Production Biographies
Bruce McKinven Designer Bruce is senior production designer for Hobart’s Dark Mofo Festival, shaping many of its major events, and is artistic associate at Brisbane Powerhouse. With a 30-year career in theatre, dance, festivals and events across Australia, he has worked with leading companies including Black Swan State Theatre Company, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Adelaide Festival, Perth Festival, Queensland Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Expressions Dance Company, Dance North, Queensland Ballet, Force Majeure, Australian Dance Theatre and Singapore Dance Theatre. Bruce has worked closely with Mel Cantwell for over 13 years across projects at Perth Theatre Company, Perth Festival, Black Swan State Theatre Company and The Kabuki Drop. Matthew Erren Lighting Designer Matthew is a lighting designer working across theatre, dance, performance and exhibitions. A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), he was nominated for a Performing Arts WA Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Catch 22 at The Blue Room Theatre. He has designed for major organisations including Black Swan State Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, WAYTCo, WA Museum and Perth Festival, alongside a wide range of independent artists and companies. His theatre credits include LEGENDS (Of the Golden Arches) (Melbourne Theatre Company), Blue (Black Swan State Theatre Company), The Comprehensive A–Z of Missing People Australia and Made in Boorloo (WAYTCo), as well as works with Enneagon Movement, Fremantle Theatre Company, Stop Drop + Roll Theatre and Flying Bicycle Collective. Matthew’s exhibition lighting designs are created in partnership with Peter Young, with whom he collaborates on large-scale and touring exhibitions. This work includes projects developed with WA Museum and international partners, including Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor, Spinifex People: Art and Stories from Pila Nguru, Discovering Ancient Egypt, and James Cameron: Challenging the Deep.
Declan Barber Sound Designer & Operator Declan is an Australian sound designer, operator and radio mic technician whose work has taken him across Australia. Since graduating from the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Declan has gone on to establish himself as an accomplished member of the theatre, musical theatre and live broadcast industries. Declan’s work has allowed him to collaborate with some of Australia’s leading production companies, such as sound operator for Black Swan State Theatre Company’s August: Osage County, Carol, The Pool, Dirty Birds and York ; Performing Lines WA’s Black Brass ; Black Swan and Sydney Theatre Company’s City of Gold ; and Marrugeku’s Cut the Sky . He was radio mic technician for Black Swan’s Assassins and Oklahoma! ; Queensland Theatre’s Once in Royal David’s City ; Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cyrano and SailGP – Perth with Riedel as the broadcast wireless comms technician. Beyond theatre, Declan has worked as a production manager for the State Theatre Centre of WA, production coordinator for Barking Gecko Arts and a mentor for WAAPA. Emma Fishwick Video Designer Emma is a Boorloo-based choreographer with an interdisciplinary practice that works across movement, digital media, writing and academic scholarship. Emma has worked extensively across Australia and abroad, lectures in Politics of Dance, Choreography and is an Honours supervisor at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Emma’s 2024 PhD, Slow Choreographies , addressed everyday sexisms in Australian universities through embodied creative methods. In 2025 Emma was a recipient of a Minderoo Artist residency, selected for the ATLAS choreographic program, Vienna, created AV design for Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s 7 Stages of Grieving and created marathon, O, marathon for Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed Season.
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