Savanna Wegman is a set and costume designer and writer. She is New Zealand born, of Chinese Malaysian and Dutch descent and is now based on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne).
Recent credits include Green Room Nominated designs for ‘Biographica’ (Lyric Opera, Best Set Design 2023) and ‘Brittany and The Mannequins’ (Fever103 Theatre, Best Set & Costume Design 2022).
Set & Costume Designer ‘Converted!’ (Sydney Festival, ATYP) ‘The Last Train to Madeline’ (Fever103 Theatre), ‘Climbers’ (Fever103 Theatre), ‘STAUNCH ASF’ (Amelia Jean O’Leary, Melbourne Fringe). Set Designer 'A Certain Mumble' (Amelia Jean O’Leary, Darebin Arts Speakeasy).
Savanna was an assistant designer for Marg Howell for ‘My Brilliant Career’ (Melbourne Theatre Company) and associate designer on numerous productions for Dann Barber including ‘Candide’ (Victorian Opera), ‘Far Away’ (Patalog Theatre), 'The Crocodile' (Spinning Plates Co.), ‘The Dream Laboratory’ (Essential Theatre) and ‘The Mermaid’ (La Mama).
She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Monash University’s Centre for Theatre and Performance and is a participant of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Future Creatives Initiative.
Contact
savanna.wgmn@gmail.comI acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung and Boon Wurrung Peoples on whose land and waters I live and work. I pay my respects to past and present Aboriginal elders and community and recognise their rich history of artmaking and storytelling. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Upcoming 2025:
Set and Costume Design
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
Presented by Dirty Pennies Theatre
14 Feb - 22 Feb
Theatreworks
Set and Costume Design
Katya Kabanova
14 Oct - 16 Oct
Palais Theatre
In development:
Writer
Past Events -
Set and Costume Designer
Converted!
By Vic Zerbst and Oliver Cameron
Presented by Australian Theatre for Young People as part of Sydney Festival
3 Jan - 25 Jan
Rebel Theatre, ATYP
Assistant Set and Costume Designer
Designed by Marg Horwell
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company
7 Nov — 18 Dec
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
Candide
Presented by Victorian Opera
8 - 10 Feb
Palais Theatre
Costume designer
Famous
Presented by NICA third year ensemble
13- 22 June
National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA)
Set and Costume designer
20 - 29 June
Meat Market
Past 2023:
Set and Costume designer
Music by Mary Finsterer
Presented by Lyric Opera
22 Sept - 1 Oct
Theatreworks
Set and Costume Designer
STAUNCH ASF
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
Far Away
Presented by Patalog Theatre
12 – 30 July 2023
fortyfivedownstairs
Set and Costume Designer
Climbers
1 - 11 June 2023
fortyfivedownstairs
Set Designer
15 - 19 March 2023
Northcote Town Hall
Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
The Crocodile
Presented by Spinning Plates Co.
15 - 26 February 2023
fortyfivedownstairs
Set and Costume Design
Our Monster’s Name is Jerry
by Amy May Nunn
Presented by Dirty Pennies Theatre
14 Feb - 22 Feb
Theatreworks
Set and Costume Design
Katya Kabanova
By Leoš Janáček
Presented by Victorian Opera14 Oct - 16 Oct
Palais Theatre
In development:
Writer
End Desert Machine
Darebin Arts Speakeasy Developments March 2025Past Events -
Set and Costume Designer
Converted!
By Vic Zerbst and Oliver Cameron Presented by Australian Theatre for Young People as part of Sydney Festival
3 Jan - 25 Jan
Rebel Theatre, ATYP
Assistant Set and Costume Designer
Designed by Marg Horwell
My Brilliant Career
Book by Sheridan Harbridge & Dean Bryant, based on the novel by Miles FranklinPresented by Melbourne Theatre Company
7 Nov — 18 Dec
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
Candide
by Leonard Bernstein
Presented by Victorian Opera 8 - 10 Feb
Palais Theatre
Costume designer
Famous
Presented by NICA third year ensemble13- 22 June
National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA)
Set and Costume designer
The Last Train to Madeline
by Callum Mackay
Presented by Fever103 Theatre20 - 29 June
Meat Market
Past 2023:
Set and Costume designer
BIOGRAPHICA
Music by Mary Finsterer
Libretto by Tom Wright
Presented by Lyric Opera 22 Sept - 1 Oct
Theatreworks
Set and Costume Designer
STAUNCH ASF
Created by
Amelia Jean O’Leary
Melbourne Fringe Festival Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
Far Away
by Caryl Churchill
Presented by Patalog Theatre12 – 30 July 2023
fortyfivedownstairs
Set and Costume Designer
Climbers
by Elly D’Arcy
Presented by Fever103 Theatre1 - 11 June 2023
fortyfivedownstairs
Set Designer
A Certain Mumble
by Amelia Jean O’Leary
Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy15 - 19 March 2023
Northcote Town Hall
Design Associate
Designed by Dann Barber
The Crocodile
by Tom Basden
Presented by Spinning Plates Co. 15 - 26 February 2023
fortyfivedownstairs