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Justin Nardella is a graduate of NIDA and an award winning multidisciplinary designer working in set, costume and video for live events.
Set & Video Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show (Round House London and International Touring), Priscilla The Party (London, Co-Designer Brian Thomson).
Set, Costume & Video Designer: Metamorphosis and Showmanism! (Ustinov Theatre Royal Bath), The Sugar House (Finborough Theatre).
Set & Costume Designer: Engine Onegin (Buxton Festival), Acis and Galatea (ENO Studio Live), Le Grand Mort (Trafalgar Studios), Proud (Kings Head), Youth Without God (Coronet Theatre), The Tap Pack (Peacock Theatre), Depths of Dead Love (Coronet Theatre), Tender Napalm (Brisbane Festival), Where Do Little Birds Go? (Longsight Theatre), The Hunting of the Snark (RGM), Hansel and Gretel (Opera in Space), Before and After (STC), Silent Disco (Griffin Theatre Company), Orfeo (Brandenburg Orchestra).
Set designer: Arcadia (Manchester International Festival), Songs For Nobodies (West End), La Traviata (Theatre Des Champs-Elysées, Co-Set Designer with Chloé Obolensky & Jean Kalman).
Video Designer: Peter Grimes (Royal Opera House & Opera Garnier), Gianni Schicci (iSing Festivals Asia), La Bohéme (iSing Festivals Asia).
Associate Set Designer: War Requiem (ENO, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Liceu Opera Barcelona, associate to Wolfgang Tillmans),Tristan and Isolde (ENO, associate to Anish Kapoor ), King Lear (The Old Vic, associate to Deborah Warner & Jean Kalman), and The Testament Of Marie (Collaboration with designer Tom Pye for Comedie Français and Odeon Theatre, Paris).
Film: Production Designer: Andy X (Dir. Jim Sharman), Spoilers (Dir. Brendon McDonall), Could Be Bad MPV (Dir. Tom Noakes).
Events: Private Wedding (National Theatre), Brisbane Festival Launch, Van Clef & Aprels Private Event at Royal Opera House, GHD Hair Expo, GHD Hair Fashion Festival, Audi A8 Launch Sydney and Melbourne, Audi Lighthouse Sydney Launch, Cloud 9 Vogue Lunch, Shiseido 140 Years Anniversary Party Sydney, Southwark Charity Lord Mayors Ball, Sydney Film Festival Members Space.
Awards: APDG Award Winner - Set design for Live Performance (Fashion Freak Show), OFFIE Winner - Costume Design (The Sugar House), BMW Young Artist Award.
Nominations: UK THEATRE Best Design Nomination (Showmanism), OFFIE Nomination - Set Design and Video Design (Fashion Freak Show), OFFIE Award Nomination - Set Design (Where Do Little Birds Go?), / Bursaries / Grants: STAGE ONE Bursary for Producing, William Fletcher Design Grant and Arts Council England Development Grant for video design.
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