Viv Hargreaves (they/them) is an emerging set and lighting designer based in Naarm/Melbourne. They are passionate about telling compelling new stories with live performance and they love to explore the relationship between the creative and the technical. Viv prides themselves on strong dramaturgy for considered, imaginative design. They graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production).
Credits
2025
Lighting Designer, Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, dir. Carole Patullo | The Broadway, Rosebud
Lighting Designer, The Glass Menagerie, dir. Nicholas Reynolds & Nadia Sirninger Rankin | Meat Market Stables
Set Designer, Soldier Boy, dir. Beng Oh | Theatre Works, St Kilda
Lighting Designer, The Boys, dir. Tess Walsh | Bluestone Church Arts Space
Set Designer, Storked, dir. Maude Davey | Theatre Works St Kilda
Lighting Designer, Rope, dir. Mark Yeates | Irene Mitchell Studio, St Martin’s Youth Arts Centre
2024
Set Designer, Hibernation, dir. Maude Davey | Studio 4, VCA
Lighting Designer, Ocean, An Arrangement | Martyn Myer Arena
Lighting Design Internship with Jenny Hector on Bad Boy | fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Fringe
Set and Costume Internship with Dale Ferguson on MTC’s 37 | The Sumner
Lighting Designer, As Things Go | Melbourne Dance Centre
Dome Operator, Groundhog Day | Princess Theatre
2023
Set and Lighting Designer, ANGELFOOD | Martyn Myer Arena
Assistant Set Designer, Borneo, dir. Tony Nikolakopoulos | Grant St Theatre, VCA
Lighting Designer, Command Shift Break | Union Theatre, Parkville, Mudfest
Dome Operator, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Princess Theatre