Efterpi’s CV
Efterpi graduated with a BA in Technical Production for the Performing Arts from NIDA in 1987 and has since worked as a Lighting Designer and Technical, Stage and Production Manager for some of Australia’s best known artists, arts companies and arts venues, including: Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, The Performance Space (Sydney), Back to Back Theatre, Deckchair Theatre, Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Dance Works, Women’s Circus, Chamber Made Opera, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Playbox Theatre, Legs on the Wall, Australian Theatre for Young People, Belvoir St Theatre, Q Theatre, and Contemporary Music Events Company, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, among many others.
Efterpi’s international credits include production and design for Back to Back’s recent tour to Zurich and Hamburg, as well as productions for the Hong Kong Fringe Festival, Dance Canada Festival, Toronto Dance Theatre, and the Banff Centre for the Arts Dance and Ballet Festival.
In addition, she has been actively engaged as an educator in technical production and design within the university, TAFE and independent industry sectors. Her most recent teaching post was as the Course Coordinator in Technical Production and Lighting Design for the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
in 2006 Efterpi received a Community Arts Grant from Yarra City Council to create her first installation exploring multisensory immersion through cross cultural elements. In 2007 Efterpi completed a Masters in Community Cultural Development at The Centre for Ideas, VCA as part of her career and multi practice development.
Most recently, Efterpi received an Australia Council Connections residency to continue working on her landmark project “the disambiguation room” which was funded by Arts Victoria, and to further develop her immersive artwork in health facilities called Human RoomsTM. Then In 2008 received an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship to travel to the UK to look a art programs in 12 different hospitals and visit the De Hartenburg Centre in Ede, Holland where the first multisensory therapies were developed.
Awards include a Women in the Arts Fellowship from the NSW Ministry for the Arts (1995), four Green Room Award nominations and (2004, 2003, 1999, 1997), and The Age Best Production Award for her Lighting Design of Back to Back Theatre Company’s production of Soft at the 2003 Melbourne International Arts Festival. Also in 2006 and 2007 Efterpi received scholarships from the Agnes Robinson Trust and the Jim Marks foundation for recognition of her excellence and innovation in the area of using art as form of alleviating suffering in hospitals.
Efterpi has also been featured as an innovative performing arts designer in the 2001 publication of Performance Design, by Kristen Anderson and Imogen Ross, the most substantial book on performing arts design in Australia to date.
CURRENTLY
2008-09 Residency at McCulloch House, Monash Medical, Clayton
EDUCATION
1987 BA in Technical Production for the Performing Arts, NIDA , Sydney
1994 Post Graduate residency in Lighting Design, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
2001 Certificate IV Trainer and Assessor, WAAPA , Perth
2007 Masters of Community Cultural Development (Centre for Ideas)
VCA , Melbourne University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1988 Workshops for Visual Artists and Dancers, The Performance Space, Sydney
1994 Lighting Workshops PACT and ATYP Youth Theatres, Sydney
1995 Sessional Lecturer in Lighting Design, Victoria University of Technology,
1996 Lighting Workshops, Womens Circus, Swinburne TAFE, Parahan
1999 Mentor, Streets Alive, Launceston, Tasmania
2001- Lighting Co-ordinator, Production & Design, WAAPA, Perth
2003
2004 Mentor, Ballarat Uni 3rd year Production Students
2005 Workshop Co-ordinator, Club Wild, events for people with disabilities
2006 Mentor, Lighting Design, Melbourne University Union Theatre Program
Lighting Designer Performing Arts
2006 The Light Fantastic, RMIT union Arts, Wearable Art Event
Working, The Musical, Melbourne Uni Arts, Creative Team (Mentor)
2005 The Daylight Atheist, dir Peter Evans, Queensland Theatre Company
The Room, dir Ben Harkin, The Storeroom, Fitzroy
2004 My Memory of Water, dir. Julian Meyrick, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne
Daylight Atheist, dir. Peter Evans, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne
2003 Prayer to an Iron God, dir. Glen Hayden, Deckchair Theatre, Perth
