Isla Shaw

Isla Shaw (she/her) is an award-winning designer known for her innovative, versatile and detailed work. Working predominantly in Australia and the UK, she has designed over 50 productions worldwide.  

Malthouse Theatre: GAME. SET. MATCH.  

Other Theatre:  IS SHAKESPEARE IN THIS MOVIE? (Alternative Facts); MY ROBOT (Barking Gecko Arts); FULLY SIKH (Barking Gecko Arts/Black Swan State Theatre Company); THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Bermingham Rep/ Leicester Curve, UK); CLOWN (Bristol Old Vic, UK); THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, RATBURGER, GUES HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?, MAGIC BEACH and THE MIDNIGHT GANG (CDP Theatre); BLACK SUN BLOOD MOON and ALPHABETICAL SYDNEY (Critical Stages); CHECKIST FOR AN ARMED ROBBER and THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB (Deckchair Theatre Company); THE CAT IN THE HAT, PINK SARI REVOLUTION, WIPERS and THE WITCHES (Leicester Curve, UK); CINDERELLA (Liverpool Everyman, UK); WHAT FALLS APART, JUMP and THE GARDEN OF DREAMS (LIVE Theatre, UK); THE WEDDING SINGER (Mark Goucher Productions, UK); Katrina Mathers’ ANYTHING BUT THE DYSON AND OTHER EXCELLENT MONOLOGUES (Melbourne Int’l Comedy Festival); ANGELINA BALLERINA (Nick Brooke & Bos Productions, UK); PHAEDRA (The Royal Lyceum); DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (Royal Shakespeare Company, UK); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and MACBETH (Shakespeare’s Globe, UK); THE MEMORY OF WATER (Stellar Quines, UK); EMILY BROWN AND THE THING, MY BROTHER THE ROBOT, SNAIL AND THE WHALE, MR. BENN and the West End and international tours of THE GRUFFALO and THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD (Tall Stories, UK); THE ARGUMENT and THREE DARK TALES (Theatre O, UK);  SKIN DEEP (Warehouse Theatre, UK); COPENHAGEN and NEVILLE’S ISLAND (Watermill Theatre, UK) and multiple tours for British musical comedy duo, Frisky & Mannish. Opera credits include THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Aarhus Summer Opera, Denmark); LA RONDINE (British Youth Opera); BASTIEN & BASTIENNE and GRABMUSIK (The Classical Opera Company, Germany); BERLIN TO BROADWAY (The North Jutland Opera, Denmark) and MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES (Norwich Theatre Royal).  

Awards & Nominations: The Linbury Prize for Stage Design (1999).  

Training: Wimbledon School of Art; Swinburne University.  

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Current as of April 2026.