Caught
Red Stitch Actor's Theatre
Writer - Christopher Chen
Director - Jean Tong
Lighting - Lisa Mibus
Sound - Edwin Cheah
Composer - James Gales
Dialect coach - Yuanlei Zhao
Dramaturg - Kevin Hojerslev
Assistant lighting designer - Sam Diamond
Caught
Red Stitch Actor's Theatre
Writer - Christopher Chen
Director - Jean Tong
Lighting - Lisa Mibus
Sound - Edwin Cheah
Composer - James Gales
Dialect coach - Yuanlei Zhao
Dramaturg - Kevin Hojerslev
Assistant lighting designer - Sam Diamond
Silvia Shao is a set and costume designer with a passion for conceptual and abstract art, always eager to explore new creative possibilities. She completed a Master of Design for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2022, the same year she made her professional debut with set and costume design for Caught (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre). Her most recent work includes the set design for MSC’s Romeo & Juliet.
Though formally trained in set and costume design, Silvia thrives on collaboration across disciplines. She believes there is no boundary to what she can do, either as a ‘designer’ or as a ‘human’, an ideology carrier.
Silvia is proud to be a 2025–2026 Melbourne Theatre Company Future Creative.
- 2025 - 2026 Melbourne Theatre Company Future Creatives -
2027 (upcoming) set & costume design - Hibernation (Theatre works & Flatpack), directed by Olivia Staaf
2027 (upcoming) set & costume design - Gold Mountain Wives (Small Ripples Theatre, La Mama Courthouse), directed by Zya Kane
2026 set & costume design - Fall (Wit Inc. Bluestone Church Arts Space), directed by Beng Oh
2026 set design - Julius Caesar (Artefact Theatre Co.), directed by Matthew Cox
2026 associate set & costume design - Uncle Vanya (Melbourne Theatre Company), directed by Anne-Louise Sarks
2026 set & costume design - NOW 2026 (Fearless Theatre Company, Theatre works), directed by Marion Arditti
2025 set & costume design - Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Wit Inc. Bluestone Church Arts Space), directed by Emily O’Brien-Brown
2025 set & costume design - Control (Theatre works & Flatpack), directed by Olivia Staaf
2025 set & costume design - The Demigod of Preston Woolies (Fringe, The MC Showroom), directed by Darren Thao
2025 set & costume design - Hidden TUNES (Small Ripples Theatre), directed by Sarah Yu
2025 assistant set & costume design - Destiny (Melbourne Theatre Company), directed by Zindzi Okenyo
2025 set & costume design - NOW (Fearless Theatre Company), directed by Marion Arditti
2025 set design - Romeo & Juliet (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), directed by Emma Austin
2024 set & costume design - First Love is the Revolution (Wit Inc, Bluestone Church Arts Space), directed by Emma Drysdale
2024 set & costume design - Close to Home (Fringe), directed by Kate Cameron
2024 set & costume design - The Artist (La Mama), directed by Marion Arditti
2024 set design - Samuel Beckett & The Rainbow Girl (Bloomsday in Melbourne, St Martins Theatre), directed by Carl Whiteside
2023 set & costume design - Myra in Space (fortyfivedownstairs), directed by Alice Bishop
2023 set design - The Wrong Horse (The MC Showroom), directed by Marion Arditti
2022 set & costume design - Caught (Red Stitch Actor's Theatre), directed by Jean Tong
2022 secondment - Laurinda (MTC), directed by Petra Kalive
2022 intern - Die Walkure (Melbourne Opera), directed by Suzanne Chaudy
2021 costume design - Science Gallery Mental Dance (VCA), choreographed by Carol Brown
2021 design - Body Uncertain (VCA online performance), directed by Kate Cameron
2021 intern - The Green Room Awards 2021 Art Doco
2021 design assistant - pilot film The Quest, directed by Angela How
2020 - 2022 Master of Design for Performance, VCA
2017 - 2019 Bachelor of Design (Performance Design), VCA