Soft, dir. Bruce Gladwin, Back to Back Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Blue/Orange, dir. Julian Meyrick, Melbourne Theatre Company,
2000 The Island, dir. Sarah Cathcart, Womens Circus, Shed 14 Docklands, Melbourne
Sunflowers, dir. Ariette Taylor, Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre
Dog Farm, dir. Marcia Ferguson and Bruce Gladwin, La Mama, Carlton
Emma Celebrazione, dir. Catherine McClements, Gasworks Arts Park
Audible&Happy Valley, choreo. Rebecca Hilton and Sandy Parker, North Melb Town Hall
1999 Streets Alive, Public Art Youth Festival, Launceston, Tasmania
1998 Soles of Our Feet, Womens Circus, Williamstown Docklands, Melbourne
DW 98, Danceworks, Cardigan Place, Albert Park, Melbourne
DISTANCE, Danceworks/Stompin Youth Dance, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
HELP, MDPE Inc. The Performance Space, Sydney
FRESH GHOSTS, dir. Douglas Horton, Chamber Made Opera, Melbourne and Sydney
1997 Pope Joan, dir Sarah Cathcart, Womens Circus, Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne
Mr September, dir. Ian Pidd, Back to Back Theatre, Courthouse , Geelong
HELP the remix, MDPE inc., The Beckett, Playbox, Melbourne
Up the Ladder, dir Susie Dee, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Olympic Festival, Sydney
Victorian Regional Country Tour
Wolf Lullaby, by Hilary Bell, Performing Lines/Griffin Theatre Company , National Tour
Four Plus One , Greenmill Dance Project, Beckett Theatre, Playbox, Melbourne
Leap of Faith, Greenmill Dance Project, Danceworks, Albert Park , Melbourne
Empty Shells, Forward Theatre, Universal Theatre, Fitzroy, Melbourne
HELP, MDPE Inc. Come Out Youth Festival, Adelaide
WHETT FLESH, dir. Ned Kelly, Partyline, The Performance Space, Sydney
Ned Kelly , dir. Julian Meyrick, Kickhouse Theatrre, Theatreworks, St Kilda
Fallow, by Catchcry, Danceworks, Albert Park, Melbourne
EMMA Celebrazione, dir. Rosalba Clemente, Playbox Theatre Co. Melbourne
1996 Competitive Tenderness, dir Aubrey Mellor, Playbox Theatre Co. Melbourne
Wolf Lullaby, Hillary Bell, Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney
EMMA Celebrazione, dir Rosalba Clemente, Playbox Company, Melbourne
700 Positions by Partyline, dir Gail Kelly, State Theatre, GAL Mardi Gras, Sydney
1995 Antigone, dir Carla Mason, Crossroads Theatre, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Mad Turk dir. Patricia Cornelius, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Melbourne
Hot Young Things, Australian Theatre For Young People, Sydney Theatre Co, Sydney
Up the Ladder, dir. Susie Dee, Melbourne Workers Theatre, Napier Street, Melbourne
1994 Appearing in Pieces, Partyline, The Performance Space, Sydney
Cleopatra, Australian Peoples Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney
Looking for Alibrandi, PACT Youth Theatre, Erskenville, Sydney
40 Lounge Café , Tess Lysiotis, Takeaway Co, Figtree Theatre, Sydney
Medea, Chamber Made Opera, Atheneum Theatre, Melbourne
A Little Like Drowning, dir Rosalba Clemente, Belvior St Theatre Company,Sydney
Lumps, dir. Helmut Bakitis, Q Theatre, Penrith
A Winning Day, dir. Helmut Bakitis, Q Theatre , Penrith
The Newspaper of Claremont Street, by Elizabeth Jolly, Marion Street Theatre, Sydney
Sir, dir. Luke Simons, Griffin Theatre Co., Sydney
Trains Collide, Cabaret, Downstairs Belvior Street, Sydney
The Would Be Gentleman, dir. Christina Totos, Takeaway Co. Bay Street Theatre, Sydney
1992 St Rose of Lima, dir. Julian Meyrick, Kickhouse Theatre, Sydney Festival
Hurt, dir Gail Kelly, Legs on the Wall, The Performance Space, Sydney
1991 Women in Love, dir Carla Mason, Crossroads Theatre Company, Darlinghurst
I Don’t Get Paid Enough to Find Dead Bodies, dir Sue Bamford,Melbourne Workers
Theatre, Theatreworks, Melbourne
Twelfth Night & Loves Labours Lost dir Reece McConnicie, NIDA , Sydney
Matsuri by Synergy, Contemporary Music Event, The Performance Space, Sydney
Off the Wall dir Gail Kelly, Legs on the Wall, National Tour
Three One Act Plays, dir Christina Totos, Takeaway Co. The Edge, Sydney
1990 Festival of One Act Plays, ATYP, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney
Happy, dir Claire Heywood, Stable Theatre , Darlinghurst Sydney
Balancing Act, dir Carol Woods, Canberra Theatre Company, Canberra
Frankenstein’s Shadow, People Next Door, Playhouse Theatre, Canberra, TPS , Sydney
1989 A Midsummer Nights Dream, dir Carol Woods, Canberra Theatre Company,
Big Trouble, dir Gail Kelly, Legs on the Wall, Childer Street Theatre, Canberra
The Wolf’s Banquet, dir Geoffrey Rush, Belvior Street Theatre Company, Sydney
Jigsaws, dir Judy Farr, Q Theatre , Penrith, Sydney
1988 Near Ms’s, dir Kerry Dwyer, The Performance Space , Sydney
