Designer

Trent Suidgeest

Trent Suidgeest is a highly acclaimed lighting and set designer whose work has enriched countless productions worldwide. Throughout his impressive career, Trent has designed for theatre, opera, musicals, concerts, events, and even public art installations. 

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A graduate of the esteemed WAAPA, Trent made his mainstage debut with The Sapphires for Black Swan/ Belvoir. He’s since gone on to light productions of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Boy from Oz, and the sensational opera The Rabbits, for which he won a WA Performing Arts Award and earned a Green Room Award nomination.

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Outside of musicals, Trent has worked extensively in theatre, including Prima Facie and Kill Climate Deniers for Griffin Theatre Company, Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Hay Fever for the STC, and I Am Eora for Sydney Festival.

In 2023, Trent also served as the Lighting Director of Night Mass at Dark Mofo, the annual arts and culture festival held by the MONA in Hobart.

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Trent is also the designer of our excellent Club House icon, the gold X.