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Paul Jackson

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Paul Jackson is a multi-award-winning designer who has worked with Australia’s leading arts organisations and internationally. His work has featured in festivals and programmes in the United States, Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Paul’s recent work includes: Carmen (Opera Australia), Cassandra Echo & Narcissus (Victorian Opera), Lorelei (Victorian Opera, Opera Queensland); Cyrano, Home, I’m Darling (Melbourne Theatre Company); Death Of A Salesman (Sydney Theatre Company); Stop Girl (Belvoir); Cloudstreet (Malthouse, Black Swan State Theatre Company).

Paul was Artistic Associate at Malthouse Theatre from 2007–2013. In 2017, he received an Australia Council of the Arts fellowship. Paul has won a Helpmann Award, two Sydney Theatre Awards, seven Green Room Awards, a Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland, and four Australian Production Design Guild Awards. He has also received a further four Helpmann Award nominations and thirty-two Green Room Award nominations. He has taught design at the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and the Victorian College of the Arts.

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