Crossing the Water, by Marguerite Duras, The Performance Space, Sydney
The Last Circus, Entr’acte Ensemble, The Performance Space, Sydney
Idomeneo, Mozart, Sydney University Music Department, Sydney
Lighting Design Overseas
2003 Soft, Back to Back Theatre, tour Zurich and
1995 Whats the Matter with Mary Jane, dir Wendy Harmer & Sancia Robinson Hong Kong Fringe Festival, Hong Kong
1993 Child of Ten Thousand Years, Tipiskaki Goroh, Dance Canada Festival, Ottawa, Canada Independent Dance Festival, Toronto Dance Theatre, Toronto, Canada Medea, dir Douglas Horton, Chamber Made Opera, JFK Centre, Washington, USA
1992 Eternal Return, Lola McLaughlin Dance, East Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver Canada
1993 Summer Residency, Dance and Ballet Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Whitchplay by Tobsha Learner, dir Christina Totos, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Artworks
2006 Divining, Multisensory installation, Fresh Gallery, Fitzroy (Yarra City Council
Community Arts Program)
2005 Collingwood Carpark, Environmental Festival, Installation
2004 Perth Cultural Centre, Permanent Lighting Design,
2003 Celestial City Environment, Perth International Festival, Perth
1999 Streets Alive, Public Art, Youth Festival, Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania
Yorktown Square, Architectural Re-light of Shopping Centre
Royal Park, Environmental Design, Launceston, Tasmania
Light Love, Public Art, Platform 2, Spencer St , Melbourne Festival Visual Art
Lighting Design Events
1996 Reflective Space, Contemporary Music Events, Lonsdale St
Power Station, Melbourne
1995 Sleaze Ball, Royal Hall of Industries, GAL Mardi Gras, Sydney
1994 Music A Viva, Concert Series, Mittagong Music Festival, NSW
Mardi Gras Awards Night, GAL Mardi Gras, Metro Theatre, Sydney
Opening Event of Premises, Australian Theatre for Young People,
The Rocks, Sydney
Other Industry Experience
2005 Event Manager, Club Wild, Events and Workshops for people with disabilities
2004 Operations Manager, Meeting Place, Regional Arts Victoria National Conference
1999 MEMBER, Curatorial Committee, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
1998 Lighting Consultant, Raw FM , ABC TV Melbourne
PRODUCTION MANAGER, HELP, by MDPE Inc. The Performance
Space, Sydney
DOME OPERATOR for Gig Power, Large Scale Events and Concerts,
Melbourne Fashion Week, NIKE Sports Launch, U2 , Oasis & Underworld Concerts
1997 Stage Manager, Whets the Matter with Mary Jane , dir. Wendy Harmer, Hong Kong Fringe
1995 Creative Development, Researching the Choreography of Light and Dance TPS , Sydney
Stage Manager, Mardi Gras Party, Showgrounds, Sydney
1992 Stage Manager, Whitchplay dir Rosalba Clemente, Tour to Edinburgh Festival
1990 PRODUCTION MANAGER, Popular Mechanicals, Canberra Theatre Company,
Playhouse Theatre, Canberra
1989 CO-ORDINATOR , Dance Week and Women in Rock Conferences, The Performance Space, Sydney
TRAINEESHIP , Arts Administration, The Performance Space, Sydney
1988 TECHNICAL COORDINATOR, The Performance Space, Sydney
GRANTS, NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
2009 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, Connections grant, to continue as artist in residence McCulloch
2007 IAN POTTER FOUNDATION, Cultural Trust, to look at art programs in the UK
2007 CANCER COUNCIL, Victoria, Travel grant, to look at art programs in the UK
2007 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, Arts Victoria, Residencies, “disambiguation
room:” McCulloch House, Monash Medical, Clayton
2007 JIM MARKS SCHOLARSHIP, Post Grad, VCA, Melbourne University
2006 ANGNES ROBERSTON TRUST, Grant, VCA, Melbourne University
2003 GREEN ROOM NOMINATION, Lighting Design, BLUE/ORANGE
Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne
BEST PRODUCTION of The Melbourne Festival, The Age Critics
Award, for Soft, Back to Back Theatre, Melbourne
2001 RESEARCH Grant, WAPPA, to develop the process of theatre online for
Soft, Back to Back Theatre.
1999 GREEN ROOM NOMINATION, for Innovative Contribution to the
Fringe , SOLES OF OUR FEET, Women’s Circus, Melbourne
1997 GREEN ROOM NOMINATION, Lighting Design, WOLF LULLABY
Playbox Season, Melbourne
1994 AWARD Women in Arts Fellowship, from NSW Arts Ministry
GRANT, for Creative Development of Light and Choreography,
From the Australia Council
1994 GRANT , Individual Development Grant for Travel, Australia Council
1991 GRANT, Individual Development to undertake residency at The Banff
Centre for the Arts, Canada, from the Australia Council
GRANT , Arts Traineeship at The Performance Space, from the Australia Council
