from the dismal upper-level office at the pajama factory to the spilt level Hernando's Hideaway. The panels seemed to slide in all directions simultaneously, with a sudden change of lighting from sterile factory flurescents to a dramatic blood red back-lit scene with all the actors in stark silhouette."
OPERA-OPERA
Theatre Design is creating a world that enhances the plays theme, ideas and the director's concept. Even the most minimalistic design is the culmination of many hours of research, creativity and refining of ideas.
Breast Stroke
Breast Stroke - The story of 3 women who meet in a hospital waiting room, each with their own breast 'condition'
Breast Stroke.
He Died With A Felafel In His Hand - The sharehouse nightmare.
Season at Sarsaparilla.
Snakes and Ladders - board games, academics, family, and secrets.
Life drawing
Vixens and Villains of Kreepy Kensington - A dark history tour through Kensington, SA. Researched, devised and performed by Shannon Norfolk.
Life Drawing
Odds and Ends
More productions plus a few other artistic pursuits.